Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Viables, Hampshire
Our CSCS-carded applicators take on fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Viables and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
Fire stopping for businesses in Viables
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
What we are called out for in Viables
Plenty of openings were simply never closed. Inspections, refurbishments and ceiling access usually bring them to light.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
For a unit at a site such as Viables Industrial Estate, less than half a mile to the south-west of Viables, new power or data runs between office and warehouse can breach a compartment wall.
Before you book anyone
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
- Will failed sealant be removed rather than covered?
- Is depth set with backing rod, or bond-breaker tape in shallow joints?
Fire stopping in Viables
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. Where the walls and floors already have a fire-stopping specification, we can work to it, matching the product and detail it names. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. Site teams most often ask us about service penetrations left open after M&E works and improvised or mixed-product fire seals, on cable penetrations, service gaps in risers and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Viables tend to want the same three things: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Around Viables, penetration and linear seals tend to be one-building jobs. With the specification and photographs of the gaps, we can give a fixed quote and bring the right products.
Building owners and contractors get the same cover: a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we’re upfront about that.
- Place
- Viables (RG21, RG22, RG25)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
How a job runs
We follow your site rules from the start: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. Once we’re cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it. If neighbouring businesses or buildings around Viables need work too, visits can be combined. Tell us your site hours and we will plan around them.
- We start with your penetration schedule, drawings or specification.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Before we start on site
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Clear stock, furniture or equipment away from the joints
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Get a fixed quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
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When something else is needed
Being straight saves everyone time. New sealant won’t cure:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Designing or specifying fire stopping, which sits with the designer or fire engineer
If you’re not sure, just speak to us on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
For managing agents and facilities managers
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so the building keeps working while we do.
Fire-rated sealing for Viables buildings
Approved Document B is the English guidance that covers fire stopping around 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. A 2-mile radius around Viables takes in plenty of hotels. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
Hotels such as Audleys Wood Hotel (less than half a mile south-east of Viables) rely on fire-resisting walls between bedrooms and corridors, and refits that add services leave penetrations to seal where fire-rated sealant is specified. On a hospital site such as Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (2.3 miles north-west of Viables), fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
Viables is about 1 mile south-east of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Viables sits inside our coverage and the rest of Hampshire, and jobs here get the same fixed quote and 12-month guarantee as anywhere else. We work across 723 places in Hampshire, from busy centres to rural villages. There’s a separate page for Reading, about 15 miles away.
We cover the RG21, RG22 and RG25 postcode districts for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are Grove Road, Porter Road and Morley Road, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. We also cover Cliddesden (1 mile south), Eastrop (1 mile north), Oakridge (1 mile north), Lychpit (2 miles north-east) and Old Basing (2 miles north-east). Nearby towns on our patch include Farnborough (14 miles east), Fleet (11 miles east), Aldershot (14 miles east), Alton (8 miles south-east), Yateley (13 miles north-east) and Tadley (8 miles north).
Local landmarks in Viables
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Costello School, Queen Mary's College and Hackwood Park, among other places. The closest station to Viables is Basingstoke station, roughly 1.3 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Willis Museum (0.9 miles north) and Festival Place (1.1 miles north). For a walk, there’s The Mill Field and Farleigh Hill.
How the quote is worked out
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, since sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Any access equipment needed
- Phasing around occupants
- Backing rod, priming and other preparation
- Removal of failed or old sealant
Small jobs and large programmes are priced from the same things: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote and we’ll put a fixed figure on it.
What to include in your enquiry
It doesn’t need to be a full survey. A few details are enough to get going:
- How the joints are reached, and at what height
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Any specification or named product
- Photos of the joints, close up and from further back
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form.
What the job involves on each surface
Metal pipes
Sealant details often cover copper and steel pipework. The tested detail sets the pipe size range, gap, depth and whether insulation can stay on, so we check each one.
Risers and ceiling voids
Service risers and the voids above ceilings are where openings collect. Access is often tight, so we agree it with you in advance.
FAQs: Viables
Is Viables too far out for you?
Not at all. Viables is within our area. London and every South East county are within our area. Where we can, we group nearby jobs to make the most of each trip.
What does the BS 476 change mean for fire-rated sealant in Viables?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part doesn’t change: the specified product, to its tested detail.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, including public liability cover.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it, flagging anything that needs clarifying.
How long before the joints can be used?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day.
When is resealing likely to be due?
There isn’t a single answer, since movement, weather, cleaning and use all affect it. Regular checks let you plan resealing before leaks or damage.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. Our workmanship is backed for 12 months.