Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Wick, Highland
Commercial sealant work in Wick for contractors, FMs and building owners: fire-rated and intumescent sealing of service penetrations and linear gaps, with a fixed quote first.
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Need fire stopping in Wick?
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Questions about Wick
Is a hospital such as Caithness General Hospital somewhere you can work?
Yes, healthcare and care buildings are part of our work. Before anything starts, the estates team agrees permits, inductions and infection-control measures with us.
Do you cover business parks and estates near Wick, such as Wick Retail Park?
Yes, sites like Wick Retail Park are within our area, along with the rest of Wick. A few photos and the unit address let us price the work.
Is your workmanship covered by a guarantee?
Yes, for 12 months. If a joint fails because of how we installed it, we come back and put it right.
How do you choose the sealant?
Where there’s a specification, we use the product it names. If not, we choose for the movement, the surfaces and the conditions, in line with the manufacturer’s guidance.
When can the area be used after sealing?
Curing time varies by product, and we confirm it on the day, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.
Do you seal openings left by new services?
Yes. Share the penetration schedule and product details for a fixed quote. We can follow the services contractor floor by floor keeping pace with the programme.
How do you deal with asbestos in old sealant?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. We check the asbestos register before cutting out old sealant in an older building, and work stops until any suspect material has been tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
Fire stopping in Wick, done properly
For main contractors, our fire stopping package slots in after the M&E trades have finished in an area. To price a package, ring 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings with the schedule or marked-up drawings alongside the manufacturer’s details. Tell us what records you need and we will confirm with the quote. If you’re dealing with improvised or mixed-product fire seals and expanding foam used as fire stopping, we can help, whatever the surface. Most enquiries from Wick start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we check the joints around it and give you an honest view of what needs doing now and what can wait.
Around smaller places such as Wick, compartment walls and floors tend to be in schools, hotels, care homes and community buildings. Those penetrations are closed with the product the specification names, built up as tested.
Our 12-month guarantee is about workmanship, not wear and tear. How long a sealant joint lasts depends on movement, exposure, cleaning and use, so we spell out the cover before we begin.
- Location
- Wick (KW1)
- Wider area
- Highland
- Cover
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Fire stopping around Wick: points for this area
The area within 2 miles of Wick holds several hotels. Bedroom-to-corridor walls in hotels are normally fire-resisting, so new cabling or pipework through them has to be sealed to the tested detail. Scottish guidance (non-domestic Technical Handbook, clause 2.1.14) asks that penetrations match at least the fire resistance period of the element they pass through, with proprietary products, intumescent ones included, tested for their end use. Our part is installing the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail.
Hotels such as Mackays Hotel, less than half a mile west of Wick, rely on fire-resisting walls between bedrooms and corridors, and refits that add services leave penetrations to seal where fire-rated sealant is specified. Refits at places like Wick Retail Park (0.7 miles south-west of Wick) often reroute services through walls between units. At a healthcare site like Caithness General Hospital, under half a mile west of Wick, new services through compartment walls are a constant, and each needs the specified seal.
Wick is in Highland. Anywhere in KW1, the process is the same: send details, get a fixed quote, we seal, and the work is guaranteed. Wick is one of 256 places we cover in Highland.
Commercial sites across KW1 are covered for service penetrations. Among the streets we cover are Market Street, Argyle Square and High Street, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Being close to the A99 and A882, Wick is straightforward for us to reach. Nearby places we also cover include Whiterow (1 mile south), Staxigoe (1 mile north-east), Ackergillshore (2 miles north), Haster (3 miles west) and Reiss (3 miles north-west). Wick is one of the busier places in Highland, and its commercial and public buildings are all within our area. For island and remote sites, we plan travel and materials carefully.
Near you in Wick
We work on buildings around The Alexander Bain pub and Bignold Park and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Wick itself: Wick station. Well-known places in the area include Wick Heritage Museum (under half a mile south-west) and Castle of Old Wick (1.2 miles south). For a walk, there’s Loch Hempriggs.
Our process
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 your contact hears from us before we move to the next area. Jobs near Wick are often grouped with others in the same area. Tell us how flexible your dates are.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Anything that doesn’t belong in the opening, such as expanding foam or general-purpose filler, is removed.
- Mineral wool or other backing goes in wherever the detail asks.
- Fire-rated or intumescent sealant is gunned in to the specified depth, then tooled.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
Preparing the site
- Send any specification or drawings in advance
- Share your working hours and any access restrictions
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Quotes
If there’s a specification, drawings or a tender package, send it with your enquiry, and we’ll price the work to it. Smaller jobs need nothing more than photos and a few notes.
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Commercial clients in Wick
If you look after buildings for someone else, you need clear quotes and clear reporting. We quote a fixed sum, confirm the scope and walk the finished work with you or your representative.
Facilities managers want contractors who arrive with the paperwork sorted. Tell us what site paperwork you need, such as RAMS, an insurance certificate or CSCS details, and we will confirm with the quote.
What else we do in Wick
Site staff or a sealant specialist?
Putting right a botched joint often costs more than sealing it well at the start, because the whole bead must be removed and the faces cleaned back again. That’s why many clients bring in a specialist from the beginning.
Using site staff can make sense for a small touch-up, but larger jobs are different: a specialist works through quantities efficiently, leaves a consistent finish and backs it with a 12-month guarantee.
Different surfaces, different methods
Cables and cable bundles
Cable penetrations are frequently sealed with fire-rated sealant where the detail allows. Bundle size, cable type and the space between cables all matter, so we check before sealing.
Risers and ceiling voids
Openings above suspended ceilings are easy to miss. We follow your schedule area by area.
After the work
Your facilities or cleaning team can help the joints last. Pass these on to them:
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Keep product data and details in the fire safety file
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Some fire-rated sealants accept paint and some don’t.
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.
Leave it or put it right?
Inspections and handover checks often pick up fire stopping. Late discoveries can delay handover while openings are reopened and resealed. For buildings near Wick, dealing with all the failing joints at once saves return trips. Send photographs and we will quote for everything together.
What a job costs comes down to the quantity of joints, how much old material needs removing and how the joints are reached. Call for a quote when you are ready.
Why clients in Wick choose us
- Old sealant cut out, never sealed over
- Constructionline member
- Products installed to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Commercial sealant work since 2005
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and insurance.