Tilbury fire stopping
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Tilbury. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Need fire stopping in Tilbury?
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Aftercare for building managers
After handover, these steps help:
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Record which product was used where
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail using the same product.
Ask every contractor who works in risers or voids to report openings they create. It costs little and catches breaches early.
Fire stopping in Tilbury
We are commercial sealant applicators, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators on site. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. What we offer is careful installation of the specified sealant to its tested detail, with a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. If you are dealing with builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit, we can help, whatever the surface. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Tilbury, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Buildings in a smaller place such as Tilbury that need fire-rated sealing are typically schools, care homes, surgeries, small offices and flats over shops. Specified fire-rated sealant goes around new services there, built to match the manufacturer’s detail.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee, in Tilbury as everywhere else we work. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Location
- Tilbury (RM18)
- Wider area
- Thurrock
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Building owners, agents and FMs in Tilbury
CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, we are straightforward to vet for your supplier list. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, with each stage agreed with your site contact.
From enquiry to sign-off
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself typically takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence, and we clear our waste as we work. For a job in Tilbury, the main thing is a clear picture of the work, so send photographs of each area. You’ll then get a fixed price for the work.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and raise any questions before we price.
- On site, each opening is checked against the tested detail it is meant to follow.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
Before we start on site
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Have the specification and drawings to hand
Request a quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, call 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
Advice
Honest limits
Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. You’ll hear from us if the cause turns out to be one of these:
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
Not sure which it is? You can phone 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Signs you need fire stopping in Tilbury
Plenty of openings were simply never closed because they sat out of sight above a ceiling or inside a riser. Inspections, refurbishments and ceiling access normally bring them to light.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
For a site team at a college like USP College, 1.4 miles north of Tilbury, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works.
Before you book anyone
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
Where services cross fire walls in Tilbury
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of 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. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail. The area within 2 miles of Tilbury holds several hotels. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail.
For a unit at a site such as London Distribution Park, which lies north-west of Tilbury, new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall. Large healthcare estates like Gravesham Community Hospital, 1.4 miles south of Tilbury, change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work.
Tilbury is about 2 miles south-east of Grays, in Thurrock. Looking for fire stopping in Tilbury? We can help. We work across 27 places in Thurrock. We also cover London, some 20 miles away.
Business premises anywhere in RM18 are within our area for service penetrations. Streets here include Civic Square, London Road and Church Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Tilbury sits on or close to the A126 and A1089, which helps when planning parking and deliveries for the job. If your building is just outside Tilbury, we cover Biggin (1 mile north-east), West Tilbury (2 miles north-east), Chadwell St Mary (2 miles north), Milton-next-Gravesend (2 miles south-east) and Grays (2 miles north-west). A short drive away, we cover Stanford-le-Hope (5 miles north-east), South Ockendon (5 miles north-west), Balstonia (5 miles north-east), Corringham (6 miles north-east), Aveley (5 miles north-west) and South Stifford (3 miles north-west).
Near you in Tilbury
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Northfleet Urban Country Park and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Tilbury Town station, roughly 0.5 miles west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Stone Castle (4 miles west) and Gravesham Community Hospital (1.4 miles south). Open spaces near Tilbury include Sawyers Lake and Chafford Gorges Nature Park.
Should maintenance staff do it?
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 easy to get wrong without experience.
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
Towns and villages near Tilbury
What else we do in Tilbury
Questions we are asked in Tilbury
Is a smaller place like Tilbury outside your area?
No. Places such as Tilbury are covered as much as the big towns. London and every South East county are within our area. Send photographs and a list of what needs doing, and we’ll plan the job to need as few trips as possible.
Does your area include sites such as London Distribution Park, near Tilbury?
Yes. Our area takes in Tilbury and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as London Distribution Park included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
What does an EI 60 rating mean?
The tests are BS EN 1366-3 for penetrations and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints, and classification is to BS EN 13501-2. EI 60 means integrity and insulation for 60 minutes in the tested arrangement and the installation has to match the test.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Requirements differ from site to site, so tell us what you need and we will confirm it when we quote.
Do you take on small jobs?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Do you certify or sign off fire stopping?
No. We don’t certify or sign off fire stopping, and we hold no third-party fire-stopping installer certificate. Our part is fitting the specified product to its tested detail.
Can you quote from photographs?
It depends on the job. Simple work can often be priced from photographs, and bigger or more complex jobs normally get a visit.