Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Warriston, Edinburgh
Fire stopping for Warriston, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
Fire stopping across Warriston
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
After the work
For the best life from the joints:
- Don’t let anyone top up a fire seal with the wrong product
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
Never top up a fire seal with foam, ordinary silicone or filler. Repairs need the same product and detail as the original, or a new specification from the designer.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. A cracked or disturbed seal found early is a small job compared with dozens found at once.
How we handle fire stopping in Warriston
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. To price a package, call 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos with the schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we’ll confirm with the quote. The enquiries we see most involve seals that don’t match their tested detail and open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls, on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and linear gaps at wall heads. For commercial sealant work in Warriston, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Under Scotland’s building standards, a service penetration should keep at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor it passes through. In Warriston, penetrations get the fire-rated sealant the specification asks for, built to its tested arrangement.
What our 12-month guarantee covers is the way we did the job: preparation, application and finish. Damage, later alterations by others and movement beyond what the joint was designed for sit outside it.
- Place
- Warriston (EH3, EH5, EH6)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Page updated
- 3 November 2026
What we are called out for in Warriston
Damage plays a part too. Maintenance work can knock a seal, cut it back for an extra cable or remove it with an old pipe, and the repair is often skipped.
Things that normally lead to an enquiry:
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
On a site such as Beaverbank Business Park (under half a mile south-east of Warriston), every fit-out that runs new services through a compartment wall leaves penetrations to seal with the specified product.
What your quote should include
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Do they follow the manufacturer’s priming guidance?
- Whether their applicators hold CSCS cards
Common questions from Warriston clients
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Warriston?
Yes, to the specification and the product’s tested detail. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Do you cover business parks and estates near Warriston, such as Beaverbank Business Park?
Yes, sites like Beaverbank Business Park are within our area, along with the rest of Warriston. Photos and a short description are enough for a first look.
Will you quote for a small job?
Single areas, one-off repairs and whole buildings are all quoted the same way: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, for 12 months. If our installation fails in that time, we return and fix it.
How do I request a quote?
You can use the quote form on this site; alternatively, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings. Photos, drawings or a joint schedule help us quote quickly.
Do you need to see the site first?
It depends on the job. Simple work can often be priced from photos, and bigger or more complex jobs normally get a visit.
How long does a typical visit take?
That varies with the scale of the job, though a typical visit typically takes a single visit for a short list of penetrations, or a phased programme for a whole building. Larger or phased jobs take longer, and we will give you a timescale with the quote.
Honest limits
We check first that sealant really is the fix. It isn’t the answer for:
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Gaps in walls that were never built as compartment walls
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
If in doubt, call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
Compartments and services around Warriston
Scotland has its own building standards: the non-domestic Technical Handbook (clause 2.1.14) says service penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the fire resistance duration of the wall or floor, using products tested for the way they’re used. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified. Warriston has seven care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Where new services have gone through compartment walls in a care setting, the gaps need the specified product.
For a site team at a college like Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh, which lies south of Warriston, fire-rated sealing is best scheduled after the summer works. In a retail centre such as St. James Centre, 1.1 miles south-east of Warriston, any fire-resisting wall between units that is crossed by new services needs sealing to the tested detail.
Warriston is about 2 miles north of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover commercial sites throughout Warriston. We work across 174 places in Edinburgh, from busy centres to rural villages.
We take on service penetrations across the EH3, EH5 and EH6 postcode area. Buildings on Clark Road, Canon Lane and Hatters Lane are within our area. Sites close to Warriston are covered too, including Goldenacre (1 mile north-west), Inverleith (1 mile west), Silvermills (1 mile south), Trinity (1 mile north) and Stockbridge (1 mile south-west). Further afield, our area takes in Queensferry (8 miles west), South Portobello (3 miles south-east), Southhouse (5 miles south), Mayfield (3 miles south-east), Gilmerton (5 miles south-east) and Shandon (3 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Warriston
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to London Street Primary School, Public House and Trinity Academy. Also close by are Stockbridge public library (0.7 miles south-west) and King George V Park (0.5 miles south). For rail, the closest station is Edinburgh Waverley station, about 1.2 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Edinburgh Castle (1.3 miles south) and St. James Centre (1.1 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include The New Leaf Co-op and Salisbury Crags.
Towns and villages near Warriston
Other services in Warriston
What the job involves on each surface
Drylining partitions
Service holes through plasterboard are frequently oversized or ragged. If the gap exceeds the tested range, sealant alone won’t do and we’ll tell you what the detail says instead.
Metal pipes
Metal pipes conduct heat, so their details often call for extra measures along the pipe, and some details add wrapping or a set length of insulation. If the detail needs something beyond sealant, we tell you.
For managing agents and facilities managers
FMs need a contractor who is easy to get on site. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm them with the quote.
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Warriston can form part of a wider programme across Edinburgh.
On site: what to expect
Site rules come first: signing in, inductions and any permit to work. With the paperwork done, we take the joints in the sequence agreed with you, and each area is checked before we leave it. City jobs in Warriston usually need parking and loading planned. Shared closes, stairs and the property factor may need to be part of the plan.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- Access, permits and the order of areas are agreed with the site team.
- Each opening is checked for wall or floor type, service, gap and depth.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out so the seal starts clean.
- Backing and fire-rated sealant are installed to the detail and tooled.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
What we need from you
- Explain the parking and delivery arrangements
- Tell us your opening times and when work is allowed
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Getting a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, call 01277 525 020 or send photos by email. You can also send details through our quote form.