Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Stockbridge, Hampshire
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Stockbridge. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Need fire stopping in Stockbridge?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
How we handle fire stopping in Stockbridge
A lot of fire-stopping work comes after M&E installation, a refit or a tenant fit-out. Each new cable, pipe or data route cut through a fire-resisting wall leaves an opening behind. Those on your schedule are closed with the specified product. If you have builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and hidden openings found during inspections, we can put it right, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, linear gaps at wall heads and pipe penetrations alike. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Stockbridge it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Stockbridge often combine new partitions with old walls. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: twelve months on the work we carried out. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Place
- Stockbridge (SO20)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Should maintenance staff do it?
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are easy to get wrong without experience.
Do you need fire stopping in Stockbridge?
Plenty of openings were simply never closed. Inspections, refurbishments and ceiling access typically bring them to light.
Clients typically get in touch after noticing one or more of the following:
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Holiday works at schools like Stockbridge Primary & Pre-School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return.
What your quote should include
- Proof of insurance
- Their plan for phasing and protecting the area
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
From enquiry to sign-off
At the end of each section, the masking comes off, the area is cleaned and every joint is checked. If an area should be left alone while the sealant cures, we say how long and put signs out. For work around Stockbridge, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photos and rough sizes first. That way the right products come on the day.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Before we start on site
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Move anything stored against the joints
Get a fixed quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we will put a fixed quote together. To get it moving, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Related advice
What the job involves on each surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Service risers and the voids above ceilings are where openings collect. Access is often tight, so we agree it with you in advance along with any permits your site needs.
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, but many need a collar or wrap. We confirm material and size first and tell you if sealant isn’t the right product.
Why act early in Stockbridge
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme. Around Stockbridge, it’s better to renew all the failing joints at once, rather than one at a time. Send photos of each area and we’ll quote for the lot.
What a job costs comes down to how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and the access. Call for a quote once you have the details.
Why clients in Stockbridge choose us
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- One contact handling all your sites
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- CSCS-carded applicators
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced and how we’re accredited.
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Stockbridge: questions and answers
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Stockbridge?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Can you seal penetrations in a hotel in Stockbridge after a refit?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. Work is done room by room so the hotel keeps trading; design and sign-off stay with the designer and building control.
What if there’s asbestos in the old mastic?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
Do you need to see the site first?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Simple work can often be priced from photos, and bigger or more complex jobs typically get a visit.
When can you be on site?
Mention the site’s hours and access windows in your enquiry, and we will plan around them. Our office runs Monday to Friday, 8am until 5pm.
How do you choose the sealant?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. We are CHAS accredited, we’re a Constructionline member and we use CSCS-carded applicators.
What sets the cost
Before we quote, we look at:
- Location, for remote and island sites
- How accessible the joints are
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- How much existing material needs removing
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
Sending details for a quote
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- What the building is and how it’s used
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. Where a site visit makes more sense, we will arrange one.
Where services cross fire walls in Stockbridge
Stockbridge lies roughly 66 miles out from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls. A number of hotels sit less than 2 miles from Stockbridge. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail.
Older community buildings such as Church of St Peter that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. Hotels like Fairways The Grosvenor Hotel, less than half a mile west of Stockbridge, are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls.
Stockbridge is about 7 miles south of Andover, in Hampshire. Anywhere in SO20, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Stockbridge is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire. Southampton is covered too, around 14 miles from Stockbridge.
If you need fire stopping in SO20, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Buildings on Old London Road, High Street and New Street are within our area for service penetrations. Sites close to Stockbridge are covered too, including Longstock (1 mile north), Leckford (2 miles north-east), Fullerton (3 miles north-east), Cottonworth (3 miles north-east) and Chilbolton (3 miles north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Winchester (8 miles south-east), Eastleigh (12 miles south-east), Andover (7 miles north), Totton (14 miles south), Chandler's Ford (10 miles south-east) and Romsey (8 miles south).
Local landmarks in Stockbridge
We work on buildings around Vine Inn and Test Valley School and the streets around them.