Fire Stopping in Upham
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Upham and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
Fire stopping for businesses in Upham
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Aftercare for building managers
Sealant joints are maintenance items, and how long they last depends on how they’re treated. We suggest:
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
New services after handover are a common way fire stopping gets breached. Building it into each contractor’s sign-off keeps the walls intact.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and installation follows the programme.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Upham
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. If the detail calls for something other than sealant, we say so rather than force sealant into it. We work on cable penetrations, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, and what we’re called in for most is non-fire-rated filler around services and fire stopping installed outside its tested range. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Upham it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Rural conversions around Upham can put new fire-resisting partitions inside older structures. Where a pipe or cable passes through a fire-resisting wall, the seal must match the tested detail: product, substrate, gap and depth.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Place
- Upham (SO32)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
What else we do in Upham
Service penetrations in Upham buildings
At about 61 miles from central London, Upham is within reach of the capital. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls. In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of openings and penetrations. The national BS 476 classes are due to drop out of it from 2 September 2029, leaving the European BS EN 13501-2 route, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail.
Large healthcare estates like Moorgreen Hospital, 5.4 miles to the south-west of Upham, change their services often, so penetration seals are worth checking after M&E work. Where a unit on an estate such as Deer Park Farm Industrial Estate, 2.7 miles to the south-west of Upham, has fire-resisting walls between offices and warehouse, any new service through them should be sealed to the tested detail.
Upham is about 5 miles east of Eastleigh, in Hampshire. Looking for fire stopping in Upham? We can help. We work across 723 places in Hampshire, from busy centres to rural villages. Our Southampton page has more on work in that area.
We take on service penetrations across the SO32 postcode area. If your site is on Church Street, Shoe Lane and Widlers Lane or close by, we can quote for service penetrations. We also cover Ashton (1 mile south-east), Lower Upham (1 mile south-west), Wintershill (2 miles south-west), Durley Street (2 miles south-west) and Bishop's Waltham (2 miles south-east) for service penetrations. Nearby towns on our patch include Winchester (6 miles north-west), Gosport (13 miles south), Havant (14 miles south-east), Eastleigh (5 miles west), Fareham (9 miles south) and Horndean (11 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Upham
We work on buildings around Brushmakers Arms. The nearest railway station is Hedge End station, about 4.4 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Moorgreen Hospital (5.4 miles south-west) and Bishop's Waltham Museum (2.1 miles south). For a walk, there’s Bishops Waltham Branch LNR and Beacon Hill.
Common problems we fix in Upham
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps, and a product not tested for that movement may crack. Linear joint details set a width range and movement capability, and the seal has to sit within them.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
In a school such as Upham Church of England Aided Primary School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified.
Before you book anyone
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Can the work be phased to keep areas open?
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
Why it’s worth doing now in Upham
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. Converted and older buildings near places like Upham tend to move, and aged sealant cracks. A sealant with the right movement capability, correctly sized, lasts far better.
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: what’s in scope, how we reach it, what’s specified and when it needs doing. Call for a quote and we will put a fixed figure on it.
Why us?
- Work to your specification and the manufacturer’s guidance
- 12 months’ guarantee on every job
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
- One phone line for London, the South East and Scotland
Questions we are asked in Upham
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Upham?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Is Deer Park Farm Industrial Estate, near Upham, within your area?
Yes. Estates, retail parks and business parks around Upham, Deer Park Farm Industrial Estate among them, are all within reach. To start, just phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email with the unit, the joints involved and your access times.
Do you take on small jobs?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Photos and a description are enough to start.
How do you choose the sealant?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
What do you charge?
We don’t publish prices, as every site differs. Send photos or drawings and we will price it at a fixed figure.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, with one point of contact.
Our process
A typical day starts with protection: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. The work itself 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. Jobs in and around smaller places like Upham are typically planned as a single visit, so photos and measurements up front really help. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- 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.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
What we need from you
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Make sure the joints can be reached
Get a fixed quote
Every quote starts with the facts: what’s there, how much of it, how we reach it and what’s specified. Share whatever details you have and we will fill any gaps with a visit.
Related advice
Different surfaces, different methods
Small ducts
Ducts are only sealed with sealant where the detail allows it. The ductwork, its supports and any dampers are for the ductwork contractor.
Risers and ceiling voids
Service risers and the voids above ceilings are where openings collect. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance.
What sealant work can’t fix
Honesty saves time and money. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers