Fire Stopping in Telscombe Cliffs
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Telscombe Cliffs. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
Fire stopping for Telscombe Cliffs sites
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
How we handle fire stopping in Telscombe Cliffs
Facilities managers in Telscombe Cliffs often find open service penetrations when ceilings come down for other work. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it using the product and detail it sets out. Where there isn’t one, the designer or fire engineer needs to set one first. If you’re dealing with expanding foam used as fire stopping and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls, we can put it right, on linear gaps at wall heads, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and service gaps in risers alike. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Telscombe Cliffs from the first photos to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Around smaller places like Telscombe Cliffs, many commercial buildings are conversions or extensions of older ones, so it’s worth confirming the wall or floor type before choosing the seal. We match the product to the substrate and service, and say so if a collar, wrap or batt is the specified item.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Where
- Telscombe Cliffs (BN10)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
For managing agents and facilities managers
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.
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.
From enquiry to sign-off
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. We sign and contain the area we are in, keep walkways clear and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. For a site in Telscombe Cliffs, we plan so the whole job is done in one go where possible. Clear photos and measurements help us bring the right products.
- 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.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Preparing the site
- Tell staff and tenants when we’ll be in
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
Quotes
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule and a fixed quote comes back to you. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a site visit.
Related advice
Service penetrations in Telscombe Cliffs buildings
Five care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Telscombe Cliffs. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail.
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital (3.7 miles east of Telscombe Cliffs) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. At a university such as University of Brighton (3.4 miles east of Telscombe Cliffs), labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work. Older community buildings such as Ascension Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
Telscombe Cliffs is about 3 miles west of Newhaven, in East Sussex. Telscombe Cliffs sits inside our coverage, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Telscombe Cliffs is one of 308 places we cover in East Sussex for service penetrations. Our Brighton page has more on work in that area.
If you need fire stopping in BN10, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Streets here include Park Avenue, Ambleside Avenue and Park View Rise. Close to Telscombe Cliffs, our area also takes in Telscombe (1 mile north), Peacehaven (1 mile east), East Saltdean (1 mile west), Saltdean (1 mile west) and Piddinghoe (2 miles east). Nearby towns on our patch include Eastbourne (13 miles east), Seaford (5 miles east), Lewes (5 miles north), Hailsham (12 miles east), Uckfield (13 miles north-east) and Newhaven (3 miles east).
Near you in Telscombe Cliffs
Recent enquiries here include premises near Peacehaven Community School and Smugglers Rest pub. The nearest railway station is Newhaven Town station, roughly 2.9 miles east. Nearby you will also find Planet Earth Museum (2.8 miles east) and Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital (3.7 miles east). The countryside around Telscombe Cliffs includes Itford Hill and Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve.
Also near Telscombe Cliffs
Also in Telscombe Cliffs
Cost factors for service penetrations
To price the job, we consider:
- The site’s rules and procedures
- The size and state of each joint
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Access and working height
The price depends on how many linear metres there are, what has to come out first and how the joints are reached. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.
What we need to price the job
We can often quote from photos and a few details. It helps to include:
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- The site address and postcode
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Maintenance after handover
After handover, a little attention goes a long way:
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Record which product was used where
During planned inspections, look at seals in risers, cupboards and voids. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged.
Ask every contractor who works in risers or voids to report openings they create. It costs little and catches breaches early.
Your questions answered
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Telscombe Cliffs?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Is Telscombe Cliffs off your patch?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. London and every South East county are within our area. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
It depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Multi-site work and planned programmes are a core part of the service, planned site by site to suit how each building is used.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. Removing asbestos is a job for asbestos specialists, not us.
Are you CHAS accredited and on Constructionline?
Yes. We’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member.
Can you follow the specification on our project?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it.
Why act early in Telscombe Cliffs
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: smoke, noise and draughts pass through them every day. Sealing them to the specified detail deals with the fire risk first, and the other benefits follow. Over time, UV, weather and movement wear any sealant out. Renewing it in good time keeps the building weathertight.
The product called for affects the cost, as does the preparation each joint needs. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why us?
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
Read how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations.
General trades versus a specialist
Paperwork matters too. Many sites expect CSCS cards, RAMS and proof of insurance, and we’ll confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.