Wester Broom fire stopping
Work needed on a service penetration in Wester Broom? We assess it, carry out the work and guarantee our workmanship for 12 months.
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
Fire stopping for Wester Broom sites
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
How we handle fire stopping in Wester Broom
No fire sealant works on its own: the evidence covers a specific product, wall or floor type, service, gap, depth and backing. We match each opening to that detail before any sealant goes in. We work on small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, cable penetrations and pipe penetrations, and the failures we are asked to look at most are unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings and fire sealant pulled out of the opening. Whoever orders the work in Wester Broom, the brief is usually the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Large city estates in Scotland, from universities to hospitals and offices, are re-serviced constantly, and each new run of cable or pipe through a compartment wall needs sealing. Intumescent sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with backing and depth as tested.
The 12-month guarantee covers our workmanship: the preparation, the sealing and the tooling. It doesn’t extend to damage, other trades’ later work or movement the joint was never designed to take.
- Location
- Wester Broom (EH12, EH11)
- Wider area
- Edinburgh
- Guarantee
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
From enquiry to sign-off
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will 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. Tell us the rules and we’ll work to 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.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Unsuitable material is removed and the opening cleaned first.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- We tell you about openings that need a different product.
Before we start on site
- Move anything stored against the joints
- For older buildings, check the asbestos register before work
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
Ask for a quote
The quickest route to a quote is a few photographs and the site postcode. Send them through the quote form, or speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form if you’d rather talk the job through.
Advice
Common problems we fix in Wester Broom
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.
Look out for the following:
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Penetration schedules that need working through
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
For a unit at a site such as Corstorphine Retail Park, which lies north of Wester Broom, any new service through a fire-resisting wall should be sealed to the tested detail.
Questions to ask before you book
- The named product and why it was chosen
- Are they CHAS accredited or on Constructionline?
- Proof of insurance
- What the guarantee covers, and for how long
Questions about Wester Broom
Will you take on work at estates like Corstorphine Retail Park, close to Wester Broom?
Yes. We cover Wester Broom and the area around it, including industrial estates, business parks and retail parks such as Corstorphine Retail Park. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Can you seal around new services in a hotel near Wester Broom?
Yes. We install fire-rated and intumescent sealant where it is specified. Each seal follows the tested detail, and rooms are done in turn.
Can you quote from photos?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a visit before quoting.
Can you work while the building is occupied?
Usually, yes. Phased work can be planned so areas stay in use.
Will you quote for a small job?
Whatever the size, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, guaranteed.
How soon can the area be used again?
We will confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.
How do you choose the sealant?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. If there isn’t one, it comes down to the joint: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
Keeping the joints sound
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Share these points with them:
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
During planned inspections, look at seals in risers, cupboards and voids. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged, and report them promptly.
Specify fire stopping early on refits, not as an afterthought. The designer can then choose details that suit the services planned, and the work runs in step with the M&E.
Surface by surface
Linear joints
Head-of-wall gaps, slab edges and wall junctions are linear joints. Their tested detail, under BS EN 1366-4, sets the width, depth, backing and movement allowed.
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. We follow whatever the detail requires and flag anything we can’t match.
Nearby places to Wester Broom
What else we do in Wester Broom
Compartment walls and floors in Wester Broom
Wester Broom has four 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. We install fire-rated sealant to the tested detail where it is specified. 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, using products tested for the way they’re used. We install what’s specified, to the product’s tested detail.
In a hotel such as Corstorphine Lodge Hotel (less than half a mile north of Wester Broom), new pipework or cabling through bedroom and corridor walls needs sealing with the specified product. Theatres, wards and plant rooms at sites like Spire Murrayfield Hospital, 1.2 miles to the east of Wester Broom, all have compartment walls crossed by services.
Wester Broom is about 3 miles west of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. We cover commercial sites throughout Wester Broom. Our Edinburgh coverage takes in 174 places.
We cover the EH12 and EH11 postcode districts. Buildings on Manse Road, Roull Road and Dovecot Road are within our area. We also cover South Gyle (1 mile south-west), Corstorphine (1 mile north-east), Broomhouse (1 mile south-east), Carrick Knowe (1 mile east) and Sighthill (1 mile south) for service penetrations. Nearby towns on our patch include Edinburgh (3 miles east), Leith (6 miles north-east), Bonnington (5 miles north-east), Greenside (4 miles east), Broughton (4 miles east) and Bellevue (4 miles east).
Near you in Wester Broom
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to The Torfin pub and Saughton Park. There’s a railway station in Wester Broom itself: South Gyle station. Well-known places in the area include The Gyle Shopping Centre (0.8 miles west) and Craigcrook Castle (1.6 miles north-east). Not far away are Corstorphine Hill and The New Leaf Co-op.
Honest limits
A few problems need another trade or a different fix, and we point that out rather than sealing over them:
- Plastic pipes whose detail calls for a collar or wrap
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
- Fire doors, dampers or other fire safety equipment
If you are not sure, just give us a call on 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
Doing it in-house
Paperwork matters too. Main contractors and clients often ask for CSCS cards, RAMS and insurance details, and we will confirm the paperwork you need with the quote.
What you see is the finished bead, but most of the work is hidden. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.