Fire stopping in Voe
Sealant work in Voe for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, quoted at a fixed price.
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Need fire stopping in Voe?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
From enquiry to sign-off
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Any old material is cut back to clean, sound faces, primer goes on where the manufacturer specifies it, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. For a building near Voe, directions, keys and a contact on the day are worth sorting early. We’ll confirm the plan with the fixed quote.
- First we confirm the product and tested details named in the specification.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Where the detail needs backing, it goes in at the stated depth.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant goes in around the services and is tooled off.
- We walk the completed areas with you and confirm the records agreed at quote stage.
Getting the site ready
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Tell us which areas need to stay in use
- Move anything stored against the joints
Ask for a quote
Let us know the site, the scope and your timescale, and we will put a fixed quote together. To get it moving, phone 01277 525 020 or email the details over.
Advice
About our fire stopping in Voe
No fire sealant works on its own: the evidence covers a specific product, wall or floor type, service, gap, depth and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow, and we say so if it doesn’t fit. We work on service gaps in risers, pipe penetrations and linear gaps at wall heads, and the failures we are asked to look at most are penetration schedules that need working through and seals that don’t match their tested detail. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, the work in Voe is the same: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Voe often have services added during refurbishment. A round of checks after M&E work is good practice, and any gaps found are sealed where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Our workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months, wherever the site is. If our installation lets you down in that time, we return and fix it.
- Place
- Voe (ZE2)
- Wider area
- Shetland Islands
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
Quoting for work in Voe
Before we quote, we look at:
- Working within restricted access windows
- Location, for remote and island sites
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Which sealant the job calls for
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Mention the access as part of your enquiry.
Before you send an enquiry
A few photos plus some basic facts will normally do. Please tell us:
- Rough lengths or quantities, or drawings if you have them
- The type of building and who uses it
- Clear photos of the problem areas
- Any dates the work must fit around
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so you know the figure before anyone is on site. To ask for one, phone 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
After the work
Regular inspection catches problems early. Specifically:
- Report damaged or disturbed seals as soon as they’re spotted
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail, by someone who knows the system.
A simple record of seal locations and products helps. When a new service goes through, everyone knows which product and detail to match, and it helps at inspections.
When to call us in Voe
Mixing products or improvising a detail breaks the link with the test evidence. Gaps beyond the tested size, shallow sealant, no backing where it was needed, or products from different systems mixed together are the usual culprits.
These are often picked up first by site or facilities staff:
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Improvised or mixed-product fire seals
- Old intumescent sealant that has split away
- Damaged fire seals in risers and voids
Halls and meeting rooms at places like Voe Kirk sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Comparing quotes
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- Their approach to joint depth and backing
- Is the sealant right for the movement and the substrate?
- How they handle RAMS and site documents
When it isn’t the sealant
Before quoting, we check that sealant is the right answer. It won’t put right:
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Deciding what a wall or floor needs, which belongs to the designer
- Openings that need collars, wraps, batts or boards rather than sealant
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we seal
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
Work for main contractors and building owners
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first, with CSCS-carded applicators on site.
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units book us directly too. The work is planned around how the building runs, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.
More services for Voe
Compartments and services around Voe
Island jobs, Voe among them, are planned around the ferry and the forecast. The specification and photos of each penetration let us bring the right products first time. In Scotland, clause 2.1.14 of the non-domestic Technical Handbook expects service penetrations to keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. Where fire-rated sealant is specified, that’s what we install, to the tested detail.
For buildings in and around Voe, fire-rated sealant is installed where it is specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail.
Voe is in the Shetland Islands. Our applicators travel to Voe for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. 63 places across the Shetland Islands fall within our area, Voe among them.
Commercial sites across ZE2 are covered for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are Norderhoull, Isles Road and Mulla. Just outside Voe, we also work in Brae (4 miles north-west), Dury (4 miles south-east), Vidlin (4 miles east), Scatsta (5 miles north) and Sullom (6 miles north-west). A short drive away, we cover Lerwick (15 miles south), Sound (15 miles south) and Scalloway (15 miles south). Island and remote sites need extra planning, with travel, ferry crossings where needed and weather to allow for, so mention the location when you phone 01277 525 020 or email us.
Local landmarks in Voe
A little further out are The Cabin Museum (3.3 miles east). Open spaces near Voe include Loch of Voe.
Questions about Voe
How do Scotland’s building standards affect fire-rated sealant in Voe?
Scotland’s non-domestic Technical Handbook covers it in clause 2.1.14: penetrations keep at least the element’s fire resistance duration, with products tested for their end use. Design sits with the designer and the verifier; installation to the tested detail is our part.
Can you take on a job in Voe, on the island?
Yes, Voe is within the area we cover. Our area covers all of Scotland, cities, towns and islands alike. We plan island jobs around the ferry and the forecast, and bring everything the job needs on the first crossing.
Is colour matching possible?
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.
Will you quote for a small job?
We quote for single jobs as well as large packages and programmes. Send details for a fixed quote.
Will you come and look before quoting?
That depends on the size and complexity of the job. Simple work can often be priced from photos, while larger or less clear jobs get a site visit first.
Can staff carry on working while you’re here?
Typically, yes. Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use, with each area protected and signed.
Can you work to our specification?
Yes. The specification and the manufacturer’s installation guidance are what we work to.