Fire stopping in Strettington
Fire stopping for Strettington, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Need fire stopping in Strettington?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Strettington, done properly
Sealant is the specified answer for plenty of openings, such as metal pipes, cables and some small ducts where the detail covers them. Other openings need collars, wraps, batts, pillows or boards. If the detail calls for something other than sealant, we say so rather than force sealant into it. The enquiries we see most involve fire stopping installed outside its tested range and openings left by services added after handover, across service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and pipe penetrations. Searching for sealant specialists in Strettington? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005.
For a smaller site near Strettington, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, so send the specification and photographs first. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Location
- Strettington (PO18)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Inspections and handover checks often pick up fire stopping. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme. Older rural buildings around Strettington move with the seasons, and rigid or tired sealant can’t keep up. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
Why clients in Strettington choose us
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- CSCS-carded applicators
- Fully insured
Take a look at our cost guide and how we’re accredited.
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Cost factors for service penetrations
Quotes vary with the job. It mainly depends on:
- How much existing material needs removing
- Access and working height
- Which sealant the job calls for
- How much there is to seal
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote.
What we need to price the job
The more we know, the firmer the quote. When you get in touch, include:
- The site address and postcode
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Specification clauses that apply
For a fixed quote, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with the site address and an outline of the work. Our quote form is another easy route.
Where services cross fire walls in Strettington
Strettington is about 52 miles from central London. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls. The area within 2 miles of Strettington holds several hotels. 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.
For a hospital such as St Richard's Hospital, 1.9 miles to the south-west of Strettington, penetration sealing is normally phased ward by ward, with infection-control rules agreed first. For an estates team at a campus like University of Chichester, which lies south-west of Strettington, summer M&E works are typically followed by a round of penetration sealing.
Strettington is about 2 miles north-east of Chichester, in West Sussex. Commercial clients in Strettington can call on us for service penetrations. We work across 373 places in West Sussex. Portsmouth is covered too, some 15 miles away.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout PO18. Just outside Strettington, we also work in Westerton (1 mile west), Waterbeach (1 mile north), Maudlin (1 mile south-west), Boxgrove (1 mile east) and Tangmere (1 mile south-east). A short drive away, we cover Worthing (15 miles east), Bognor Regis (5 miles south-east), Selsey (9 miles south), Littlehampton (9 miles east), Rustington (10 miles east) and Storrington (13 miles east).
Near you in Strettington
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Coach And Horses Public House and Westbourne House School. The closest station to Strettington is Chichester station, roughly 2.8 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include The Chichester City Museum (2.4 miles south-west) and Chichester Centre (1.9 miles south-west). Not far away are Levin Down and Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve.
What sealant work can’t fix
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
If in doubt, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will say what we think before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
Your questions answered
Can you work at a site such as Temple Bar Business Park, by Strettington?
Yes. Our area takes in Strettington and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Temple Bar Business Park included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around Strettington?
Yes, where fire-rated sealant is the specified product. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
Do you work in Strettington?
Yes. We cover Strettington. To discuss a job, phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
How long before the joints can be used?
We’ll confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure.
Does the weather affect the work?
For external joints, yes. The joint has to be dry and within the product’s temperature range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Inside work is seldom held up.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
On site: what to expect
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. Smaller jobs around Strettington can be grouped with others nearby. You will have a fixed quote before work starts.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
Before we start on site
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Ask for a quote
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and we will put a fixed quote together. The easiest way is to ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Related advice
Common problems we fix in Strettington
Fire stopping can get squeezed at the end of a programme, or done by whoever is on site. That is when untested combinations creep in and later need putting right.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
On a site such as Temple Bar Business Park, under half a mile south of Strettington, every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
Questions to ask before you book
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
Aftercare for building managers
After handover, a little attention goes a long way:
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
Add risers, plant rooms and ceiling voids to routine fire-stopping checks. Watch for cracked sealant, new services with no seal and openings that have grown, and report them promptly.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. It costs little and catches breaches early.