Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Tankerton, Kent
Planning work on a service penetration in Tankerton? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Fire stopping for Tankerton sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
How we handle fire stopping in Tankerton
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. If you are dealing with improvised or mixed-product fire seals and fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover, we can help, on linear gaps at wall heads, service gaps in risers and cable penetrations alike. Most enquiries from Tankerton 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.
Around Tankerton, penetration and linear seals tend to be one-building jobs. With the specification and photos of the gaps, we can give a fixed quote and bring the right products.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. The promise is simple: if our work fails within that year, we put it right.
- Location
- Tankerton (CT5)
- Region
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What sealant work can’t fix
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It isn’t the answer for:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
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How a job runs
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, agreeing which joints are in scope, where to start and what must stay open. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. If neighbouring businesses or buildings around Tankerton need work too, visits can be combined. Mention the building’s opening times and we will work within them.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Getting the site ready
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Request a quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and a fixed quote will follow. To get it moving, phone 01277 525 020 or email us.
Advice
Looking after the joints
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and their life depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use. We suggest:
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail using the same product.
Make reporting new openings part of every permit to work in service areas. It costs little and catches breaches early.
Common problems we fix in Tankerton
Mixing products or improvising a detail breaks the link with the test evidence. Gaps beyond the tested size, shallow sealant, no backing where it was needed, or products from different systems mixed together are the usual culprits.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
In a hotel such as The Marine Hotel, which lies west of Tankerton, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product.
Questions to ask before you book
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
Service penetrations in Tankerton buildings
Two care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Tankerton. In a care home, any new pipe or cable through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail. Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. References to the older BS 476 classes are being removed from it from 2 September 2029, after which the European classification, BS EN 13501-2, is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail.
For an estates team at a campus like University of Kent (4.8 miles south of Tankerton), summer M&E works are usually followed by a round of penetration sealing. Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (less than half a mile south-east of Tankerton) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Tankerton is about 1 mile north-east of Whitstable, in Kent. Our applicators travel to Tankerton for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. We work across 931 places in Kent, from busy centres to rural villages. There’s a separate page for London, about 50 miles away.
Commercial sites across CT5 are covered for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are Gann Road, Clare Road and Athol Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. If your building is just outside Tankerton, we cover Swalecliffe (1 mile east), Chestfield (1 mile south-east), Whitstable (1 mile south-west), Radfall (2 miles south-east) and West End (2 miles south-east). A short drive away, we cover Canterbury (6 miles south), Margate (15 miles east), Sittingbourne (14 miles west), Faversham (8 miles south-west), Herne Bay (4 miles east) and Minster (11 miles west).
Around Tankerton
Around Tankerton, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Whitstable School and Monument Public House, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Whitstable station, roughly 0.7 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (less than half a mile south-east) and Tankerton Castle (0.5 miles west). Green spaces nearby include West Blean and Thornden Woods.
Tankerton: questions and answers
Will you plan work around the academic year at somewhere like University of Kent?
Yes. Education sites usually want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
Is Tankerton 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.
Will fire-rated sealant work on every penetration?
No. Each fire-rated sealant is tested for particular services, gap sizes and substrates. If an opening falls outside, it needs another solution, as set out by the designer.
When is resealing likely to be due?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Can you reseal penetrations after our M&E works?
Yes. Send the schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product details. Work can run area by area behind the M&E trades keeping pace with the programme.
What do BS EN 1366-3 and BS EN 13501-2 mean?
The tests are BS EN 1366-3 for penetrations and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints, and classification is to BS EN 13501-2. EI 60 means integrity and insulation for 60 minutes in the tested arrangement and the installation has to match the test.
Will you quote for a small job?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.
General trades versus a specialist
Some joints are best left to specialists: for example fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
Why deal with it now?
The longer openings stay, the more there tend to be: each new service adds to the list. Keeping on top of it after each round of works keeps the job small, rather than turning into a full building survey and reseal. A failed joint lets water into a building whatever its size. Early resealing avoids the damage that follows a leak.
The work involved drives the cost: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a quote.
Why clients in Tankerton choose us
- Sealing commercial buildings since 2005
- Fully insured
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.