Upper Burgate fire stopping
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Upper Burgate. Send photos or drawings for a fixed quote.
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
Fire stopping for businesses in Upper Burgate
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Doing it in-house
A short, simple internal joint is often within reach of a maintenance team. Where it goes wrong is preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
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.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Upper Burgate
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. To price a package, give us a call on 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’ll confirm with the quote. Site teams most often ask us about seals disturbed by maintenance and left open and openings left by services added after handover, across cable penetrations, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors. Sealant contractors, mastic applicators, sealant specialists: whatever the job title on the order, in Upper Burgate it comes down to the same thing: the right product in a properly prepared joint.
Around smaller places like Upper Burgate, penetration seals come up in schools, halls, pubs with rooms, care homes and farm buildings used as offices. If sealant is what the specification names, we install it around the services exactly as the maker’s detail sets out.
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.
- Where
- Upper Burgate (SP6)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- A 12-month guarantee
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Your questions answered
Would you work within a site like Fordingbridge Hospital?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Is Upper Burgate too far out for you?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. We cover Greater London and the counties of the South East. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
In many cases, yes. Sealants are made in a wide range of standard colours, and matching to RAL references or nearby finishes is commonly requested. We will confirm the colours available for the specified product.
Will you quote for a small job?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Do the same rules apply to fire stopping in Scotland?
Scotland sets its own building regulations, with Technical Handbooks, and England uses Approved Document B. Either way, we install the specified sealant to its tested detail.
How do we ask for a quote?
The quote form is the simplest route, though you can also speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos. Include photographs or drawings if you have them.
Do you seal on top of existing sealant?
No. We cut the old material out and clean the joint back before sealing, since fresh sealant will not bond reliably to aged material.
From enquiry to sign-off
Occupied buildings need a little choreography. We sign and contain the area we’re in, with routes through the building left open and work section by section so the rest of the building stays in use. If others near Upper Burgate need work, visits can be combined, which keeps travel down. A fixed quote is given before anything starts.
- 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.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned first.
- 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
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Let building users know which areas are affected
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
What affects the price in Upper Burgate
The price varies from site to site. It mainly depends on:
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Site requirements such as inductions and permits
- How accessible the joints are
A quote for service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access. Call for a quote.
Details that help us quote
However big the job, these details speed things up:
- Whether the building will be occupied during the work
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Access details, including height
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
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.
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After the work
Once the work is signed off, these steps help:
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Record which product was used where
Don’t patch a fire-rated seal with anything outside its tested detail. A repair should use the original product, installed the same way.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. Details can then be picked to suit the actual pipes, cables and ducts, and installation follows the programme.
Where services cross fire walls in Upper Burgate
Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. 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. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail.
Industrial units on estates such as Arch Farm Industrial Estate, 0.9 miles south-west of Upper Burgate, often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Fordingbridge Hospital (1.4 miles south of Upper Burgate) all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Upper Burgate is in Hampshire. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Upper Burgate use us for work on service penetrations. Our Hampshire coverage takes in 723 places. We also cover Southampton, some 17 miles away.
If you need fire stopping in SP6, the process matches everywhere else we work: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed. For a building on Salisbury Road and Fryern Court Road or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. We also cover Lower Burgate (1 mile south), Breamore (1 mile north), Tinkers Cross (1 mile south-west), Fordingbridge (1 mile south-west) and Upper Street (1 mile north). Nearby towns on our patch include Totton (12 miles east), Romsey (13 miles east), New Milton (14 miles south), Ringwood (7 miles south), Barton on Sea (15 miles south) and Marchwood (15 miles east).
Near you in Upper Burgate
Around Upper Burgate, our work takes us to commercial buildings near Bat and Ball pub and Fordingbridge Infant School and the streets around them. Nearby you will also find Fordingbridge Museum (1.3 miles south) and Godshill Castle Hill (0.8 miles east).
When to call us in Upper Burgate
Some service penetrations were never sealed at all, often hidden above suspended ceilings or behind boxing. They come to light during inspections, refits or when another trade lifts a tile.
It’s worth sending us details if you spot any of the following:
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Openings left by services added after handover
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Older community buildings such as Woodgreen Methodist Church that have been rewired or given new heating can have service gaps through walls worth checking against the specification.
Questions to ask before you book
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
- Will RAMS and insurance details be available?
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
What sealant work can’t fix
Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. You will hear from us if the cause turns out to be any of the following:
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
Not sure which it is? You can call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we seal
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows