Fire Stopping in Ullapool
Planning work on a service penetration in Ullapool? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
Fire stopping in Ullapool
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
On site: what to expect
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 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. For a building near Ullapool, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- 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.
- Completed areas are checked with you, with the records agreed when we quoted.
Before we start on site
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Flag any permit to work we will need
- Agree which areas must stay open
Ask for a quote
Every job follows the same four steps: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. To take the first step, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
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Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Ullapool
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. To price a package, phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form with the schedule or marked-up drawings and the specified product data. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. If you’re dealing with openings found when ceilings come down for a refit and old intumescent sealant that has split away, we can help. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in Ullapool, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Travel to smaller places like Ullapool is planned so every penetration is sealed on one trip. Send the specification and photographs of the openings, with sizes if you have them.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: preparation, application and finish. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Place
- Ullapool (IV26)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What the job involves on each surface
Linear joints
Head-of-wall gaps, slab edges and wall junctions are linear joints. BS EN 1366-4 testing sets the joint widths, depths, backing and movement a seal covers, and we work within it.
Drylining partitions
Holes in board are often cut larger than needed. An oversized hole may be outside the sealant’s range and we will tell you what the detail says instead.
Looking after the joints
After handover, these steps help:
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
Give the sealant its full cure time before ceilings, boxing or decoration go over it. Some fire-rated sealants accept paint and some don’t, so check the product data first.
Ask every contractor who works in risers or voids to report openings they create. Small habits like this stop openings building up.
What happens if it’s left?
Sealing behind the M&E trades area by area beats a sweep at the end. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down, and the right detail can be checked at the time. Around smaller places like Ullapool, halls, stores and seasonal buildings may not be checked often, giving water time to get in. Resealing early avoids that.
Cost follows what’s involved: stripping out, preparation, sealing, access and phasing. Call for a fixed quote.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes based on photographs, drawings or a visit
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Fully insured
Take a look at our cost guide or how we’re accredited.
When it isn’t the sealant
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It isn’t the answer for:
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If you’re not sure, just speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in Ullapool
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
When to bring in a specialist
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Places near Ullapool
What else we do in Ullapool
Service penetrations in Ullapool buildings
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified. There are a number of hotels within about 2 miles of Ullapool. A hotel refit often runs new services through compartment walls between bedrooms and corridors, and each opening needs the specified seal.
For a unit at a site such as Mill Street Industrial Estate, which lies north-east of Ullapool, new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall. Hotels like Argyll Hotel, under half a mile to the south-east of Ullapool, are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls. In a building such as Ullapool old parish church, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Ullapool is in Highland. Across the IV26 postcode area, the process is the same: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. Ullapool is one of 256 places we cover in Highland for service penetrations.
We cover the IV26 postcode districts for service penetrations. Streets here include Market Street, Ladysmith Street and Fraser Place. You’ll find Ullapool on or near the A893, so getting applicators and materials to site is simple. Just outside Ullapool, we also work in Achiltibuie (10 miles north-west), Laide (14 miles west), Aultbea (16 miles west), Àird (17 miles west) and Kinlochewe (21 miles south). Island and remote sites need extra planning, with travel, ferry crossings where needed and weather to allow for, so mention the location when you call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Near you in Ullapool
Well-known places in the area include Ullapool Museum (less than half a mile south-west). Green spaces nearby include Loch Dubh Beag.
FAQs: Ullapool
How do the Scottish rules apply to fire-rated sealing in Ullapool?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. We install what has been specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail, while design and approval sit with the designer and the verifier.
Can you work at a site such as Mill Street Industrial Estate, by Ullapool?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Ullapool, Mill Street Industrial Estate among them, are all within reach. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
How long does a typical visit take?
We plan the time on site around your programme and access. You’ll have an expected duration with the quote.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is fully insured, public liability included.
Can staff carry on working while you are here?
Yes, as long as we plan it. We agree a sequence with your contact so just one area at a time is disrupted.
What do you charge?
There isn’t a price list, as every site differs. With photos or drawings, we can give you a fixed quote.
Will you quote for a small job?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: details, then a fixed price, then sealing, then a 12-month guarantee.