Fire Stopping in Wigmore
Need fire stopping in Wigmore? It’s simple: send details, get a quote, we seal, guaranteed.
- Seals that don’t match their tested detail
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
- Hidden openings found during inspections
Fire stopping near Wigmore
Tell us what needs sealing and where, with photos or drawings if you have them, and we’ll price it.
Our process
Before any cutting starts, the area is protected: masking tape along the joint edges and sheeting over anything nearby. On site, the work typically takes anything from one day to a planned run of visits, depending on the number of seals and the access, and we clear our waste as we work. Several jobs near Wigmore can be grouped on one trip. Tell us your site hours and we’ll plan around them.
- We read the specification, drawings or penetration schedule you send and ask about anything unclear.
- 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.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- If an opening needs something other than sealant, we tell you instead of improvising.
Before we start on site
- Point out parking and an unloading spot
- Tell staff and tenants when we will be in
- Send your site hours and access windows
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, speak to us on 01277 525 020 or use the quote form, telling us the site location and the nature of the job. Our quote form is another easy route.
Advice
About our fire stopping in Wigmore
Our applicators are CSCS-carded, and we are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member. We don’t hold a third-party fire-stopping installer certificate and we’d rather say that up front. We install the specified fire-rated sealant to its tested detail, and our workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee. We work on cable penetrations, service gaps in risers and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and the failures we’re asked to look at most are open linear gaps along the top of fire-resisting walls and expanding foam used as fire stopping. Most enquiries from Wigmore start with one failed joint and grow into a wider look at the building: we look at the rest while we’re there and tell you what we find.
In places the size of Wigmore, fire-resisting walls and floors are found in schools, care homes, health centres and mixed-use buildings. Specified fire-rated sealant goes around new services there, built to match the manufacturer’s detail.
Whoever the client is, the cover is the same: twelve months on the work we carried out. It doesn’t extend to damage, faults in the building or work by others, and we’re upfront about that.
- Where
- Wigmore (ME8)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Guarantee
- A 12-month guarantee
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 01277 525 020
- Updated
- 3 November 2026
Surface by surface
Risers and ceiling voids
Service risers and the voids above ceilings are where openings collect. Access to these areas is planned with you in advance along with any permits your site needs.
Plastic pipes
Plastic pipes soften and collapse in a fire. Some intumescent sealants are tested on smaller plastic pipes, but many need a collar or wrap. We check the pipe material and diameter against the detail before we start.
Doing it in-house
Site maintenance staff can often handle a short internal joint. Where it goes wrong is preparation: new sealant over old, damp or dusty faces, or the wrong product for the movement.
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist prepares properly, controls joint depth and picks a product with the right movement class.
Questions about Wigmore
Does your area include sites such as Parkwood Shopping Centre, near Wigmore?
Yes, sites like Parkwood Shopping Centre are within our area, along with the rest of Wigmore. Send details of the unit and the work through our quote form for a quick quote.
Can work at a site such as University of Greenwich - Medway fit around teaching?
Yes. Education sites usually want the work in vacations or in phases during term, and we plan to suit. We are CHAS accredited and a Constructionline member, and paperwork such as RAMS is confirmed with the quote.
Can you tell us what fire stopping our building needs?
No, we don’t design fire stopping. With the designer’s details in hand, we can price the sealant elements, and tell you if a detail needs another product.
Does the weather affect the work?
Outside, yes. Sealant needs a dry joint and a temperature within the product’s range, so frost, rain or cold mornings can delay outside work. Inside work is seldom held up.
How long does a job like this take?
It depends on the scope, but the work normally takes longer where risers, ceiling voids or occupied floors have to be worked through in sequence. For bigger or phased jobs, we’ll set out a timescale with the quote.
Is sealant suitable for all service openings?
No. It depends on the tested detail for that wall or floor and service. Collars, wraps, batts and boards exist for openings sealant doesn’t cover, and we’ll tell you when that applies.
How long do sealant joints last?
There’s no fixed lifespan: movement, exposure, cleaning, traffic and the product all play a part. Treat them as maintenance items and inspect them regularly.
Places near Wigmore
Other services in Wigmore
How the quote is worked out
Sealant work doesn’t have a standard rate, because every site is different. What we look at:
- Travel to remote or island sites
- Removal of failed or old sealant
- Joint width, depth and condition
- Phasing around occupants
Cost follows what’s involved: removing old material, preparing the joints, the product, the access and how the work is phased. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain how it’s made up.
Sending details for a quote
Diagnosis starts before we arrive. Let us know:
- Clear photographs of the problem areas
- The product your specification calls for
- The asbestos register, for older buildings
- The postcode of the building
Send us photos, drawings or a joint schedule are often enough for a fixed quote. If the job needs a look first, we will arrange a site visit.
Fire stopping around Wigmore: how the place shapes the job
For England, the fire stopping of penetrations is dealt with in Approved Document B. References to the older BS 476 classes are being removed from it from 2 September 2029, after which the European classification, BS EN 13501-2, is the route, subject to transitional arrangements. What we install is set by the specification, and it goes in to the tested detail. Wigmore is about 31 miles from central London. Office refits around the commuter belt bring new cabling through fire-resisting walls.
At a retail site such as Parkwood Shopping Centre, which lies south of Wigmore, walls between units may be fire-resisting, so services added in a refit need the specified seal. Residences at universities like University of Greenwich - Medway, 3.8 miles north-west of Wigmore, have compartment walls that must be resealed whenever services change. Hotels like The Green Lion Hotel (to the north-east of Wigmore) are refurbished in phases, and each phase can open up compartment walls.
Wigmore is about 1 mile south-east of Gillingham, in Medway. If you are looking for fire stopping in Wigmore, we can help, as we do across Medway. Wigmore is one of 54 places in Medway on our list for service penetrations. Our London page has more on work in that area, about 31 miles away.
Postcode districts covered here: ME8. For a building on Durham Road, Harvey Road and Arthur Road or nearby, send details and we’ll quote for service penetrations. Sites close to Wigmore are covered too, including Park Wood (1 mile south), Hempstead (1 mile west), Twydall (1 mile north), Gillingham (1 mile north-west) and Capstone (2 miles west). A short drive away, we cover Chatham (3 miles west), Rochester (5 miles north-west), Strood (6 miles north-west), Luton (3 miles west), Lordswood (3 miles south-west) and Hoo St Werburgh (5 miles north).
Local landmarks in Wigmore
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Foxburrow Wood, Howard School and The Railway pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Rainham (Kent) station, about 1 mile north-east. Other landmarks nearby include Upnor Castle (4.6 miles north-west) and Pentagon Shopping Centre (3.6 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Boxley Hills and Bishop Saltings.
For managing agents and facilities managers
Hospitality, education, healthcare, office and retail clients book us directly too. We plan around the way the building is used, so the building keeps working while we do.
Building owners and managing agents use us on sealant work across single buildings or whole portfolios around Wigmore. Several sites can go on one quote, so there’s one set of paperwork to deal with.
Looking after the joints
After handover, these steps help:
- Keep general-purpose fillers away from compartment walls
- Put resealing into every M&E and fit-out package
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Agree the fire-stopping specification before services go in
Once the seals are in, tell other trades they exist and must not be disturbed. Any seal cut back for a new service needs reinstating to its tested detail.
Keep a register of where seals are and what they are made of. It tells the next contractor exactly what to reinstate.