Fire Stopping in Wellbank
Fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps across Wellbank, by CSCS-carded applicators. Fully insured and CHAS accredited.
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
Fire stopping near Wellbank
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Quoting for work in Wellbank
Each job is priced on its own details. The things that drive the figure:
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- How accessible the joints are
- Location, for remote and island sites
- The site’s rules and procedures
Pricing service penetrations depends on how many there are, their condition and the access, and any specification that applies. Ask us for a fixed quote.
Sending details for a quote
A good diagnosis starts with the right details. Tell us:
- A wide shot and a close-up of the area
- Specification clauses that apply
- The postcode of the building
- Asbestos survey details if the building is older
Pricing a project or setting a maintenance budget? We’ll quote against your scope and drawings you can plan around. For a chat about it beforehand, phone 01277 525 020 or use the quote form.
Fire stopping in Wellbank
We are commercial sealant applicators, CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, with CSCS-carded applicators on site. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate and we’d rather say that up front. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. The enquiries we see most involve fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated and head-of-wall gaps with no fire seal, on joints between fire-resisting walls and floors, service gaps in risers and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: on jobs in Wellbank, preparation and product choice get the time they need.
Hotels and care homes around smaller places like Wellbank 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.
Work we carry out comes with a 12-month guarantee. Should something we installed fail, give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will come back to it.
- Where
- Wellbank (DD5)
- Region
- Angus
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Maintenance after handover
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Arrange inspection before areas are covered up
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Foam or ordinary sealant is never a fire-seal repair
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
After the work, brief anyone else working in the area that the openings are now sealed. If a seal has to be opened for a new service, it should be reinstated to the same detail.
Regular walk-rounds of service areas are worth the time. Catching a damaged seal early keeps the fix small compared with dozens found at once.
FAQs: Wellbank
Is hospital work, at somewhere like Ashludie Hospital, something you do?
Yes, provided the work is planned with the site’s estates team. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
How do Scotland’s building standards affect fire-rated sealant in Wellbank?
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. The detail is set by the designer and goes through the warrant process; we install the specified product to its tested detail.
How long do sealant joints last?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Sealant joints are maintenance items, so inspect them regularly.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. We use CSCS-carded applicators, as many construction sites ask for.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
The duty to manage asbestos sits with the building’s dutyholder, so for older buildings we ask for the asbestos register first. If anything suspect turns up, we stop until it’s tested.
What site paperwork can you supply?
Each site asks for different documents, so list what you need, whether RAMS, insurance or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm with the quote.
How long before the joints can be used?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day.
How a job runs
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 each bead is tooled to a neat concave finish. Tell us who will meet us and how to get in at your building near Wellbank. That goes into the plan alongside the quote.
- We ask for the product and detail your designer has specified.
- Openings are measured and grouped by detail.
- Old or wrong materials are cut out.
- Mineral wool or other backing is fitted where required.
- 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.
What we need from you
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Send your site hours and access windows
- Let us know about inductions and permits
Get a fixed quote
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Send them through the quote form, or call 01277 525 020 or use the quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
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Why act early in Wellbank
A seal that doesn’t match its tested detail gives false comfort. Correcting it means cutting it out and starting again with the specified product, so it makes sense to get it right first time. For buildings near Wellbank, dealing with all the failing joints at once saves return trips. Photos of each area help us quote the whole job.
What a job costs comes down to the quantity of joints, how much old material needs removing and the access. Call for a fixed quote once you have the details.
Why us?
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- One number for every site we cover
- CHAS accredited
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced or our accreditations and insurance.
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For managing agents and facilities managers
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Let us know the documents you need (RAMS, insurance certificate, CSCS details) and we will confirm them with the quote.
Planned maintenance programmes are welcome: working through a building or an estate in stages that fit your budget. Sites in Wellbank can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Angus.
General trades versus a specialist
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Correct depth, the right primer and a sealant matched to the movement are where general trades tend to cut corners.
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.
Fire stopping in Wellbank: the local picture
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, and products should be tested for their end use. We install fire-rated sealant to that tested detail where it is specified.
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Ashludie Hospital (2.7 miles south-east of Wellbank) the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product. Industrial units on estates such as West Pitkerro Industrial Estate (to the south of Wellbank) often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal.
Wellbank is about 3 miles north of Broughty Ferry, in Angus. Any commercial site in Wellbank is covered. Across Angus, 65 places are covered, including Wellbank. Dundee is covered too, around 6 miles from Wellbank.
Business premises anywhere in DD5 are within our area for service penetrations. For a building on Meadowbank Drive, Applehill Gardens and Gagie Bank or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. Close to Wellbank, our area also takes in Kingennie (1 mile south-east), Bucklerheads (1 mile south-west), Drumsturdy (1 mile south-east), Newbigging (2 miles east) and Monikie (2 miles north-east). A short drive away, we cover Arbroath (11 miles east), Forfar (9 miles north), Monifieth (3 miles south-east), Carnoustie (6 miles east), Kirriemuir (12 miles north-west) and Hunter's Town (5 miles east).
Around Wellbank
The closest station to Wellbank is Monifieth station, roughly 3.2 miles south-east. A little further out are Ballumbie Castle (2.1 miles south-west) and Ashludie Hospital (2.7 miles south-east). Not far away are Trottick Mill Ponds.