Fire Stopping in Tannadice
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Tannadice and the surrounding area. Send photographs or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Fire stopping for Tannadice sites
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we will confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
How we handle fire stopping in Tannadice
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, not a rule of thumb. We work on service gaps in risers, linear gaps at wall heads and cable penetrations, and the failures we are asked to look at most are fire sealant pulled out of the opening and unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Tannadice is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
For a building near Tannadice, we plan fire-rated sealing so it’s finished in one visit where possible. Send the specification and photographs of the openings, with sizes if you have them.
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
- Tannadice (DD8)
- Wider area
- Angus
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
How a job runs
Diagnose, treat, sign off: that’s the shape of every visit. We inspect the joints and confirm what’s in scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. Jobs near Tannadice are often grouped with others in the same area. Let us know if your dates have any give.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- 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.
What we need from you
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Get a fixed quote
Send us photographs, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
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Honest limits
Our job is the joint, not everything around it. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
Not sure which it is? You can give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
Compartments and services around Tannadice
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. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
In a hotel such as Finavon Hotel, which lies east of Tannadice, new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product. Older community buildings such as Parish Church And Old Parish Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. Hospital estates such as Whitehills Hospital (4.3 miles south of Tannadice) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
Tannadice is about 5 miles north of Forfar, in Angus. Our applicators travel to Tannadice for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Tannadice is one of 65 places in Angus on our list for service penetrations. For work in that direction, see our Dundee page (17 miles or so).
Business premises anywhere in DD8 are within our area. If your site is on South Esk Road, Broomhill Road and Anne Thomson's Way or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Close to Tannadice, our area also takes in Noranside (1 mile north), Aberlemno (3 miles south-east), Lunanhead (4 miles south), Forfar (5 miles south) and Padanaram (5 miles south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Arbroath (15 miles south-east), Montrose (15 miles east), Kirriemuir (6 miles south-west), Brechin (8 miles east), Hunter's Town (15 miles south) and Letham (7 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Tannadice
A little further out are Whitehills Hospital (4.3 miles south) and Vayne Castle (1.6 miles north-east). Open spaces near Tannadice include Loch Fithie.
Keeping the joints sound
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
Don’t patch a fire-rated seal with anything outside its tested detail. A repair should use the original product, installed the same way, or a new specification from the designer.
Keep a register of where seals are and what they are made of. It tells the next contractor exactly what to reinstate, which saves guesswork.
What else we do in Tannadice
Questions we are asked in Tannadice
Is a smaller place like Tannadice outside your area?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. Our area covers all of Scotland, cities, towns and islands alike. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
What do Scotland’s building standards say about service penetrations in Tannadice?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
How long will the new sealant last?
It depends on movement, UV and weather, cleaning, traffic and the product. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm with the quote.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. Work pauses if suspect material is found, until it has been tested.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, with one point of contact.
Are you CHAS accredited?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. Programme, specification and site rules come first.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm them with the quote.
Surface by surface
Small ducts
We seal around ducts only within what the tested detail covers. Dampers and ductwork systems themselves are outside our work.
Risers and ceiling voids
Risers and ceiling voids hold most of a building’s service penetrations. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance along with any permits your site needs.