Tatsfield fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Tatsfield and across Surrey. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Need fire stopping in Tatsfield?
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
How we handle fire stopping in Tatsfield
We are commercial sealant applicators, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators on site. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate, and we won’t pretend otherwise. What we offer is careful installation of the specified sealant to its tested detail, with a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. If you’re dealing with non-fire-rated filler around services and seals disturbed by maintenance and left open, we can help, on pipe penetrations, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and linear gaps at wall heads alike. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in Tatsfield, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
For a smaller site near Tatsfield, we plan to do all the penetrations in one go, with the specification and photos sent in advance. Design and sign-off belong to the designer or building control; we install what’s specified.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, wherever the site is. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Location
- Tatsfield (TN16)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Late discoveries can delay handover while openings are reopened and resealed which is why earlier is better. Converted and older buildings near places like Tatsfield tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. The right product, sized to the joint, copes much better.
The specified product makes a difference, as does the preparation each joint needs. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why appoint us
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- One number for every site we cover
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Where services cross fire walls in Tatsfield
The area within 2 miles of Tatsfield holds a number of hotels. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. Its BS 476 references are being withdrawn from 2 September 2029, with BS EN 13501-2 classification taking over, subject to transitional arrangements. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail.
On estates like Biggin Hill Airport Trading Estate, 1.8 miles to the north of Tatsfield, the wall between office and warehouse is often fire-resisting, and cables through it need the specified seal. In a school such as Charles Darwin School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified.
Tatsfield is about 5 miles east of Caterham, in Surrey. Anywhere in TN16, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. We work across 379 places in Surrey, from busy centres to rural villages. For work in that direction, see our London page, about 15 miles away.
Postcode districts covered here: TN16 for service penetrations. Streets here include The Square, Ninehams Road and Maesmaur Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. We also cover South Street (1 mile east), Titsey (1 mile south), Force Green (2 miles south-east), Moorhouse Bank (3 miles south) and Westerham (3 miles south-east) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Epsom (13 miles west), Horley (12 miles south-west), Redhill (9 miles south-west), Ewell (13 miles west), Reigate (11 miles west) and Caterham (5 miles west).
Near you in Tatsfield
Tatsfield’s nearest station is Oxted station, roughly 3 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Tandridge Priory (2.8 miles south). The countryside around Tatsfield includes Betsom's Hill and West Kent Golf Course nature reserve.
What sealant work can’t fix
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’d rather tell you before you spend money. It won’t fix:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
If in doubt, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
On site: what to expect
We begin with a short walk round with whoever looks after the building, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. Then we strip out anything that has failed, prepare every joint and seal it. Smaller jobs around Tatsfield can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- We gun the sealant in to the specified depth around each service and tool it.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Preparing the site
- Agree which areas must stay open
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
Request a quote
Tell us about the building, the joints and when you need the work done, and a fixed quote will follow. The easiest way is to speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Advice
For managing agents and facilities managers
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Blocks and communal areas make up much of the work for housing associations and agents. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
Also near Tatsfield
What else we do in Tatsfield
What the job involves on each surface
Drylining partitions
Plasterboard partitions are tested as a specific construction. We check that the product’s detail covers that partition type and board thickness before sealing.
Linear joints
Linear joints run along the head of a wall, at a slab edge or between two fire-resisting elements. Their tested detail, under BS EN 1366-4, sets the width, depth, backing and movement allowed and the installation has to fit inside those limits.
Common questions from Tatsfield clients
Is a smaller place like Tatsfield outside your area?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. Our area covers London and the South East counties. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Tandridge Priory?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
How do you choose the sealant?
The specification comes first, if there is one. Without one, the joint decides: its movement, its surfaces and what it has to cope with.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. We take on portfolio and planned maintenance work, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
Do you work in Scotland as well as England?
Building standards in Scotland are separate from England’s. Either way, we install the specified sealant to its tested detail.
Do you seal openings left by new services?
Yes, where there is a specification for those walls and floors. Openings left by new services are among the most common jobs we see and we close them with the specified product.
Do you need fire stopping in Tatsfield?
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position and has to be removed.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Hospital estates such as Tandridge Priory (2.8 miles south of Tatsfield) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
What to look for in a quote
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- The terms of the workmanship guarantee
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it