Fire Stopping in Steward's Green
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Steward's Green. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
Fire stopping for businesses in Steward's Green
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 Steward's Green
The test standards are BS EN 1366-3 for penetration seals and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints and the results are classified to BS EN 13501-2. A rating such as EI 60 only holds when the product is installed as it was tested. So our job is to reproduce that arrangement faithfully. We work on service gaps in risers, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and linear gaps at wall heads, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and fire sealant pulled out of the opening. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Steward's Green, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
For a smaller site near Steward's Green, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, so send the specification and photos first. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
Every job is signed off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- Steward's Green (CM16)
- Region
- Essex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Fire-rated sealing for Steward's Green buildings
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. From 2 September 2029, BS 476 references are being taken out of Approved Document B, leaving BS EN 13501-2 classification as the route, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. Steward's Green lies roughly 16 miles out from central London. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls.
For a building at a site such as Hobbs Cross Business Centre (1.2 miles south-east of Steward's Green), a check of penetration seals after each fit-out is good practice. Holiday works at schools like Ivy Chimneys Primary School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return.
Steward's Green is about 4 miles north-east of Loughton, in Essex. Looking for fire stopping in Steward's Green? We can help. 644 places across Essex fall within our area, including Steward's Green. For work in that direction, see our London page.
We cover the CM16 postcode districts for service penetrations. Nearby places we also cover include Fiddlers Hamlet (1 mile east), Ivy Chimneys (1 mile west), Epping (1 mile north-west), Hobbs Cross (1 mile south) and Theydon Garnon (1 mile south) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Harlow (6 miles north), Brentwood (9 miles south-east), Billericay (14 miles east), Loughton (4 miles south-west), Waltham Abbey (5 miles west) and Stansted Mountfitchet (15 miles north).
Near you in Steward's Green
Recent enquiries here include premises near St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled School and The Merry Fiddlers pub, among other places. A little further out are St. Margaret's Hospital (1.1 miles north) and Epping Signalling Museum (0.5 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Gernon Bushes.
Owners, agents and contractors
We work for building owners and managing agents on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
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.
How the quote is worked out
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, since sites vary so much. What we take into account:
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- The product specified
- How accessible the joints are
- How much existing material needs removing
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you’ll have a fixed figure to work with.
What we need to price the job
There’s no need for a formal survey. These details are enough to start:
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- The type of building and who uses it
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- The product your specification calls for
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we’ll fill any gaps with a visit.
When something else is needed
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It won’t put right:
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work in Steward's Green
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
What the job involves on each surface
Masonry and concrete
Many seals are made in blockwork, brickwork or concrete slabs. Dust and debris are cleared from the opening, with backing added if the detail requires it.
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. If the gap exceeds the tested range, sealant alone won’t do and we’ll tell you what the detail says instead.
What we’re called out for in Steward's Green
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position, so it has to come out.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
For a hotel such as The Thatched House Hotel (0.9 miles north-west of Steward's Green), penetration seals are worth checking after any refit or services upgrade.
What your quote should include
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Who will actually carry out the work
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
Questions we are asked in Steward's Green
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Saint Margaret's Hospital, something you do?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
How does the move away from BS 476 affect penetration seals in Steward's Green?
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.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
It depends on the product specified. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so we’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Will you come and look before quoting?
Photos, drawings or a schedule are often enough to quote. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a visit.
Can the building stay open while you work?
Usually, yes. We phase the work so most of the building stays in use.
Which sealant will you use?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Managing asbestos is the dutyholder’s responsibility, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
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 your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. For a building around Steward's Green, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Send that with the details and we will confirm the plan with the quote.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
Request a quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we’ll put a fixed quote together. To get it moving, call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.