Fire Stopping in Sullom
Need fire stopping in Sullom? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Fire stopping across Sullom
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
What happens if it’s left?
An improvised seal can look finished while offering no tested performance. The fix is to remove it and reinstall to the detail. Buildings that aren’t in daily use, such as halls and seasonal premises, may let water in unnoticed, giving water time to get in. Early resealing prevents it.
A quote for service penetrations depends on quantities, condition and access. Ask us for a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- CHAS accredited contractor
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and insurance.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Sullom
Sealant is the specified answer for plenty of openings, such as metal pipes, cables and some small ducts where the detail covers them. Larger openings and some plastic pipes call for collars, wraps, batts or boards instead. We use sealant where it is the specified product, and we tell you when a detail calls for something else. If you are dealing with fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls, we can help. Whoever orders the work in Sullom, the brief is usually the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Travel to smaller places like Sullom is planned so every penetration is sealed on one trip. Send the specification and photos of the openings, with sizes if you have them.
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.
- Location
- Sullom (ZE2)
- Region
- Shetland Islands
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Paperwork matters too. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint, which is what makes a joint last.
Questions about Sullom
Can you take on a job in Sullom, on the island?
Yes, Sullom is within the area we cover. Our area covers all of Scotland, cities, towns and islands alike. Ferry times and the weather set the plan, so we ask for photographs and a full list first.
Will you design a fire-stopping scheme for our building in Sullom?
No. The designer or fire engineer sets the detail and building control accepts it. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant around service penetrations and linear gaps where it is specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
What’s the quickest route to a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photos and a postcode.
Are you insured?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
What hours do you work?
The office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 8am until 5pm. Tell us your site hours and access windows and the work will be fitted around them.
What do you charge?
That depends on the job: the volume of work, the access, the specified product and how it’s phased. Call for a quote.
Is any job too small?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Surface by surface
Plastic pipes
Plastic waste pipes through slabs come up often. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough, and we won’t substitute it for a specified collar.
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. If the gap exceeds the tested range, sealant alone won’t do.
What else we do in Sullom
Our process
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. The work area is signed and kept contained, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. For a building near Sullom, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
What we need from you
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Agree which areas must stay open
Quotes
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. The first step is to call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with what you know.
Related advice
Fire stopping in Sullom: the local picture
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, using products tested for the way they’re used. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail. For an island location such as Sullom, work is planned around ferry crossings and the weather. The specification and photographs of each penetration let us bring the right products first time.
For any site around Sullom, we work to the specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer. Around Sullom, we install fire-rated and intumescent sealant to the product’s tested detail wherever it is the specified product.
Sullom is in the Shetland Islands. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Sullom can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of the Shetland Islands. 63 places across the Shetland Islands fall within our area, Sullom among them.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout ZE2, whatever the building. We also cover Scatsta (2 miles east), Brae (3 miles south), Hogaland (4 miles north), Urafirth (5 miles north-west) and Hillswick (5 miles north-west). Island and remote sites need extra planning, with travel, ferry crossings where needed and weather to allow for, so give the site location in your enquiry.
What’s near Sullom
Not far away are Loch of Stack-houlls.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
What sealant work can’t fix
Sealant solves a lot, but not everything, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. These need a different solution:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
If you’re not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations