Fire Stopping in Sompting
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Sompting. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Fire stopping near Sompting
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Sompting, done properly
Where pipes, cables and other services cross a compartment wall or floor, the opening around them has to be closed so fire and smoke can’t move between compartments. Our part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. Each seal follows the manufacturer’s tested detail. If you have damaged fire seals in risers and voids and penetration schedules that need working through, we can help, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, linear gaps at wall heads and pipe penetrations alike. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Sompting it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Converted and extended buildings around places like Sompting can mix old and new construction, so it’s worth confirming the wall or floor type before choosing the seal. We match the product to the substrate and service, and say so if a collar, wrap or batt is the specified item.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work in West Sussex. Should something we installed fail, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will come back to it.
- Location
- Sompting (BN15)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Sompting
A seal that doesn’t match its tested detail gives false comfort. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product, so it makes sense to get it right first time. For buildings in places like Sompting, one well-planned visit beats several small ones, so we’d suggest renewing all the joints that are going, not just the worst.
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Why clients in Sompting choose us
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
Fire stopping around Sompting: what changes locally
Central London is about 47 miles from Sompting. Business park offices in the commuter belt are refitted as tenants change, and each fit-out adds services through compartment walls. Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail.
For a building at a site such as Rectory Farm Road Business Park, less than half a mile north of Sompting, a check of penetration seals after each fit-out is good practice. At a college such as Northbrook College, which lies west of Sompting, checking penetration seals after summer M&E works is good practice.
Sompting is about 3 miles east of Worthing, in West Sussex. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Sompting can call on us for service penetrations. Sompting is one of 373 places we cover in West Sussex for service penetrations. We also cover Brighton, some 9 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in BN15 are within our area. Buildings on Osborne Drive, Western Road North and Osborne Close are within our area. We also cover Lancing (1 mile east), East Worthing (1 mile south), Broadwater (2 miles west), Offington (2 miles west) and Salvington (3 miles west). Bigger towns within reach include Bognor Regis (15 miles west), Burgess Hill (13 miles north-east), Littlehampton (9 miles west), Shoreham-by-Sea (3 miles east), Rustington (8 miles west) and Storrington (8 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Sompting
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School, Brooklands Park and The Sir Robert Woodard Academy, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Lancing station, about 0.8 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Old Castle (2.4 miles west) and Museum of Sussex Folklore (2.5 miles west). Not far away are Lancing Ring and Widewater Lagoon.
Sompting: questions and answers
How does the move away from BS 476 affect penetration seals in Sompting?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Is a hospital such as Worthing Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Can you quote from photos?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a visit before quoting.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
How much does the work cost?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. To get one, ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with a description of the work.
Do your applicators hold CSCS cards?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, with each site phased to suit its occupants.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. For a site in Sompting, we plan so the whole job is done in one go where possible. Photos with rough sizes let us arrive with everything needed.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
What we need from you
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Move anything stored against the joints
Getting a fixed quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
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How the quote is worked out
Quotes vary with the job. It mainly depends on:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Distance, for remote addresses
- The size and state of each joint
- Which sealant the job calls for
A quote for service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, plus any specification you are working to. Ask us for a fixed quote.
Sending details for a quote
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, these details speed things up:
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Any specification or named product
- What the building is and how it’s used
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with what you know.
Commercial clients in Sompting
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Sompting can sit alongside others in a wider programme across West Sussex.
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When to bring in a specialist
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Do you need fire stopping in Sompting?
Physical damage is another reason seals stop doing their job. Maintenance work can knock a seal, cut it back for an extra cable or remove it with an old pipe.
Any of the following is a good reason to get the joints checked over:
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Worthing Hospital (to the south-west of Sompting) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
What your quote should include
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- How they’ll work around occupants
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards