Fire stopping in Staxigoe
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Staxigoe, carried out by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Fire stopping across Staxigoe
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Staxigoe
Sealant is the specified answer for plenty of openings, such as metal pipes, cables and some small ducts where the detail covers them. Other openings need collars, wraps, batts, pillows or boards. If the detail calls for something other than sealant, we say so rather than force sealant into it. The enquiries we see most involve unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and improvised or mixed-product fire seals, across service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and linear gaps at wall heads. Most enquiries from Staxigoe start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Staxigoe can leave gaps around new services. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll come back to it.
- Location
- Staxigoe (KW1)
- Region
- Highland
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Your questions answered
Which Scottish guidance covers penetration seals in Staxigoe?
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. We install what has been specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail, while design and approval sit with the designer and the verifier.
Would you work within a site like Caithness General Hospital?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Is Staxigoe in your area?
Yes. We cover Staxigoe, within our coverage of Greater London, South East England and Scotland. To discuss a job, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.
Which sealant will you use?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
How much does the work cost?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. To get one, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us with a description of the work.
Our process
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. While we are working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. For work around Staxigoe, we aim for one trip, so photographs, sizes and a full list matter. Outside work also needs a suitable weather window.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
What we need from you
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
Quotes
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we’ll put a fixed quote together. The easiest way is to ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Advice
Cost factors for service penetrations
Quotes vary with the job. It mainly depends on:
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- How much there is to seal
We don’t publish prices, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
What to include in your enquiry
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
When it isn’t the sealant
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
If in doubt, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
After the work
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. Specifically:
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Treat an open penetration as a priority repair
Add risers, plant rooms and ceiling voids to routine fire-stopping checks. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged and get them dealt with.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and installation follows the programme.
Other services in Staxigoe
How the job changes by surface
Metal pipes
Metal pipes conduct heat, so their details often call for extra measures along the pipe, and the tested detail may ask for insulation beyond the wall. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Cables and cable bundles
New data and power cables are the most common breach we see. Openings around new cables are resealed to the detail.
Where services cross fire walls in Staxigoe
The area within 2 miles of Staxigoe holds a number of hotels. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are typically fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product. Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, using products tested for the way they’re used. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail.
Hotels like Nethercliffe Hotel (to the south-west of Staxigoe) are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls. For a school such as Wick High School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works. Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Caithness General Hospital (1.7 miles south-west of Staxigoe) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Staxigoe is about 19 miles south-east of Thurso, in Highland. If you’re looking for fire stopping in Staxigoe, we can help. Staxigoe is one of 256 places we cover in Highland.
Business premises anywhere in KW1 are within our area for service penetrations. Buildings on Elzy Road, Bobby Coghill Avenue and Elzy Place are within our area. Sites close to Staxigoe are covered too, including Wick (1 mile south-west), Ackergillshore (2 miles north-west), Whiterow (3 miles south-west), Reiss (4 miles north-west) and Haster (4 miles west). For island and remote sites, travel and materials need planning ahead.
What’s near Staxigoe
Recent enquiries here include premises near Bignold Park, among other places. Staxigoe’s nearest station is Wick station, about 1.7 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Castle Sinclair Girnigoe (1.6 miles north) and Wick Heritage Museum (1.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Loch Hempriggs.
Why deal with it now?
Leave a penetration open and smoke and fire can cross into the next compartment far earlier than intended. While the openings can be reached, sealing them is normally straightforward. Left until ceilings are closed or a tenant moves in, the same work costs more access and more disruption. For buildings near Staxigoe, dealing with all the failing joints at once saves return trips. Photos of each area help us quote the whole job.
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.
Why clients in Staxigoe choose us
- CSCS-carded applicators
- A fixed quote before work starts
- One number for every site we cover
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
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