Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Waltham Chase, Hampshire
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps throughout Waltham Chase and nearby, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Fire stopping installed outside its tested range
Fire stopping for businesses in Waltham Chase
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
What sets the cost
We price every job individually. The main factors are:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Specialist products, such as fire-rated or hygienic sealants
- Phasing around occupants
- Location, for remote and island sites
What a job costs comes down to the quantity of joints, how much old material needs removing and how the joints are reached. Call for a fixed quote when you’re ready.
Before you send an enquiry
The more we know, the firmer the quote. Helpful details to send:
- Your programme or deadline
- The type of building and who uses it
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- Drawings or a marked-up plan, if available
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? We will quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
About our fire stopping in Waltham Chase
It helps to set out our role at the start. The designer, fire engineer or building control decides which fire stopping is required; sign-off sits with them too. We fit the specified fire-rated sealant following that specification and the maker’s installation guidance on buildings around Waltham Chase. If you have unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab and hidden openings found during inspections, we can help. Whether you call it commercial sealant work, mastic application or joint sealing, in Waltham Chase it comes down to the same thing: failed joints cut out, faces prepared and the right sealant laid to the right depth.
Barn and farm-building conversions near places like Waltham Chase often combine new partitions with old walls. A penetration seal only performs as tested if product, substrate, service, gap and depth all match the detail.
We stand by our work with a 12-month guarantee. It covers how we prepared and applied the sealant, and we come back if anything isn’t right.
- Where
- Waltham Chase (SO32)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
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How a job runs
We follow your site rules from the start: sign-in, induction and whatever permit system the building uses. Once we’re cleared to begin, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you. For work around Waltham Chase, we aim to finish in one visit, so we ask for photos and rough sizes first. Then the right materials arrive with us.
- 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.
Preparing the site
- Share the asbestos register for older buildings
- Confirm the product named in the specification
- Send your site hours and access windows
Request a quote
Every quote starts with the facts: the joints involved, quantities, access and the product called for. Send what you have, and we’ll arrange a site visit if anything is unclear.
Related advice
Signs you need fire stopping in Waltham Chase
Linear gaps fail where a fire-resisting wall meets a slab, soffit or another wall. Deflection and building movement can open these gaps, and the wrong product can split as a result. Linear joint details set a width range and movement capability, and the seal has to sit within them.
Typical triggers for a call:
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
On a hospital site such as Knowle Hospital, which lies south of Waltham Chase, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits.
What to look for in a quote
- Who will actually carry out the work
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- How they’ll work around occupants
- Their public liability cover
Fire stopping around Waltham Chase: what changes locally
Fire stopping of openings and penetrations in England falls under Approved Document B. References to the older BS 476 classes are being removed from it from 2 September 2029, after which the European classification, BS EN 13501-2, is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Our part stays the same: the specified product, installed to its tested detail. The area within 2 miles of Waltham Chase holds a number of hotels. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
In a school such as St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified. Offices at parks like Waltham Business Park (0.6 miles east of Waltham Chase) are re-cabled with each new tenant, and compartment walls need sealing afterwards to the tested detail.
Waltham Chase is about 5 miles east of Hedge End, in Hampshire. Businesses, contractors and managing agents in Waltham Chase can call on us for service penetrations. Waltham Chase is one of 723 places we cover in Hampshire for service penetrations. Sites around Southampton have their own page, roughly 8 miles from Waltham Chase.
We cover the SO32 postcode districts. Among the streets we cover are Chase Grove, Club House Lane and Sandy Hill Close. We also cover Bishop's Waltham (2 miles north), Curdridge (2 miles south-west), Ashton (3 miles north), Durley Street (3 miles north-west) and Durley (3 miles west). Further afield, our area takes in Winchester (10 miles north-west), Gosport (9 miles south), Havant (11 miles south-east), Eastleigh (7 miles west), Fareham (6 miles south) and Horndean (9 miles east).
Local landmarks in Waltham Chase
In Waltham Chase, that means premises near The Black Dog pub and Swanmore College of Technology, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Botley station, roughly 2.7 miles south-west. A little further out are Bishop's Waltham Museum (1.4 miles north-west) and Knowle Hospital (3.7 miles south). Open spaces near Waltham Chase include Bishops Waltham Branch LNR.
Questions we are asked in Waltham Chase
Do you seal service penetrations in hotels around Waltham Chase?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. We match the product to the wall or floor and the services, and say if something other than sealant is needed.
Is a hospital such as Knowle Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes. Healthcare sites are among the places we work. Work is phased so departments keep running, under the site’s own rules.
How many days will you need on site?
It depends on the scope, but the work usually takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Do you work in Waltham Chase?
Yes. Waltham Chase falls within our area, and the simplest way to start is to speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Each site asks for different documents, so tell us what you need and we will confirm it when we quote.
Do you take on small jobs?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes. The 12-month guarantee covers our preparation and application, but not damage, misuse or other trades’ work.
Leave it or put it right?
Open service penetrations matter on ordinary days, not just in a fire: they also carry noise, draughts and smells between rooms. Sealing them to the specified detail deals with the fire risk first and the building feels the difference. For buildings around smaller places like Waltham Chase, water damage can go unnoticed for longer, especially where a building isn’t used daily, so a failed joint can leak for a while before anyone sees it. Renewing joints in good time avoids the problem.
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
What you get with us
- Specification-led, product-correct work
- Public liability insurance in place
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
Surface by surface
Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework, and some details add wrapping or a set length of insulation. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, though larger ones usually call for a collar or wrap. We check the pipe material and diameter against the detail before we start.
Doing it in-house
Certain joints really need a specialist: for example 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.
Redoing a failed joint normally costs more than getting it right at the outset, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. For that reason, many FMs and contractors use a sealant specialist from the outset.