Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Tortington, West Sussex
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Tortington. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Fire stopping in Tortington
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Work for main contractors and building owners
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
If you look after buildings for someone else, clear figures and clear communication matter. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative.
How we handle fire stopping in Tortington
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 are dealing with unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit, we can help, whatever the surface. A single leaking joint is often how a building in Tortington first comes to us: we look at the rest while we are there and tell you what we find.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Tortington often combine new partitions with old walls. A penetration seal only performs as tested if product, substrate, service, gap and depth all match the detail.
The 12-month guarantee is for workmanship rather than wear and tear. Sealant wears with time, and movement, weather, cleaning and use decide how fast, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Location
- Tortington (BN18)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What we are called out for in Tortington
Some seals fail because the wrong product went in: expanding foam or a general-purpose sealant pushed into a gap to tidy it. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position and has to be removed.
Clients usually get in touch after noticing something like this:
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
At a university such as University of Chichester (Bognor Campus), which lies south-west of Tortington, labs, lecture blocks and residences are re-serviced often, so penetration seals are best checked after M&E work.
Questions to ask before you book
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- How the joint faces will be prepared and primed
- What site paperwork they can supply
Penetration seals near Tortington
Tortington has a number of hotels close by, all within 2 miles. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified 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. We install whatever has been specified, to the product’s tested detail.
In a school such as Arundel CofE Primary School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified. Halls and meeting rooms at places like St Mary Magdalene's Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Tortington is about 3 miles north-west of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Across the BN18 postcode area, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Across West Sussex, 373 places are covered, Tortington among them. Sites around Brighton have their own page, about 19 miles away.
We cover the BN18 postcode districts for service penetrations. If your site is on Ford Road and Gaugemaster Way or close by, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. Sites close to Tortington are covered too, including Ford (1 mile south), Lyminster (1 mile east), Arundel (1 mile north-east), Wick (2 miles south-east) and Climping (2 miles south). Further afield, our area takes in Worthing (8 miles east), Bognor Regis (6 miles south-west), Chichester (9 miles west), Selsey (12 miles south-west), Littlehampton (3 miles south-east) and Shoreham-by-Sea (13 miles east).
Near you in Tortington
In Tortington, that means premises near The Arundel Arms Public House At Ford Station and The Littlehampton Academy and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Tortington itself: Ford station. A little further out are Arundel Castle (1.8 miles north-east) and Arundel and District Hospital (1.4 miles north). Green spaces nearby include WWT Arundel.
What the job involves on each surface
Cables and cable bundles
Single cables and small bundles are often within a fire-rated sealant’s tested detail. Bundle size, cable type and the space between cables all matter and we work within those limits.
Plastic pipes
Waste and drainage pipes through floors are a frequent case. Whether sealant alone is acceptable depends entirely on the tested detail, and we’ll never swap a specified collar for sealant.
Questions we’re asked in Tortington
Do you work in occupied care homes around Tortington?
Yes. We agree rooms and times with the manager and work a few areas at a time. Any site rules, from signing in to infection control, are agreed before we start.
Is a hospital such as Arundel & District Community Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
Do you need to see the site first?
It depends on the job. Straightforward work can often be priced from photos and measurements, and bigger or more complex jobs usually get a visit.
Do you work in Tortington?
Yes. We take on work across Tortington, and the same phone number covers every area.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and the quote will be based on it.
Will you write the fire-stopping specification?
No, that isn’t our role. Once you have a specification, we can price and install the sealant elements of it, and tell you if a detail needs another product.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes. It runs for twelve months and covers how we prepared and sealed the joints, though not damage or work by other trades.
When something else is needed
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
Surfaces we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Towns and villages near Tortington
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Why it’s worth doing now in Tortington
Fire stopping is a regular point raised at inspections and handover. Finding unsealed or improvised openings late can hold up a programme, so earlier action pays back. Converted and older buildings near places like Tortington tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
The specified product makes a difference, as does the preparation each joint needs, from cutting out to priming and backing rod. Access, phasing and site requirements come into it too.
Why us?
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- Fixed quotes based on photos, drawings or a visit
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- Specification-led, product-correct work
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.
How a job runs
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work normally takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building, and our waste is bagged and taken away as we go. For a building around Tortington, tell us how to find it and who will meet us. Send that with the details and we will confirm the plan with the quote.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
Getting a fixed quote
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.