Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in West Blatchington, Brighton and Hove
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in West Blatchington and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
Fire stopping for businesses in West Blatchington
Photos, a specification or a quick description of the joints is enough to start a fixed quote.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. The usual problems come from preparation: sealing over old material, sealing onto damp or dusty surfaces, or a product that can’t take the movement.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in West Blatchington
On a fit-out or refurbishment, we follow the services contractors floor by floor. We work from your penetration schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. Site teams most often ask us about non-fire-rated filler around services and unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab, on linear gaps at wall heads, cable penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in West Blatchington tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Around smaller places like West Blatchington, many commercial buildings are conversions or extensions of older ones, so the wall or floor a service passes through isn’t always what the drawings assume. We match the product to the substrate and service, and say so if a collar, wrap or batt is the specified item.
Guaranteed is the last step of every job. You get a 12-month guarantee on our workmanship, and we explain exactly what that covers when we quote.
- Place
- West Blatchington (BN3)
- Region
- Brighton and Hove
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
After the work
For the best life from the joints:
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Look above ceilings when tiles are lifted for other jobs
- Ask which product is in place before decorating
- Get seals inspected before ceilings and boxing close
After every round of M&E works, check that the openings created have been sealed. A short check at the end of each job saves a long hunt later.
On fit-outs, get the fire-stopping specification agreed before the services go in. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and installation follows the programme.
What sets the cost
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, since sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Induction, permit and paperwork requirements
- Access and working height
- Which sealant the job calls for
- Phasing around occupants
Every site prices differently: the joint sizes, the specified product, access and working hours each have a bearing. Send the details and a fixed figure follows.
Before you send an enquiry
We can often quote from photos and a few details. Please tell us:
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- Whether an asbestos survey exists
- Any specification or named product
- Approximate linear metres or a joint schedule
A handful of photos and a postcode is the fastest way to a quote. Upload them with the quote form, or give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form to discuss it first.
Your questions answered
Is West Blatchington off your patch?
No. Small places get the same service as large ones. We cover Greater London and the counties of the South East. Good photos up front let us bring everything on the first visit.
What happens to BS 476 references for fire stopping in West Blatchington?
Approved Document B loses its BS 476 references from 2 September 2029, and BS EN 13501-2 becomes the route, subject to transitional arrangements. Whichever applies, we install the specified product to its tested detail; the specification is for the designer to set.
Will you just go over the old sealant?
No. Failed sealant is removed and the faces cleaned back to sound, dry material first, because fresh silicone will not bond with aged silicone.
Can one quote cover more than one building?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, and you deal with one contact throughout.
How long does a typical visit take?
The duration is planned around your programme and the access we’re given. We’ll give you an estimate of time on site when we quote.
Do you have public liability insurance?
Yes. Our insurance certificate can be sent alongside the quote.
Will you come and look before quoting?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit.
From enquiry to sign-off
We schedule the visit to fit the site hours and access windows you give us. On the day, the work area is kept contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. If neighbouring businesses or buildings around West Blatchington need work too, visits can be combined. Tell us your site hours and we’ll plan around them.
- 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 first.
- 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
- Tell us what induction or permit system the site runs
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Warn occupants and staff about the work
Ask for a quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings.
Related advice
Where services cross fire walls in West Blatchington
There are a good number of hotels within about 2 miles of West Blatchington. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close. For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in 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. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail.
Colleges such as Varndean College (to the east of West Blatchington) add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product. Hospital estates such as Mill View Hospital (to the south-west of West Blatchington) are divided into fire compartments, and any service penetration through them should be sealed to the specified, tested detail. Refits at places like Goldstone Retail Park (to the south-east of West Blatchington) often reroute services through walls between units.
West Blatchington is about 1 mile north-east of Brighton and Hove, in Brighton and Hove. West Blatchington sits inside our coverage, with the same fixed quotes and 12-month guarantee as everywhere else. We work across 29 places in Brighton and Hove, large and small.
If you need fire stopping in BN3, the process matches everywhere else we work: details, then a fixed price, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We cover commercial and managed buildings on Frant Road, Nevill Road and Nevill Avenue and the roads nearby. West Blatchington sits on or close to the A2038, useful when we plan access and materials. Close to West Blatchington, our area also takes in Brighton and Hove (1 mile south-west), Hove (1 mile south), Aldrington (1 mile south-west), Westdene (1 mile north-east) and Withdean (1 mile east). Further afield, our area takes in Carlton Hill (3 miles south-east), Hanover (3 miles south-east), Kemptown (3 miles south-east), Whitehawk (4 miles south-east), Moulsecoomb (3 miles east) and Bevendean (3 miles east).
Local landmarks in West Blatchington
We work on buildings around Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College, Hove Park and The Nevill pub. For rail, the closest station is Aldrington station, about 0.7 miles south of the centre. Nearby you will also find Churchill Square (2.2 miles south-east) and Clayton Castle (4.6 miles north). The countryside around West Blatchington includes Thundersbarrow Hill and Ladies Mile.
Nearby places to West Blatchington
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How the job changes by surface
Cables and cable bundles
Cable penetrations are frequently sealed with fire-rated sealant where the detail allows. The detail limits bundle size and the gaps between and around cables.
Small ducts
We seal around ducts only within what the tested detail covers. The ductwork, its supports and any dampers are for the ductwork contractor.
What sealant work can’t fix
Being straight saves everyone time. Fresh joints won’t solve:
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Issuing fire ratings or certificates for seals
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
Not sure which it is? You can ring 01277 525 020 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work in West Blatchington
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Pipe penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors