Fire Stopping in Strome Ferry
Planning work on a service penetration in Strome Ferry? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Fire stopping for businesses in Strome Ferry
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Building owners, agents and FMs in Strome Ferry
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we are straightforward to vet for your supplier list. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
About our fire stopping in Strome Ferry
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. To price a package, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over with the schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. We work on service gaps in risers, linear gaps at wall heads and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, and the usual reasons a site gets in touch are service penetrations left open after M&E works and old intumescent sealant that has split away. Most enquiries from Strome Ferry start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: 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 Strome Ferry 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 stand by our work: 12 months, guaranteed. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Place
- Strome Ferry (IV53)
- Region
- Highland
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Surface by surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We work through the areas on your schedule methodically, and note anything we find that isn’t on it.
Masonry and concrete
Block walls and concrete floors are common substrates for penetration seals. Dust and debris are cleared from the opening.
Aftercare for building managers
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. Our advice:
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
During planned inspections, look at seals in risers, cupboards and voids. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged and get them dealt with.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. It costs little and catches breaches early.
Signs you need fire stopping in Strome Ferry
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it.
Clients normally 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
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Buildings near Strome Ferry get the fire-rated product that’s specified, installed to its tested detail.
What your quote should include
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
What happens if it’s left?
Open penetrations multiply: every new cable or pipe adds another. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small. For buildings near Strome Ferry, dealing with all the failing joints at once saves return trips. Send photos and we’ll quote for everything together.
Cost follows what’s involved: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a quote and we’ll explain how it’s made up.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in Strome Ferry
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and insurance.
Fire stopping around Strome Ferry: how the place shapes the job
Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
In a building such as Church Of Scotland, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Strome Ferry is in Highland. Across the IV53 postcode area, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Strome Ferry is one of 256 places in Highland on our list.
Postcode districts covered here: IV53. Nearby places we also cover include Plockton (4 miles west), Lochcarron (4 miles north-east), Auchtertyre (5 miles south), Bundalloch (5 miles south-east) and Carndu (5 miles south-east). Where a site is remote or on an island, we plan travel and materials carefully.
Near you in Strome Ferry
Strome Ferry has its own railway station: Stromeferry station. Nearby you’ll also find Strome Castle (0.5 miles north). For a walk, there’s Loch na Leitire.
Questions about Strome Ferry
Is Strome Ferry off your patch?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. Every Scottish council area is within our area. Send photos and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Strome Ferry?
Under Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14), service penetrations should keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, using products tested for their end use. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
How do I request a quote?
There are four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photos and a postcode.
Can you send site paperwork?
Requirements differ from site to site, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm it when we quote.
Do you hold CHAS accreditation?
Yes. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Does the weather affect the work?
For external joints, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Internal work is rarely affected.
Can staff carry on working while you are here?
Normally, yes. Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use, with each area protected and signed.
Nearby places to Strome Ferry
Other services in Strome Ferry
Diagnose, treat, sign off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. Jobs near Strome Ferry are often grouped with others in the same area. Tell us how flexible your dates are.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Request a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with what you know.