Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in West Craigs, Edinburgh
Sealant work in West Craigs for main contractors, managing agents and facilities managers: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, quoted at a fixed price.
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
- Fire sealant pulled out of the opening
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
Fire stopping for West Craigs sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Honest limits
We seal joints; we don’t mend everything behind them. On its own, sealant can’t deal with:
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Approving the work on behalf of building control
If you’re not sure, just speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work in West Craigs
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Linear gaps at wall heads
About our fire stopping in West Craigs
No fire sealant works on its own: its test evidence covers one product in one kind of wall or floor, with set services, gaps, depths and backing. Before we seal anything, we check the opening against the detail it is meant to follow. Most enquiries involve hidden openings found during inspections and seals that don’t match their tested detail, on linear gaps at wall heads, joints between fire-resisting walls and floors and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows. For commercial sealant work in West Craigs, you deal with one contact from quote to sign-off, for single jobs and planned programmes alike.
Tenement blocks and converted stone buildings in Scottish cities often hide old service routes through walls and floors. Before sealing, we confirm the wall or floor and the services passing through, so the product matches the detail.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. If an installation problem shows up, ring 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we will arrange a return visit.
- Where
- West Craigs (EH12)
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- A fixed quote before we start
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
On site: what to expect
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them. 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. University, hospital and office estates in Scotland’s cities have their own permits, inductions and sign-in rules. Pass on the site’s contractor rules when you get in touch.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- 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.
Getting the site ready
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Agree which areas must stay open
Request a quote
Need a figure for a tender or a budget? Send the scope and any drawings, and we will return a fixed quote that you can work with. For a chat about it beforehand, call the office on 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
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For managing agents and facilities managers
We take on planned maintenance as well as one-off repairs: resealing failed joints building by building, on a schedule that suits your budget. Sites in West Craigs can sit alongside others in a wider programme across Edinburgh.
For main contractors, we work as the sealant subcontractor. Programme, specification and site rules come first, and our applicators hold CSCS cards.
Also in West Craigs
Compartment walls and floors in West Craigs
West Craigs has three care or nursing homes no more than 2 miles away. Care settings depend on compartmentation, so service penetrations made during maintenance or refurbishment need sealing with the specified product. Where that’s fire-rated sealant, we install it to the manufacturer’s tested detail. A 2-mile radius around West Craigs takes in a good number of hotels. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are typically fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
Colleges such as Edinburgh College - Sighthill Campus, 1.5 miles south-east of West Craigs, add IT and services as courses change, and each new penetration through a fire-resisting wall needs sealing with the specified product. Residences at universities like Edinburgh Napier University - Sighthill Campus, 1.6 miles south-east of West Craigs, have compartment walls that must be resealed whenever services change. Industrial units on estates such as West Craigs Industrial Estate, less than half a mile to the north-west of West Craigs, often separate offices from warehouse space with fire-resisting walls, and new services through them need the specified seal.
West Craigs is about 4 miles west of West End, in Edinburgh. We cover commercial sites throughout West Craigs, for single jobs and planned programmes alike. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places, large and small.
Business premises anywhere in EH12 are within our area for service penetrations. For a building on Niven Road, Windle Road and Gyle Avenue or nearby, we can quote for service penetrations. Just outside West Craigs, we also work in Maybury (1 mile south-east), East Craigs (1 mile north-east), Gogar (1 mile south-west), Bughtlin (1 mile north-east) and Cammo (1 mile north). A short drive away, we cover Edinburgh (4 miles east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (6 miles east), Greenside (5 miles east), Broughton (5 miles east) and Bellevue (5 miles east).
Around West Craigs
There’s a railway station in West Craigs itself: Edinburgh Gateway station. Nearby you will also find The Gyle Shopping Centre (under half a mile south) and Craigcrook Castle (2.1 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s The New Leaf Co-op and Corstorphine Hill.
Why deal with it now?
An unsealed opening affects more than fire safety: smoke, noise and draughts pass through them every day. Sealing them to the specified detail deals with the fire risk first. Getting access arranged for a building in West Craigs takes time, so deal with all failing joints while access is up.
Whether it’s a single area or a whole estate, the same things set the price: scope, access, product and programme. Call for a quote, and you will have a fixed figure to work with.
What you get with us
- Work carried out by CSCS-carded applicators
- Fully insured, including public liability cover
- Over 20 years of commercial sealing
- A Constructionline member, so easy to vet
See how commercial sealant jobs are priced and our accreditations and insurance.
FAQs: West Craigs
Would you work within a site like Spire Murrayfield Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. We follow the site’s permits, sign-in and infection-control procedures in every area.
How do Scotland’s building standards affect fire-rated sealant in West Craigs?
The non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, expects a penetration to keep at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance period, with proprietary products tested for the use they’re put to. We install what has been specified, to the manufacturer’s tested detail, while design and approval sit with the designer and the verifier.
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.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Let us know which documents the site needs, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we’ll confirm them with the quote.
Do you offer coloured sealant?
That depends on the product. Some ranges are wide, others limited, so we’ll confirm the colours available for the specified product with the quote.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. Should the site need card details in advance, let us know and we’ll send them with the quote.
Do you take on small jobs?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
Surface by surface
Metal pipes
Metal pipes conduct heat, so their details often call for extra measures along the pipe. If the detail needs something beyond sealant, we tell you.
Cables and cable bundles
New data and power cables are the most common breach we see. Openings around new cables are resealed to the detail, and we tell you if the bundle exceeds what sealant covers.
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
For a quick touch-up, site staff may be fine, but anything bigger is another matter: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
Some joints are best left to specialists: fire-rated seals that must follow a tested detail, trafficked floor joints and external movement joints among them. Getting these wrong normally costs more in the end than doing them right.