Uplees fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Uplees. CHAS accredited, Constructionline member, with a 12-month guarantee on workmanship.
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
Fire stopping in Uplees
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Diagnose, treat, sign off
The first thing on site is a walk round with your contact, to confirm the scope, the order of work and any areas we must keep clear. After that, any old or failed material is removed, each joint is prepared and the new sealant goes in. Smaller jobs around Uplees can be grouped with others nearby, which keeps travel down. You will have a fixed quote before work starts.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out so the seal starts clean.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
What we need from you
- Point out any areas we must not close
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Send your site hours and access windows
Quotes
To get a fixed quote, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. You can also send details through our quote form.
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Fire stopping in Uplees, done properly
Sealant is the specified answer for plenty of openings, such as metal pipes, cables and some small ducts where the detail covers them. 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. If you have open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back, we can put it right, on service gaps in risers, pipe penetrations and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors alike. One point of contact handles commercial sealant work in Uplees from the first photographs to the final walk-round, whether it’s one building or several.
Around smaller places like Uplees, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. Any service penetration through those walls should be closed with the specified product, set out as its test evidence shows.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: twelve months on the work we carried out. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we are upfront about that.
- Location
- Uplees (ME13)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quote
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
How the quote is worked out
A fixed quote reflects the actual work. It allows for:
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Working within restricted access windows
- Access and working height
- How much there is to seal
There’s no price list, because the scope varies so much from one building to the next. For a fixed figure, call for a quote.
What we need to price the job
However big the job, the same details help:
- Where the site is, with the postcode
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Your questions answered
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Uplees?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Do you design the fire stopping for buildings in Uplees?
No. The designer or fire engineer sets the detail and building control accepts it. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant around service penetrations and linear gaps where it is specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
How soon can the area be used again?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and sign any area that should be left alone.
Who decides which product is used?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. Otherwise, we recommend a product to suit the joint’s movement, the substrate and the conditions, following the manufacturer’s guidance.
How long does a job like this take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we are given. You’ll have an expected duration with the quote.
Can the sealant be colour-matched?
Often, yes. Many products come in a range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or surrounding finishes is often possible. We confirm what’s available for the specified product when we quote.
Is Uplees in your area?
Yes. We cover Uplees, and the simplest way to start is to call the office on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Where services cross fire walls in Uplees
For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. 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. Either way, we install the specified product to its tested detail. Central London is about 43 miles from Uplees. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls.
For a school such as Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, penetration sealing fits best at the end of the summer works. In a building such as Church of St Peter, any service penetration through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the specified detail.
Uplees is about 2 miles north of Faversham, in Kent. Commercial clients in Uplees can call on us for service penetrations, as part of our coverage of Kent. Our Kent coverage takes in 931 places, from busy centres to rural villages. London is covered too, around 43 miles from Uplees.
Postcode districts covered here: ME13. Nearby places we also cover include Oare (1 mile south-east), Four Oaks (2 miles south-west), Davington (2 miles south), The Brents (2 miles south-east) and Deerton Street (2 miles south-west) for service penetrations. Further afield, our area takes in Ashford (14 miles south), Canterbury (10 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (6 miles west), Whitstable (7 miles east), Herne Bay (12 miles east) and Minster (6 miles north-west).
Around Uplees
Recent enquiries here include premises near Three Mariners Inn and Oare Marshes. Uplees’s nearest station is Faversham station, about 2.4 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Newnham Castle (4.9 miles south-west).
Commercial clients in Uplees
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Housing associations and managing agents often need work done across blocks and communal areas. We phase the work so people keep access, and each stage is agreed with your contact.
Honest limits
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
- Construction that lacks the fire resistance the seal relies on
If in doubt, ring 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we’ll say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
After the work
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
Never top up a fire seal with foam, ordinary silicone or filler. A repair should use the original product, installed the same way.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small; found late, it can be one of many.
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Doing it in-house
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong usually costs more in the end than doing them right.
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, which is what makes a joint last.