The Calders fire stopping
Fire stopping in The Calders, backed by over 20 years in commercial sealing. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
Fire stopping across The Calders
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Questions we’re asked in The Calders
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Spire Murrayfield Hospital, something you do?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Can you work in a care home near The Calders with residents in?
Yes. We agree rooms and times with the manager and work a few areas at a time. Noise and disruption are kept to a minimum.
When can the area be used after sealing?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some products skin over quickly but need longer to cure fully, so we will confirm the curing time on the day.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Each site asks for different documents, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
Do you cover The Calders?
Yes. We take on work across The Calders.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
Often, yes. Many products come in a range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or surrounding finishes is often possible. We confirm what’s available for the specified product when we quote.
How much does the work cost?
That depends on the job: quantities, access, the product and any phasing. Call for a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in The Calders
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. If you’re dealing with fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back and hidden openings found during inspections, we can help. A single leaking joint is often how a building in The Calders first comes to us: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Under Scotland’s building standards, a service penetration should keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor it passes through. For a building in The Calders, specified fire-rated sealant is installed as the maker’s tested detail describes.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Place
- The Calders (EH11, EH14, EH12)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
How the quote is worked out
We price every job individually. The things that drive the figure:
- The product specified
- Working within restricted access windows
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Access and working height
The product called for affects the cost, and so does the preparation, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Before you send an enquiry
Good information means a firmer quote. When you get in touch, include:
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- The site address and postcode
- Your programme or deadline
- The type of building and who uses it
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we will price against exactly what is specified. For smaller jobs, photos and a description will do.
How a job runs
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: tape along each joint edge and covers over finishes, stock and equipment close by. On site, the work normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access, and we clear our waste as we work. For premises in The Calders, tell us about access times, shared entrances and any building rules, and we will plan the work to suit, phased where areas need to stay in use.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
Request a quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photos and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email if you’d rather talk the job through.
Advice
Owners, agents and contractors
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients come to us directly as well. The work is planned around how the building runs, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
What happens if it’s left?
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. Scottish city buildings take plenty of rain, and failed external joints let it into stone walls and around frames. Renewing them early protects the fabric.
Quantities, awkward access and phased working all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
Why choose Mastic Doctor in The Calders
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Failed material removed, not covered up
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
Take a look at our cost guide and how we’re accredited.
Surface by surface
Metal pipes
Copper and steel pipes are a common service penetration for fire-rated sealant. The tested detail sets the pipe size range, gap, depth and whether insulation can stay on and we confirm each before sealing.
Masonry and concrete
Openings through concrete vary from tidy cores to rough break-outs. The gap is measured at the widest point against the detail’s limits, and any that don’t are flagged.
Signs you need fire stopping in The Calders
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it, so it has to come out.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Workshops and IT rooms at colleges like Edinburgh College - Sighthill Campus (0.5 miles north-east of The Calders) are re-serviced often, leaving penetrations to seal.
What your quote should include
- How joint depth will be controlled
- How they’ll work around occupants
- Who will actually carry out the work
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
Compartments and services around The Calders
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, and products should be tested for their end use. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail. There are four care or nursing homes within about 2 miles of The Calders. Care settings depend on compartmentation, so service penetrations made during maintenance or refurbishment need sealing with the specified product.
For a building at a site such as Pentland Gait Office Park, under half a mile west of The Calders, a check of penetration seals after each fit-out is good practice. Shop fits in centres such as Sighthill Shopping Centre (to the north-east of The Calders) can bring new services through fire-resisting walls between units, which then need the specified seal.
The Calders is about 4 miles south-west of West End, in Edinburgh. We cover commercial sites throughout The Calders, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh, from busy centres to rural villages.
If you need fire stopping in EH11, EH14 and EH12, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on Calder Road, Cutlins Road and Sighthill Road or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. If your building is just outside The Calders, we cover Sighthill (1 mile north-east), Wester Hailes (1 mile east), Baberton (1 mile south-east), Broomhouse (1 mile north-east) and Clovenstone (1 mile south-east). Bigger towns within reach include Edinburgh (4 miles north-east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (6 miles north-east), Greenside (5 miles north-east), Broughton (5 miles north-east) and Bellevue (5 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in The Calders
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Juniper Green Parish Church. The closest station to The Calders is Wester Hailes station, about 0.6 miles south-east. A little further out are Corstorphine Hospital (1.9 miles north-east) and Craigcrook Castle (2.7 miles north-east). Not far away are Warklaw Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.