Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Steep, Hampshire
Work needed on a service penetration in Steep? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
Fire stopping across Steep
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
About our fire stopping in Steep
Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate, and we won’t pretend otherwise. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. The enquiries we see most involve seals disturbed by maintenance and left open and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, on cable penetrations, pipe penetrations and linear gaps at wall heads. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: on jobs in Steep, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Around smaller places like Steep, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. If sealant is what the specification names, we install it around the services exactly as the maker’s detail sets out.
Every job ends the same way: guaranteed. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Place
- Steep (GU32)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
How the job changes by surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We follow your schedule area by area, and note anything we find that isn’t on it.
Plastic pipes
In a fire, plastic pipework melts away and leaves an opening. Small sizes are sometimes covered by an intumescent sealant detail. We check the pipe material and diameter against the detail before we start.
Aftercare for building managers
After handover, these steps help:
- Ask the designer to confirm details early on refits
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail.
Ask every contractor who works in risers or voids to report openings they create. It costs little and catches breaches early.
What we can’t put right
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
If you’re not sure, just speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
Where services cross fire walls in Steep
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. Steep is about 49 miles from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls, and the gaps need sealing with the specified product.
Holiday works at schools like Steep Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return. Halls and meeting rooms at places like Church of All Saints sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal. Industrial units on estates such as Upper Adhurst Industrial Park (1.8 miles east of Steep) often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal.
Steep is about 1 mile north of Petersfield, in Hampshire. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Steep can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Hampshire. Our Hampshire coverage takes in 723 places, from busy centres to rural villages. Portsmouth is covered too, some 16 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in GU32 are within our area. Among the streets we cover are Church Road and Mill Lane, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Close to Steep, our area also takes in Steep Marsh (1 mile north), Sheet (1 mile south-east), Oakshott (1 mile north), Petersfield (1 mile south) and Stroud (2 miles south-west). A short drive away, we cover Havant (11 miles south), Horndean (9 miles south), Alton (9 miles north), Waterlooville (11 miles south), Purbrook (12 miles south) and Bordon (7 miles north-east).
What’s near Steep
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Cricketers Inn, Churcher's College and The Petersfield School and the streets around them. Steep’s nearest station is Petersfield station, roughly 1.4 miles south. A little further out are Bear Museum (1.7 miles south) and Petersfield Community Hospital (1.5 miles south). For a walk, there’s Liss Riverside Railway Walk South and Wheatham Hill.
How a job runs
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. Smaller jobs around Steep can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
What we need from you
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
Common questions from Steep clients
Is Steep off your patch?
No. Places such as Steep are covered as much as the big towns. We work across Greater London and the South East. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
How does the move away from BS 476 affect penetration seals in Steep?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. The designer or fire engineer sets the specification, and we install the product to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Can you quote from photographs?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
Often, yes. Sealants are made in a wide range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or nearby finishes is commonly requested. We will confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Do you take on small jobs?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and we’ll price the work to it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
What do you charge?
That depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a quote.
Also near Steep
Also in Steep
Why act early in Steep
Open penetrations multiply: every new cable or pipe adds another. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small, rather than turning into a full building survey and reseal. Older rural buildings around Steep move with the seasons, and rigid or tired sealant can’t keep up. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
Access can matter as much as the joints themselves: joints within easy reach take less time than ones that need access equipment. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
Why clients in Steep choose us
- Clear, fixed quotes
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- One contact handling all your sites
Take a look at how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations.