Fire Stopping in St Leonard's
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across St Leonard's, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. CHAS accredited and fully insured.
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Fire stopping across St Leonard's
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Building owners, agents and FMs in St Leonard's
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in St Leonard's can sit alongside others in a wider programme.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in St Leonard's
A fire-rated sealant is only one part of a tested system: its test evidence covers one product in one kind of wall or floor, with set services, gaps, depths and backing. We match each opening to that detail before any sealant goes in. If you’re dealing with unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and expanding foam used as fire stopping, we can help. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in St Leonard's it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Older stone and tenement buildings in Scotland’s cities have usually been re-serviced many times. Wall type and service type decide the product, so both are checked before sealing.
We stand behind the joints we seal: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Where
- St Leonard's (EH8, EH9, EH16)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
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What else we do in St Leonard's
St Leonard's: questions and answers
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around St Leonard's?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we’ll tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in St Leonard's?
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook covers it in clause 2.1.14: penetrations keep at least the element’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for their end use. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes, for 12 months. If a joint fails because of how we installed it, we come back and put it right.
Will you quote for a small job?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
How much does the work cost?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. For yours, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with a description of the work.
How a job runs
We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. With the paperwork done, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it. In a Scottish city, kerbside space and loading need planning, especially near the centre. Shared closes, stairs and the property factor may need to be part of the plan.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- 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.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Quotes
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. If you have questions first, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
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Maintenance after handover
After handover, a little attention goes a long way:
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and the work runs in step with the M&E.
What sets the cost
These are the things that shape the price:
- How much there is to seal
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- How accessible the joints are
- Joint width, depth and condition
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
Details that help us quote
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- Specification clauses that apply
- Your programme or deadline
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
Photos, drawings or a schedule of the joints and a fixed quote comes back to you. Where a site visit makes more sense, we will arrange one.
Compartment walls and floors in St Leonard's
St Leonard's has six care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product. In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, with products tested for that end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
At a healthcare site like Astley Ainslie Hospital (1.2 miles south-west of St Leonard's), new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal. Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh (1.4 miles north-west of St Leonard's) are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal.
St Leonard's is about 1 mile east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover St Leonard's and the rest of Edinburgh, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. St Leonard's is one of 174 places in Edinburgh on our list.
We cover the EH8, EH9 and EH16 postcode districts. For a building on Dalkeith Road, Salisbury Road and Newington Road or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Close to St Leonard's, our area also takes in Newington (1 mile south-west), Buccleuch (1 mile north-west), Sciennes (1 mile west), Mayfield (1 mile south) and Burgh Muir (1 mile south-west). Nearby towns on our patch include Leith (3 miles north), Queensferry (9 miles west), Timber Bush (3 miles north), Southhouse (3 miles south), Newhaven (3 miles north) and Gilmerton (3 miles south-east).
Near you in St Leonard's
Recent enquiries here include premises near Duddingston Kirk, The Meadows and National Museums Scotland Library. Also close by are Sciennes Primary School (0.5 miles west), 1 pub (under half a mile south-west) and Royal Blind School (0.7 miles south). The closest station to St Leonard's is Edinburgh Waverley station, roughly 1 mile north-west of the centre. A little further out are Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (1 mile south-east) and Deaconess Hospital (0.5 miles north-west). Not far away are The New Leaf Co-op and Dunsapie Loch.
Why it’s worth doing now in St Leonard's
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach and each detail can be checked as we go. Scottish city buildings take plenty of rain, so a split or hardened joint lets water into the wall. Resealing promptly protects the stone and the interior.
We don’t publish prices, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Why appoint us
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
Take a look at what affects the cost or how we’re accredited.
Do you need fire stopping in St Leonard's?
Damage plays a part too. Seals get knocked during maintenance, cut back to add a cable or pulled out when services are swapped, and the repair is often skipped.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
At a university such as University of Edinburgh, which lies north-west of St Leonard's, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
Before you book anyone
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?