Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in The Frenches, Hampshire
Need fire stopping in The Frenches? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Fire stopping for The Frenches sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in The Frenches, done properly
We should be clear about what we do and don’t do. Deciding the specification sits with the designer, the fire engineer and building control; sign-off sits with them too. What we bring is careful installation of the specified sealant, to the maker’s guidance in The Frenches and nearby. Most enquiries involve seals that don’t match their tested detail and unsealed openings around new pipes and cables, across small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and cable penetrations. Looking for mastic applicators who cover The Frenches? Mastic Doctor has worked for contractors, FMs and building owners since 2005, with CSCS-carded applicators.
Smaller places such as The Frenches still have buildings with fire-resisting walls and floors: schools, halls, care homes and commercial conversions. If sealant is what the specification names, we install it around the services exactly as the maker’s detail sets out.
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.
- Place
- The Frenches (SO51)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
What we’re called out for in The Frenches
Some service penetrations were never sealed at all because they sat out of sight above a ceiling or inside a riser. They come to light during inspections, refits or when another trade lifts a tile.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Romsey Community Hospital, 3.4 miles to the east of The Frenches, the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
Before you book anyone
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- How they’ll work around occupants
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
On site: what to expect
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. We sign and contain the area we’re in, with routes through the building left open and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. Smaller jobs around The Frenches can be grouped with others nearby. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned first.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
What we need from you
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Getting a fixed quote
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we’ll return a fixed quote that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, call 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
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What the job involves on each surface
Small ducts
Small ductwork can sometimes be sealed with sealant where the tested detail includes it. Bigger ducts and fire-resisting ductwork are normally handled with other products, and we’ll say if that applies.
Linear joints
Joints at the top of partitions may need to move as the slab above deflects. We use the product and backing the detail names for that movement, with no gaps along the run.
Work for main contractors and building owners
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. Work can be phased so residents and staff keep access throughout, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
Questions about The Frenches
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in The Frenches?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Would you work within a site like Romsey Community Hospital?
Yes, hospitals are one of the sectors we cover. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it.
Do you need to see the site first?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. If the job needs a look first, we’ll arrange a visit.
How do we ask for a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. The first step only needs photos and a postcode.
Is it fine to apply new sealant on top of old?
No. Overlaying old sealant is a frequent cause of early failure, so it all comes out first.
Are you CHAS accredited?
Yes. We’re CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, which helps with supplier vetting.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
Redoing a failed joint typically costs more than getting it right at the outset, since all of it has to come out and the faces be cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.
Penetration seals near The Frenches
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. 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.
Older community buildings such as Church of All Saints that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification. On a site such as Gardeners Business Park (1.7 miles south-west of The Frenches), every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
The Frenches is about 3 miles west of Romsey, in Hampshire. We cover The Frenches, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. Our Hampshire coverage takes in 723 places, from busy centres to rural villages. Our Southampton page has more on work in that area.
Work on service penetrations is covered throughout SO51, whatever the building. Close to The Frenches, our area also takes in Shootash (1 mile east), Plaitford Green (2 miles west), West Wellow (2 miles south-west), East Wellow (2 miles south) and Blackhill (3 miles south). A short drive away, we cover Winchester (11 miles east), Eastleigh (10 miles east), Andover (15 miles north), Totton (6 miles south-east), Chandler's Ford (8 miles east) and Hedge End (13 miles south-east).
Around The Frenches
For rail, the closest station is Mottisfont & Dunbridge station, about 2.5 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include King Johns House (2.7 miles east) and Romsey Community Hospital (3.4 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Copythorne Common.
Nearby places to The Frenches
Also in The Frenches
What happens if it’s left?
Leave a penetration open and smoke and fire can cross into the next compartment far earlier than intended. While the openings can be reached, sealing them is normally straightforward. Wait until ceilings close or areas are occupied and the same work becomes harder to reach. Halls, stores and units around places like The Frenches may not be checked every day, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Resealing early avoids that.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
What you get with us
- Joints cleaned back to sound surfaces
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Workmanship guaranteed for 12 months
- Constructionline member