Upper Common fire stopping
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Upper Common and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
Fire stopping near Upper Common
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
About our fire stopping in Upper Common
Fire-rated sealant suits many small service penetrations: copper and steel pipes, cables and some small ducts where the tested detail allows. Larger openings and some plastic pipes call for collars, wraps, batts or boards instead. We use sealant where it is the specified product, and we tell you when a detail calls for something else. Site teams most often ask us about unsealed openings around new pipes and cables and seals disturbed by maintenance and left open, across service gaps in risers, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. A specialist sealant contractor works differently from a general builder: in Upper Common, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
A job near Upper Common is usually planned around one visit, so send the specification and photos first. We install to the specification and the manufacturer’s guidance, leaving design and sign-off with the designer and building control.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Place
- Upper Common (RG25)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Fire-rated sealing for Upper Common buildings
In England, Approved Document B covers fire stopping of 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. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. Upper Common is about 48 miles from central London. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls.
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Church of St. Martin sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal. Hospital estates such as Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (to the north of Upper Common) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail.
Upper Common is about 4 miles south of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. We cover commercial sites throughout Upper Common, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. We work across 723 places in Hampshire. For work in that direction, see our Reading page.
We cover the RG25 postcode districts for service penetrations. Close to Upper Common, our area also takes in Ellisfield (1 mile north-east), Cliddesden (2 miles north), Nashes Green (3 miles east), Viables (3 miles north) and Eastrop (4 miles north). A short drive away, we cover Basingstoke (4 miles north), Winchester (14 miles south-west), Fleet (12 miles north-east), Aldershot (15 miles east), Alton (6 miles south-east) and Petersfield (15 miles south-east).
Around Upper Common
Around Upper Common, our work takes us to commercial buildings near The Fox pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Basingstoke station, roughly 4.4 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Barton Castle (4.6 miles south) and Gliding Heritage Centre (3.5 miles south-east). Open spaces near Upper Common include Farleigh Hill.
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Your questions answered
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in Upper Common?
From 2 September 2029, Approved Document B drops its BS 476 references in favour of BS EN 13501-2 classification, with transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Is a hospital such as Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Can the building stay open while you work?
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?
We don’t publish prices, because every site is different. With photographs or drawings, we can give you a fixed quote.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and we’ll price the work to it.
Do you cover Upper Common?
Yes. We cover Upper Common, and you can speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email the details over to get started.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Main contractors use us as their sealant subcontractor, on new build and refurbishment alike. We work to your programme, your specification and your site rules, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Upper Common. One quote can cover more than one site, which keeps the paperwork simple.
Keeping the joints sound
Keep the joints in good shape with a few simple steps:
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Make fire stopping part of every scope that crosses a fire-resisting wall
- Record which product was used where
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
Store the specified product details somewhere the next contractor can find them. It makes later repairs much easier to match.
Write fire stopping into the scope of any work crossing a compartment wall or floor. That way the opening is sealed while the trade and access are still there, not months later.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Certain joints really need a specialist: for instance fire-rated seals that must match a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints. A poor seal in places like these tends to cost more to put right later.
Paperwork matters too. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and our CSCS-carded applicators are used to working under those rules.
Signs you need fire stopping in Upper Common
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. The opening looks sealed but has no fire test evidence behind it and has to be removed.
Any of the following is a good reason to get the joints checked over:
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
For a building at a site such as Viables Business Park, which lies north of Upper Common, a check of penetration seals after each fit-out is good practice.
Comparing quotes
- Will CSCS-carded applicators be on site?
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- Their public liability cover
- How they’ll work around occupants
On site: what to expect
Site rules come first: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. Once we’re cleared to begin, the joints are worked through in the order agreed with your site contact, and each area is checked before we leave it. If others near Upper Common need work, visits can be combined. You will have a fixed quote before work starts.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- We sort the openings by the detail each one needs.
- Improvised fillers and failed sealant are removed.
- 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.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Preparing the site
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
Request a quote
Send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed: that’s how every job runs. To take the first step, ring 01277 525 020 or send photos by email.
Related advice
Different surfaces, different methods
Plastic pipes
Plastic waste pipes through slabs come up often. The detail decides whether sealant alone is enough.
Metal pipes
Metal pipes conduct heat, so their details often call for extra measures along the pipe, and the tested detail may ask for insulation beyond the wall. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.