Fire stopping in Tankerness
Need fire stopping in Tankerness? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Need fire stopping in Tankerness?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
When to bring in a specialist
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
Redoing a failed joint usually costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
About our fire stopping in Tankerness
Every service that crosses a compartment wall or floor leaves an opening, and that opening needs sealing to hold back fire and smoke. Our part is installing fire-rated and intumescent sealant at those openings and along linear gaps, where the specification calls for it. We work to the product’s tested detail for every seal rather than guesswork. If you’re dealing with damaged fire seals in risers and voids and unsealed openings around new pipes and cables, we can help. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Tankerness it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Refurbishments in small hotels, schools and care homes around places like Tankerness 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. It’s a plain promise: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- Tankerness (KW17)
- Region
- Orkney Islands
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Common questions from Tankerness clients
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Balfour Hospital?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Tankerness?
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. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
What’s the quickest route to 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 photographs and a postcode.
Can you fit around our working hours?
Mention the site’s hours and access windows in your enquiry, and we’ll plan around them. You can reach the office between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Will you come and look before quoting?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit before quoting.
Who decides which product is used?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
How the quote is worked out
Each job is priced on its own details. The main factors are:
- The size and state of each joint
- Whether the work must be split into stages
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
A quote for service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, plus any specification you’re working to. Ask us for a fixed quote.
Sending details for a quote
For an accurate fixed quote, we need to understand the site. Send us:
- When you need the work done
- Anything awkward about access or site hours
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with what you know.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Tankerness can form part of a wider programme across the Orkney Islands.
Compartments and services around Tankerness
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 products tested for that end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail. For an island location such as Tankerness, work is planned around ferry crossings and the weather. With the specification and photographs of the openings, the right fire-rated products travel with us.
In a building such as St Andrew's Burial-Ground, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Tankerness is about 4 miles east of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands. Any commercial site in Tankerness is covered, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Our the Orkney Islands coverage takes in 51 places, from busy centres to rural villages.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout KW17, whatever the building. If your building is just outside Tankerness, we cover Toab (1 mile south), Upper Sanday (3 miles south), Kirkwall (4 miles west), St Mary's (5 miles south-west) and Balfour (6 miles north-west). Remote and island addresses take more planning, from travel and ferries to the weather, so give the site location in your enquiry.
Around Tankerness
A little further out are Balfour Hospital (4.7 miles west) and Bishop's Palace (4.5 miles west). Not far away are Mull Head Nature Reserve and Loch of Tankerness.
What sealant work can’t fix
Being straight saves everyone time. New sealant won’t cure:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
If you are not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
On site: what to expect
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. While we are working, the area stays contained and tidy, and your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. Jobs near Tankerness are often grouped with others in the same area. Let us know if your dates have any give.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and ask about anything unclear.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Getting a fixed quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or email the details over if you’d rather talk the job through.
Advice
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Common problems we fix in Tankerness
Head-of-wall joints and wall-to-wall junctions are frequent weak points. Movement in the frame or slab can open the joint, and a product not tested for that movement may crack. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
Most enquiries start with one or more of the following:
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
At a healthcare site like Balfour Hospital, 4.7 miles west of Tankerness, new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal.
Questions to ask before you book
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- Proof of insurance
- How they’ll work around occupants
- Who will actually carry out the work