Fire Stopping in Three Oaks
Planning work on a service penetration in Three Oaks? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
Fire stopping across Three Oaks
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 Three Oaks
Penetration seals are fire tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4 and the results are classified to BS EN 13501-2. A rating such as EI 60 only holds when the product is installed as it was tested. Reproducing the tested arrangement on site is the part we take care of. If you’re dealing with fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover and hidden openings found during inspections, we can help, whatever the surface. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Three Oaks is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Smaller places such as Three Oaks 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.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, wherever the site is. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Place
- Three Oaks (TN35)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
From enquiry to sign-off
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 usually 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. Rural sites near Three Oaks may need directions, gate codes or a contact on site. Add it to your enquiry and we will build it into the plan.
- 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.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- 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.
Before we start on site
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Quotes
A good quote starts with a clear picture: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we will arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Advice
How the job changes by surface
Small ducts
We seal around ducts only within what the tested detail covers. The ductwork, its supports and any dampers are for the ductwork contractor.
Drylining partitions
Drylined fire walls are tested in a particular build-up. The sealant detail has to be tested in that wall type, with the stated board layers.
Three Oaks: questions and answers
Does your area include sites such as Ivyhouse Industrial Estate, near Three Oaks?
Yes, sites like Ivyhouse Industrial Estate are within our area, along with the rest of Three Oaks. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
Is a hospital such as Conquest Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Can you send site paperwork?
Tell us what site paperwork you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we’ll confirm with the quote.
What will the job cost?
Every job gets its own fixed quote. To get one, call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form with a description of the work.
Who decides which product is used?
If the job is specified, we follow the specification. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We are fully insured, and the certificate can go with your quote.
When can the area be used after sealing?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
When it isn’t the sealant
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. Sealant alone won’t deal with:
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
What sets the cost
We price every job individually. The things that drive the figure:
- Phasing around occupants
- The size and state of each joint
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
A quote for service penetrations depends on quantities, condition and access. Ask us for a fixed quote.
Details that help us quote
Whether it’s one area or a whole building, these details speed things up:
- The site address and postcode
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Access details, including height
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings if you’d rather talk the job through.
Why it’s worth doing now in Three Oaks
An open or wrongly sealed service penetration lets fire and smoke reach the next compartment much sooner than the building was designed for. Putting it right is usually a modest job when the openings are accessible. Left until ceilings are closed or a tenant moves in, the same work costs more access and more disruption. Older rural buildings around Three Oaks move with the seasons, and rigid or tired sealant can’t keep up. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
Larger quantities, tricky access or phasing all shape the price. Site requirements like inductions and permits play a part as well.
Why us?
- Constructionline member
- Health and safety: CHAS accredited
- One number for every site we cover
- Public liability insurance in place
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Penetration seals near Three Oaks
Two care or nursing homes sit less than 2 miles from Three Oaks. Care homes rely on fire-resisting walls and floors, and maintenance work that breaks through them leaves openings to seal. Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around openings and penetrations. From 2 September 2029, BS 476 references are being taken out of Approved Document B, leaving BS EN 13501-2 classification as the route, subject to the Government’s transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail.
Hospital estates such as Conquest Hospital (2.5 miles south-west of Three Oaks) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail. Holiday works at schools like Buckswood School often leave service openings to seal before pupils return.
Three Oaks is about 3 miles north-east of Hastings, in East Sussex. Looking for fire stopping in Three Oaks? We can help, as we do across East Sussex. We work across 308 places in East Sussex, from busy centres to rural villages. For work in that direction, see our Brighton page.
We cover the TN35 postcode districts. Among the streets we cover are Butcher's Lane, Morgay Wood Lane and Eight Acre Lane, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Nearby places we also cover include Doleham (1 mile north-west), Broad Street (2 miles north-east), Icklesham (2 miles north-east), Broadland Row (3 miles north) and Udimore (3 miles north-east) for service penetrations. Nearby towns on our patch include Hastings (3 miles south-west), Bexhill-on-Sea (8 miles south-west), St Leonards (4 miles south-west), Hastings Old Town (3 miles south), Belmont (3 miles south) and Langney (15 miles south-west).
Around Three Oaks
In Three Oaks, that means premises near The Hope Public House, Hastings Academy and Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Three Oaks itself: Three Oaks station. Nearby you will also find Barn Theatre and Museum (1.5 miles west) and Conquest Hospital (2.5 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Church Wood and Robsack Wood.
Common problems we fix in Three Oaks
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
Halls and meeting rooms at places like St Laurence's Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Questions to ask before you book
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations