Temple Valley fire stopping
Planning work on a service penetration in Temple Valley? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
Fire stopping in Temple Valley
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Our process
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. Jobs in and around smaller places like Temple Valley are usually planned as a single visit, so we ask for photos and rough sizes first. That way the right products come on the day.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- 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
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Quotes
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos to discuss it first.
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Fire stopping in Temple Valley
Most of our fire stopping work happens after the building is up. New cable runs, replaced pipework and extra data routes all punch holes in compartment walls. Those on your schedule are closed with the specified product. We work on service gaps in risers, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and cable penetrations, and what we are called in for most is openings left by services added after handover and seals disturbed by maintenance and left open. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in Temple Valley, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Rural conversions around Temple Valley can put new fire-resisting partitions inside older structures. A penetration seal only performs as tested if product, substrate, service, gap and depth all match the detail.
Work we carry out in Hampshire comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll come back to it.
- Place
- Temple Valley (SO21)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
How the job changes by surface
Masonry and concrete
Core-drilled holes are neat; broken-out ones rarely are. The gap is measured at the widest point so we know it sits within the tested range.
Plastic pipes
Plastic waste pipes through slabs come up often. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough, and we won’t substitute it for a specified collar.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Temple Valley can form part of a wider programme across Hampshire.
Service penetrations in Temple Valley buildings
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. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail. At about 58 miles from central London, Temple Valley is within reach of the capital. Tenant changes on commuter-belt business parks mean regular fit-outs, and new services through compartment walls; the gaps need the specified seal.
In a hotel such as voco Winchester Hotel and Spa (0.8 miles west of Temple Valley), new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Leigh House Hospital, 1.7 miles to the west of Temple Valley, all have compartment walls crossed by services. Tenant changes at parks like Abbas Business Centre, 2.4 miles to the north of Temple Valley, bring new data and services, and openings through fire-resisting walls need the specified seal.
Temple Valley is about 3 miles east of Hyde, in Hampshire. We cover Temple Valley, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. 723 places across Hampshire fall within our area, including Temple Valley. Southampton is covered too, around 12 miles from Temple Valley.
Postcode districts covered here: SO21. We also cover Easton (2 miles north-west), Winnall (2 miles west), Morestead (2 miles south-west), Ovington (2 miles north-east) and Itchen Abbas (2 miles north). Further afield, our area takes in Winchester (3 miles west), Eastleigh (8 miles south-west), Fareham (14 miles south), Andover (15 miles north-west), Horndean (15 miles south-east) and Totton (15 miles south-west).
Around Temple Valley
Temple Valley’s nearest station is Winchester station, about 3.4 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include Winchester College Treasury (3 miles west) and Wolvesey Castle (2.9 miles west). Not far away are Winnall Moors and Twyford Down.
When to bring in a specialist
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Redoing a failed joint normally costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Looking after the joints
Problems stay small when the joints are checked regularly. Specifically:
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
A simple record of seal locations and products helps. It tells the next contractor exactly what to reinstate, which saves guesswork.
Leave it or put it right?
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. While the area is still open, every opening is easy to see and reach and each detail can be checked as we go. Converted and older buildings near places like Temple Valley tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
The work involved drives the cost: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Why us?
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
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Questions we’re asked in Temple Valley
Is Abbas Business Centre, near Temple Valley, within your area?
Yes. Our area takes in Temple Valley and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Abbas Business Centre included. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
Can you work around term dates at a campus such as University of Winchester?
Yes. Tell us the term dates, vacation periods and access windows, and we will plan the work around them. Any paperwork you need, from RAMS to our insurance certificate and CSCS details, is confirmed with the quote.
When is resealing likely to be due?
Nobody can honestly give a figure in years, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular inspection is the best way to catch problems early.
Do you hold third-party fire-stopping installer certification?
No. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. Our credentials are CHAS accreditation, Constructionline membership and CSCS-carded applicators, and we are fully insured. Where a client or main contractor requires a scheme member, we will say so straight away rather than waste your time.
Do you approve fire stopping for building control?
No. Sign-off isn’t ours to give, and we don’t hold a third-party installer certificate. Our part is fitting the specified product to its tested detail.
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.
Do you design or specify fire stopping?
No, we don’t design fire stopping. With the designer’s details in hand, we can price the sealant elements, and tell you if a detail needs another product.