Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Street End, West Sussex
Commercial sealant work in Street End for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, quoted at a fixed price.
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Need fire stopping in Street End?
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How we handle fire stopping in Street End
It helps to set out our role at the start. Deciding the specification sits with the designer, the fire engineer and building control. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance on buildings around Street End. We work on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, linear gaps at wall heads and service gaps in risers, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are openings left by services added after handover and seals that don’t match their tested detail. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Street End it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Street End often combine new partitions with old walls. A penetration seal only performs as tested if product, substrate, service, gap and depth all match the detail.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Where
- Street End (PO20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Fire-rated sealing for Street End 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. There are several hotels within about 2 miles of Street End. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal.
Campus buildings at universities such as University of Chichester (3.8 miles north-east of Street End) see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified. Offices at parks like Enborne Business Park, 1.5 miles to the south of Street End, are re-cabled with each new tenant, and compartment walls need sealing afterwards to the tested detail.
Street End is about 4 miles north of Selsey, in West Sussex. Street End sits inside our coverage and the rest of West Sussex, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. We work across 373 places in West Sussex, large and small. Our Portsmouth page has more on work in that area, about 13 miles away.
Anyone looking for fire stopping in PO20 gets the same process as the rest of our area: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. If your site is on Church Lane, Selsey Road and Chalder Lane or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Close to Street End, our area also takes in Sidlesham Common (1 mile north-west), Sidlesham (1 mile south), Keynor Estate (1 mile south), Fisher (1 mile north-east) and South Mundham (2 miles north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Bognor Regis (5 miles east), Chichester (4 miles north), Selsey (4 miles south), Littlehampton (11 miles east), Rustington (12 miles east) and Angmering (14 miles east).
Landmarks near Street End
The nearest railway station is Chichester station, roughly 3.2 miles north. A little further out are Chichester Castle (3.8 miles north) and Chichester Cathedral Treasury (3.4 miles north).
From enquiry to sign-off
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. Rural sites near Street End may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. 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.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Move anything stored against the joints
Getting a fixed quote
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.
Related advice
What we are called out for in Street End
Head-of-wall joints and wall-to-wall junctions are frequent weak points. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps, and a product not tested for that movement may crack. Linear joint details set a width range and movement capability, and the seal has to sit within them.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
At a healthcare site like St Richard's Hospital, which lies north of Street End, new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal.
Before you book anyone
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
Commercial clients in Street End
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. Programme, specification and site rules come first.
Agents, factors and owners’ representatives all follow the same route: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed. We can agree access arrangements and keyholder contacts beforehand.
Different surfaces, different methods
Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework, and some details add wrapping or a set length of insulation. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Drylining partitions
Drylined fire walls are tested in a particular build-up. We check that the product’s detail covers that partition type and board thickness before sealing.
Why it’s worth doing now in Street End
Inspections and handover checks often pick up fire stopping. Late discoveries can delay handover while openings are reopened and resealed which is why earlier is better. Converted and older buildings near places like Street End tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. Call for a quote and we’ll price your job on its own details.
Why appoint us
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.
Also near Street End
What else we do in Street End
When something else is needed
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we’ll tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
Street End: questions and answers
Could you schedule work at a campus like University of Chichester for the vacation?
Yes. We plan campus work around teaching, exams and residence turnarounds. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
Is Street End off your patch?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. London and every South East county are within our area. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
Is any job too small?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, with one point of contact across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
Are you members of a third-party fire-stopping installer scheme?
No, and we won’t imply otherwise. Third-party schemes aren’t a legal requirement, but many clients and main contractors ask for them. Where it isn’t required, we install the specified sealant to the maker’s details.
Who decides which product is used?
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 long does a typical visit take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit usually takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.