Whiterow fire stopping
We carry out fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps in Whiterow and the surrounding area. Send details for a fixed quote.
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Fire stopping near Whiterow
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Whiterow
The test standards are BS EN 1366-3 for penetration seals and BS EN 1366-4 for linear joints and the results are classified to BS EN 13501-2. That classification, such as EI 60 or EI 120, belongs to the product in its tested arrangement. So our job is to reproduce that arrangement faithfully. The enquiries we see most involve open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and openings found when ceilings come down for a refit, across linear gaps at wall heads, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and pipe penetrations. Whoever orders the work in Whiterow, the brief is usually the same: a clear scope, tidy work and joints that don’t fail again.
Around smaller places such as Whiterow, compartment walls and floors tend to be in schools, hotels, care homes and community buildings. Where services pass through, specified fire-rated sealant is installed following the manufacturer’s guidance for that wall or floor.
Every job we finish is backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee. If a joint we sealed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and put it right.
- Place
- Whiterow (KW1)
- Region
- Highland
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- A fixed quote before we start
- Call
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Whiterow
Can you seal penetrations in a hotel in Whiterow after a refit?
Yes, where the specification calls for fire-rated sealant. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we will tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
Do you take on work at healthcare sites like Wick Town And County Hospital?
Yes. We work in healthcare settings as well as offices and schools. The estates team’s permit system and infection-control rules come first, and the work is planned around them.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Include it with the drawings when you ask for a quote, and the quote will be based on it.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for 12 months on every job.
Will you quote for a small job?
Small jobs are welcome alongside larger packages. Photos and a description are enough to start.
Will your applicators have CSCS cards?
Yes. If you need card details for site access, let us know and we’ll send them with the quote.
Do you need to see the site first?
Many jobs can be quoted from photographs, drawings or a joint schedule. Where they aren’t, we arrange a site visit.
Service penetrations in Whiterow buildings
Under the Scottish non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14, penetrations should be fire stopped to at least the wall or floor’s fire resistance duration, using products tested for the way they’re used. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail. The area within 2 miles of Whiterow holds several hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
On a hospital site such as Wick Town And County Hospital, 0.6 miles north of Whiterow, fire-rated sealant goes in where the specification calls for it, with the work planned around the estates team’s permits. Halls and meeting rooms at places like Pulteneytown Parish Church sometimes gain new services, and any compartment wall crossed needs the specified seal.
Whiterow is about 19 miles south-east of Thurso, in Highland. Anywhere in KW1, it works the same way: details in, fixed quote out, then sealing and a 12-month guarantee. We work across 256 places in Highland.
Postcode districts covered here: KW1. Nearby places we also cover include Wick (1 mile north), Haster (3 miles north-west), Staxigoe (3 miles north-east), Thrumster (3 miles south-west) and Ackergillshore (3 miles north) for service penetrations. Where a site is remote or on an island, we plan travel and materials carefully, so the full address helps from the start.
What’s near Whiterow
We work on buildings around Bignold Park. For rail, the closest station is Wick station, about 1.2 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Wick Heritage Museum (1.2 miles north) and Castle of Old Wick (0.6 miles east). Open spaces near Whiterow include Loch Hempriggs.
What sealant work can’t fix
Not every problem is a sealant problem, and we’re upfront when that’s the case. These need a different solution:
- Walls or floors that aren’t fire-resisting to begin with
- Fire risk assessments, a job for a competent assessor
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If in doubt, call 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings and we will say what we think.
Surfaces we seal
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
- Pipe penetrations
- Cable penetrations
Our process
When we get to site, we report to your site contact and complete whatever induction the building runs. Everything around the joints gets protected before any cutting starts, with the work itself typically taking anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access. For work around Whiterow, we aim for one trip, which is why we ask for photographs and a full list first. External joints need a dry spell as well.
- The specification and schedule come first, so we know which details apply.
- We plan the sequence of floors, risers and voids with you.
- We compare every service penetration with its tested detail before sealing.
- Foam, ordinary sealant and debris come out so the seal starts clean.
- The specified backing and sealant go in to depth and are finished neatly.
- Anything outside the detail is reported to you rather than sealed.
Before we start on site
- Arrange parking or a loading space
- Make sure the joints can be reached
- Confirm the product named in the specification
Request a quote
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price against exactly what is specified. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photographs and a few notes.
Advice
Different surfaces, different methods
Risers and ceiling voids
Risers and ceiling voids hold most of a building’s service penetrations. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance, including keys, permits and any isolations.
Metal pipes
Heat travels along metal pipework, and the tested detail may ask for insulation beyond the wall. If the detail needs something beyond sealant, we tell you.
What else we do in Whiterow
Why deal with it now?
It is cheaper to seal service penetrations as each services package finishes than to come back for them later. Openings are visible, access is open and nothing has to be taken down, and the right detail can be checked at the time. Around smaller places like Whiterow, halls, stores and seasonal buildings may not be checked often, giving water time to get in. Resealing early avoids that.
There’s no price list, since every building and every scope is different. For a fixed figure, call for a quote and we will price your job on its own details.
Why appoint us
- Clear, fixed quotes
- Constructionline member for supplier checks
- Our applicators hold CSCS cards
- One contact handling all your sites
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
When to call us in Whiterow
Mixing products or improvising a detail breaks the link with the test evidence. Gaps beyond the tested size, shallow sealant, no backing where it was needed, or products from different systems mixed together are what we find most often.
What tends to prompt an enquiry:
- Fire seals cut back for extra cables and never reinstated
- Unsealed openings around new pipes and cables
- Hidden openings found during inspections
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Schools such as Wick High School often have new data and services installed during holidays, and penetrations through fire-resisting walls should be checked afterwards.
Questions to ask before you book
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Whether primer will be used where the manufacturer specifies it
- How the existing material will be dealt with
- What level of public liability insurance do they hold?
Building owners, agents and FMs in Whiterow
We work for building owners and managing agents on everything from one building to a spread of sites. Several sites can go on one quote, which keeps the paperwork simple.
As a CHAS accredited contractor and Constructionline member, we make supplier vetting simple. Our insurance certificate can be sent along with the quote.