Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Stor, Highland
Looking for fire stopping in Stor? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Need fire stopping in Stor?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Different surfaces, different methods
Linear joints
Head-of-wall gaps, slab edges and wall junctions are linear joints. BS EN 1366-4 testing sets the joint widths, depths, backing and movement a seal covers and the installation has to fit inside those limits.
Cables and cable bundles
New data and power cables are the most common breach we see. We reseal around them to the specified detail, and any bundle too large for sealant alone is flagged.
About our fire stopping in Stor
We are commercial sealant applicators, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators on site. 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. If you’re dealing with improvised or mixed-product fire seals and fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated, we can put it right. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Stor first comes to us: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Stor 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.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Place
- Stor (IV27)
- Region
- Highland
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Why act early in Stor
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach, 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 Stor. Send photos and we’ll quote for everything together.
No two sites price the same: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. A fixed quote follows once we understand the job.
Why clients in Stor choose us
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Fully insured
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
How a job runs
We follow your site rules from the start: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. With the paperwork done, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you. Where we can, we combine work around Stor with other jobs nearby, to make the most of each trip. Tell us how flexible your dates are.
- 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.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- 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
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Getting a fixed quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
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Maintenance after handover
Once the work is signed off, these steps help:
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
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.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and installation follows the programme.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
When you manage a building on behalf of an owner, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Questions about Stor
How do Scotland’s building standards affect fire-rated sealant in Stor?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. We install what has been specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail, while design and approval sit with the designer and the verifier.
Can you produce the fire-stopping design for a job in Stor?
No. The designer or fire engineer sets the detail and building control accepts it. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
What hours do you work?
We’re in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. We follow the specification, along with the manufacturer’s installation guidance, and any queries are raised before we start.
How many days will you need on site?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we’re given. We will give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
Are you insured?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is fully insured, public liability included.
How soon can the area be used again?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day.
General trades versus a specialist
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist brings efficiency, a consistent finish and a 12-month guarantee.
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
Where services cross fire walls in Stor
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, with products tested for that end use. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail.
Around Stor, fire-stopping design belongs to the designer and building control; installation to the specification is our part. Around Stor, we install fire-rated and intumescent sealant to the product’s tested detail wherever it is the specified product.
Stor (Gaelic: Stoer) is in Highland. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Stor use us for work on service penetrations. Across Highland, 256 places are covered, Stor among them.
We take on service penetrations across the IV27 postcode area, for business premises of every kind. We also cover Stoer (1 mile south-west), Lochinver (5 miles south-east), An Druim Beag (5 miles north-east), Scourie More (11 miles north-east) and Scourie (12 miles north-east) for service penetrations. Remote and island addresses take more planning, from travel and ferries to the weather, so mention the location when you call 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
What’s near Stor
The countryside around Stor includes Loch na Claise.