Tong fire stopping
Looking for fire stopping in Tong? Send us the details for a fixed quote, backed by a 12-month guarantee on the work.
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Fire stopping near Tong
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
When it isn’t the sealant
Honesty saves time and money. New sealant won’t cure:
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
Not sure which it is? You can call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Service gaps in risers
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
About our fire stopping in Tong
Fire-rated sealant suits many small service penetrations: copper and steel pipes, cables and some small ducts where the tested detail allows. Other openings need collars, wraps, batts, pillows or boards. We use sealant where it is the specified product, and we tell you when a detail calls for something else. If you have unsealed openings around new pipes and cables and penetration schedules that need working through, we can help, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and linear gaps at wall heads alike. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, the work in Tong is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Tong often have services added during refurbishment. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant as its published detail shows and raise it if another product is needed.
Every job is signed 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.
- Location
- Tong (HS2)
- Wider area
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
What sets the cost
Each job is priced on its own details. The main factors are:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- How accessible the joints are
- Quantities, in metres or numbers
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Before you send an enquiry
Good information means a firmer quote. Helpful details to send:
- Access details, including height
- When you need the work done
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
To get a fixed quote, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. You can also send details through our quote form.
Where services cross fire walls in Tong
Being on an island, Tong means planning around ferry times as well as the weather. Photos of each opening and the specification mean the right products make the trip. Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, using products tested for the way they’re used. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
On a site such as Gleann Seileach Business Park, 2.8 miles to the south-west of Tong, every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
Tong (Gaelic: Tunga) is in Na h-Eileanan Siar. We cover commercial sites throughout Tong, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. 87 places across Na h-Eileanan Siar fall within our area, including Tong.
We cover the HS2 postcode districts for service penetrations. For a building on Milkinghill Park and Barraid Mhicille Mhoire or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Just outside Tong, we also work in Aird Tong (1 mile east), Upper Coll (1 mile north-east), Newmarket (2 miles south-west), Steinis (2 miles south) and Laxdale (2 miles south-west). For island and remote sites, travel and materials need planning ahead, so the full address helps from the start.
Around Tong
Nearby you’ll also find Lewis Loom Centre (2.9 miles south-west) and Western Isles Hospital (2.3 miles south-west). Open spaces near Tong include Loch Àirigh na Lic.
FAQs: Tong
Will you travel to Tong on the island?
Yes, Tong is within the area we cover. Our area covers all of Scotland, cities, towns and islands alike. Island work is planned around ferry crossings and the weather, so photographs and a full list before we travel are essential.
How do Scotland’s building standards affect fire-rated sealant in Tong?
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook covers it in clause 2.1.14: penetrations keep at least the element’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for their end use. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
When can you be on site?
We’re in the office from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. Let us know your site hours and access windows, and the work will be planned around them.
Can you send site paperwork?
Requirements differ from site to site, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
How long does a typical visit take?
It depends on the scope, but the work normally takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, including public liability cover.
How do we ask for a quote?
It works in four steps: send details, receive a fixed quote, we carry out the work, and it’s guaranteed. The first step only needs photographs and a postcode.
What we are called out for in Tong
On a busy project, programme pressure can mean fire stopping is rushed or left to whichever trade is closest. That is how unsuitable products and improvised details end up in compartment walls, which then have to be put right.
Most enquiries start with something like this:
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
On a hospital site such as Western Isles Hospital, which lies south-west of Tong, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
What to look for in a quote
- Proof of insurance
- Their pre-qualification and accreditations
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
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After the work
Cleaning and maintenance staff play a part too. Pass these on to them:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
Once the seals are in, tell other trades they exist and must not be disturbed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested 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.
How a job runs
Working in a building that stays open takes some planning. We sign and contain the area we’re in, keep walkways clear and move on in phases so staff and visitors can carry on around us. Travel to smaller Scottish places like Tong is planned so the job is finished in one visit where possible, so photographs, sizes and a full list matter. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out so the seal starts clean.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Before we start on site
- Move anything stored against the joints
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
Quotes
Specifications, drawings and tender packages are welcome with any enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
Related advice
Commercial clients in Tong
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. You get a fixed quote, an agreed scope and a walk round at the end, plus a 12-month guarantee.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Tong can form part of a wider programme across Na h-Eileanan Siar.