Fire Stopping in Stirches
Commercial sealant work in Stirches for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, with a fixed quote first.
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Fire stopping near Stirches
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Stirches
The test standards are BS EN 1366-3 for penetration seals and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints. A rating such as EI 60 only holds when the product is installed as it was tested. Reproducing the tested arrangement on site is the part we take care of. Most enquiries involve non-fire-rated filler around services and old intumescent sealant that has split away, across service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and linear gaps at wall heads. For commercial sealant work in Stirches, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Stirches can leave gaps around new services. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant as its published detail shows and raise it if another product is needed.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, wherever the site is. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Where
- Stirches (TD9)
- Region
- Scottish Borders
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Our process
Site rules come first: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. With the paperwork done, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Stirches. We will confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Getting the site ready
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Flag any permit to work we will need
Get a fixed quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or email us with what you know.
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When it isn’t the sealant
Honesty saves time and money. New sealant won’t cure:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will say what we think.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Doing it in-house
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
How the quote is worked out
There’s no standard rate for sealant work, since sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- The total length or number of joints
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
Before you send an enquiry
To price the job accurately, we need to understand the site. Useful things to include:
- The type of building and who uses it
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
For a fixed quote, speak to us 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.
Fire stopping in Stirches: the local picture
Scotland has its own building standards: the non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14) says service penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, and products should be tested for their end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified. The area within 2 miles of Stirches holds a number of hotels. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal.
In a school such as Hawick High School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified. Halls and meeting rooms at places like Wilton Parish Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal. Hotels such as Balcary House Hotel (1 mile south of Stirches) rely on fire-resisting walls between bedrooms and corridors, and refits that add services leave penetrations to seal where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Stirches is about 1 mile north-west of Hawick, in the Scottish Borders. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Stirches can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of the Scottish Borders. Stirches is one of 91 places we cover in the Scottish Borders. Our Edinburgh page has more on work in that area, about 39 miles away.
Postcode districts covered here: TD9. Among the streets we cover are Bowden Road, Stirches Road and Atkinson Road. Sites close to Stirches are covered too, including Wilton (1 mile south), Hawick (1 mile south-east), Wilton Dean (1 mile south-west), Burnfoot (1 mile east) and Woll (4 miles north-west). A short drive away, we cover Galashiels (12 miles north), Selkirk (8 miles north), Jedburgh (10 miles east), Melrose (12 miles north), Earlston (15 miles north) and Langlee (12 miles north).
Local landmarks in Stirches
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Bourtree pub. Nearby you will also find Borders Textile Towerhouse (0.9 miles south) and Hawick Community Hospital (0.7 miles south). Not far away are Ashkirk Hill and Ashkirk Loch.
Stirches: questions and answers
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Hawick Community Hospital?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Can work in a care setting near Stirches go ahead while residents are there?
Yes. We agree rooms and times with the manager and work a few areas at a time. Tell us about any infection-control or safeguarding requirements and we’ll work to them.
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.
Do you work in Stirches?
Yes. Sites across Stirches are covered, with one number for every area we cover.
How do we ask for a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email. Include photographs or drawings if you have them.
Who decides which product is used?
The specification comes first, if there is one. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
How much does the work cost?
Each job is quoted on its own details. For yours, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Why act early in Stirches
Sealing behind the M&E trades area by area beats a sweep at the end. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down, and the right detail can be checked at the time. Renewing every failing joint on one visit is the sensible approach for a place like Stirches. Photos of each area help us quote the whole job.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote and we will put a fixed figure on it.
Why appoint us
- 12-month guarantee on workmanship
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- A fixed quote before work starts
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Stirches
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.