Fire Stopping in Tillydrone
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Tillydrone and across Aberdeen. CHAS accredited and fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Fire stopping for businesses in Tillydrone
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
How we handle fire stopping in Tillydrone
A fire-rated sealant is only one part of a tested system: the evidence covers a specific product, wall or floor type, service, gap, depth and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow, and we say so if it doesn’t fit. We work on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, linear gaps at wall heads and cable penetrations, and what we are called in for most is old intumescent sealant that has split away and improvised or mixed-product fire seals. Whoever orders the work in Tillydrone, the brief is normally the same: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Tenement blocks and converted stone buildings in Scottish cities often hide old service routes through walls and floors. Before sealing, we confirm the wall or floor and the services passing through, so the product matches the detail, and design questions go to the designer or verifier.
We sign every job off with a 12-month guarantee. It’s a plain promise: if the work we did fails within twelve months, we return to fix it.
- Place
- Tillydrone (AB24, AB22, AB25)
- Region
- Aberdeen
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Our process
Diagnose, treat, sign off: every visit follows that pattern. First comes an inspection and agreement on scope, then we prepare and seal each joint with the specified product, and we finish with a walk round so the work can be signed off. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Tell us the rules and we’ll work to them.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and raise any questions before we price.
- 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.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
Before we start on site
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Agree which areas must stay open
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
Ask for a quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
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Compartments and services around Tillydrone
A 2-mile radius around Tillydrone takes in plenty of 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. Scotland has its own building standards: the non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14) says service penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, with products tested for that end use. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail.
Campus buildings at universities such as University of Aberdeen (to the south-east of Tillydrone) see constant changes to data and services, and fire-rated sealant goes in around new penetrations where it is specified. Hotels such as Northern Hotel (0.6 miles south of Tillydrone) rely on fire-resisting walls between bedrooms and corridors, and refits that add services leave penetrations to seal where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Tillydrone is about 1 mile north of Aberdeen, in Aberdeen. Anywhere in AB24, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Tillydrone is one of 40 places in Aberdeen on our list.
We cover the AB24, AB22 and AB25 postcode districts. If your site is on Deer Road, Gort Road and Baker Road or close by, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Close to Tillydrone, our area also takes in Donside Village (1 mile north-east), Danestone (1 mile north-west), Berryden (1 mile south), Cornhill (1 mile south-west) and Aberdeen (1 mile south). Nearby towns on our patch include Dyce (4 miles north-west), Cults (4 miles south-west), Braeside (3 miles south-west), Cove Bay (5 miles south), West End (3 miles south) and Craigiebuckler (3 miles south-west). As one of the bigger centres in Aberdeen, Tillydrone has a broad mix of commercial, public and industrial buildings, and we cover them all.
Landmarks near Tillydrone
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to St Peter's RC Primary School, 97 High Street pub and Library, among other places. Nearby too are Bridge of Don Academy (1 mile north) and Seaton Park (0.5 miles east). The closest station to Tillydrone is Aberdeen station, roughly 2 miles south of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Bishop Dunbar's Hospital (0.5 miles east) and King's Museum (0.6 miles south-east). Open spaces near Tillydrone include Rubislaw Quarry and Gallows Hill.
How the job changes by surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Risers and ceiling voids hold most of a building’s service penetrations. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance along with any permits your site needs.
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. An oversized hole may be outside the sealant’s range, and the detail may call for board patching or another product.
Owners, agents and contractors
We work for building owners and managing agents on everything from one building to a spread of sites. One quote can cover more than one site, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor on new-build and refurbishment projects. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
When it isn’t the sealant
Being straight saves everyone time. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work in Tillydrone
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
Questions about Tillydrone
Can you take on a job at a hospital such as Royal Cornhill Hospital?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Each area is agreed with the ward or department and the estates team in advance.
Will you take on work at estates like St Machar Industrial Estate, close to Tillydrone?
Yes. Our area takes in Tillydrone and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as St Machar Industrial Estate included. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, with one point of contact across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
How long before the joints can be used?
The product and site conditions decide that. Some take light use quickly, others need longer to cure, and we confirm it before leaving site.
How long does a job like this take?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. You’ll have an expected duration with the quote.
Is colour matching possible?
That depends on the product. Some ranges offer many colours, others very few, so the available colours are confirmed with the quote.
How do I request a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. Step one needs little more than photos and a postcode.
Towns and villages near Tillydrone
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What we’re called out for in Tillydrone
Fire stopping can get squeezed at the end of a programme, or done by whoever is on site. That is when untested combinations creep in, which then have to be put right.
Site and facilities staff are often the first to spot these:
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
Industrial units on estates such as St Machar Industrial Estate, under half a mile to the south of Tillydrone, often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal.
Before you book anyone
- Whether old or failed sealant will be cut out, not overlaid
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- How they’ll work around occupants
Should maintenance staff do it?
For most general trades, sealant is a sideline. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint.
There’s also the paperwork. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.