Fire-rated sealing and fire stopping in Wickham, Hampshire
Fire stopping for Wickham, from a contractor working since 2005. Fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Expanding foam used as fire stopping
- Seals disturbed by maintenance and left open
- Unsealed joints where partitions meet the slab
Need fire stopping in Wickham?
Share the site address and what’s failing, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote or arrange a visit.
Fire stopping for commercial buildings in Wickham
Opened ceilings and riser doors often reveal service openings nobody sealed. If a specification already covers those walls and floors, we can reseal to it. With no specification in place, the first step sits with your designer or fire engineer, not with us. Most enquiries involve fire stopping installed outside its tested range and unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings, on cable penetrations, small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows and joints between fire-resisting walls and floors. Sealant applicators who only do sealant are a different proposition from a general trade with a gun in the van: in Wickham, that means joint design, primers and backing rod as standard.
Converted and extended buildings around places like Wickham can mix old and new construction, 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
- Wickham (PO17)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on every job
- Price
- Fixed quote, scope in writing
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQs: Wickham
Do you cover business parks and estates near Wickham, such as Knowle Village Business Park?
Yes. Our area takes in Wickham and its surroundings, with estates and business parks such as Knowle Village Business Park included. A few photographs and the unit address let us price the work.
How does the removal of BS 476 from Approved Document B affect fire-rated sealing in Wickham?
References to BS 476 classes are being removed from Approved Document B from 2 September 2029, after which BS EN 13501-2 classification is 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.
What happens if old sealant might contain asbestos?
Some older mastics, especially in pre-2000 buildings, can contain asbestos. Before we disturb old sealant in an older building, we ask to see the asbestos register or survey, and if asbestos is suspected, work stops until it’s tested. We don’t remove asbestos-containing materials.
Do you work to architects’ specifications?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry, and we will price the work to it.
Do you take on multi-site work?
Yes. A group of buildings can go on one quote, and you deal with one contact throughout across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
Can staff carry on working while you’re here?
Yes, with some planning. Tell us your site hours and access windows and we’ll plan around them.
Are you insured?
Yes. Mastic Doctor is fully insured, public liability included.
When to call us in Wickham
Head-of-wall joints and wall-to-wall junctions are frequent weak points. Movement in the frame or slab can open the joint, and the wrong product can split as a result. The tested detail for a linear joint states the width and movement it covers.
Things that normally lead to an enquiry:
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls
- Snag lists that include open service penetrations
- Unsealed penetrations discovered above suspended ceilings
Offices at parks like Knowle Village Business Park, 1.5 miles south-west of Wickham, are re-cabled with each new tenant, and compartment walls need sealing afterwards to the tested detail.
What to look for in a quote
- How they’ll work around occupants
- Health and safety accreditation such as CHAS
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
Towns and villages near Wickham
What else we do in Wickham
Fire-rated sealing for Wickham buildings
Central London is about 63 miles from Wickham. Offices around the capital are refitted often, and the cabling that follows can breach fire-resisting walls. A number of hotels sit less than 2 miles from Wickham. In hotels, bedroom and corridor walls are usually fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need sealing with the specified product.
For a unit at a centre such as Broadcut Retail Park, which lies south of Wickham, penetration seals are worth checking after each shop fit. Hotels such as The Old House Hotel, less than half a mile west of Wickham, rely on fire-resisting walls between bedrooms and corridors, and refits that add services leave penetrations to seal where fire-rated sealant is specified.
Wickham is about 3 miles north of Fareham, in Hampshire. Any commercial site in Wickham is covered, whether it’s a single job or part of a planned programme. 723 places across Hampshire fall within our area, including Wickham. Sites around Portsmouth have their own page, about 8 miles away.
Commercial sites across PO17 are covered for service penetrations. Streets here include The Square, Station Road and Bridge Street, and sites on any of them can send details for a fixed quote. Main routes into Wickham include the A32 and A334, useful when we plan access and materials. Nearby places we also cover include Shedfield (1 mile north-west), Shirrell Heath (2 miles north), Kingsmead (2 miles north-east), Woodend (2 miles north-east) and Mislingford (2 miles north) for service penetrations. A short drive away, we cover Winchester (12 miles north-west), Gosport (7 miles south), Havant (9 miles east), Eastleigh (8 miles north-west), Fareham (3 miles south) and Horndean (8 miles east).
Local landmarks in Wickham
Recent enquiries here include premises near The Old House Hotel, among other places. The nearest railway station is Fareham station, about 3.2 miles south. Nearby you’ll also find Fareham Shopping Centre (3.2 miles south) and Carron Row Farm Museum (3.5 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s St Clair's Meadow and Portsdown Hill.
After the work
For the best life from the joints:
- Settle who seals which penetrations at the start of a project
- File the specified details where the next contractor can find them
- Flag new cables with no seal around them
- Include service cupboards in routine inspections
Allow the manufacturer’s stated cure time before boxing in or decorating. Not every fire-rated product can be painted, so check the product data first.
Looking at service areas on a regular cycle pays off. A cracked or disturbed seal found early is a small job compared with dozens found at once.
When something else is needed
Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. You’ll hear from us if the cause turns out to be one of these:
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Signing off or certifying a building’s fire stopping
If you are not sure, just phone 01277 525 020 or send photos by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Cable penetrations
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
What sets the cost
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we look at:
- The product specified
- How accessible the joints are
- Whether old sealant has to be cut out first
- The size and state of each joint
Access often affects the price as much as the sealing: easy-to-reach joints are quicker than those that need equipment to get to. Tell us how the joints are reached and call for a quote.
What we need to price the job
We can often quote from photos and a few details. Please tell us:
- Access details, including height
- Any dates the work must fit around
- Any specification or named product
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
We quote a fixed sum against the scope you give us, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To start the process, phone 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Our process
We bring the products specified for the job, along with primers and backing rod. Joint faces are cleaned back to sound, dry surfaces, the manufacturer’s primer is applied where it’s called for, and the sealant is tooled off neatly. Work in places the size of Wickham is planned as a single visit where we can. Photos with rough sizes let us arrive with everything needed.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send.
- 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.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
Before we start on site
- Let building users know which areas are affected
- Let us know about inductions and permits
- Point out any areas we must not close
Ask for a quote
For a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or email a schedule or drawings, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
Work for main contractors and building owners
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.
Hotels, schools, healthcare sites, offices and retail units come to us directly as well. We plan around the way the building is used, so guests, pupils, patients or staff are disturbed as little as possible.