Fire stopping in Maidenhead
Pipes, cables, ducts and gaps sealed so the wall or floor still holds a fire back. Send us the details and we will price it.
Get a priceA fire wall is only a fire wall while it has no holes in it.
Then somebody runs a pipe through it. An electrician pulls cable across it. A new extract duct goes in, and the gap round it is left open.
Fire stopping is what closes those gaps again. Each one gets a product that has been tested for that job, fitted the way the test says.
We do that work in Maidenhead and the towns around it. It is done by our BM TRADA / FIRAS-certificated contractors, and we photograph every seal when it is finished.
What gets sealed
Pipes and cables through walls and floors come first. They are the most common thing we are asked about.
Then cavity barriers, the strips and socks that close up hidden spaces inside walls and above ceilings.
Then the joints. A wall that stops short of the slab above it. A vertical joint between two blocks. The gap round a duct.
Each has its own page. Penetration sealing, cavity barriers, fire collars and wraps and intumescent mastic cover the four main methods. If you do not know what you have, a compartmentation survey finds the gaps first.
Who rings us
Managing agents with a block of flats where an assessor wrote "compartmentation not confirmed".
Landlords after a cable or pipe job, where the trades left holes behind them.
School and care home managers, and office landlords who have had a tenant move out and the ceiling taken down.
If you are one of those and the report is on your desk, send it over. We read what the assessor wrote, ask about the wall and the floor, and price against that.
How a job goes
You tell us where the holes are and what goes through each one. Photos help a great deal.
We ask what the wall or floor is made of and how long it has to resist fire. That decides the product.
You get a written price. We book a date, and the crew arrives with the products on the van.
Each seal gets a number, a photo and a line in a schedule that matches the wall it sits in. Years later, when a buyer's surveyor asks what is behind the ceiling in the second-floor corridor, you can open that file and show them.
A rough idea of price
As a rough minimum, our jobs start at about £2,000 plus VAT. That is what it takes to make a day's drive from Luton worth it for a crew of two.
After that the price follows the count. How many openings, how wide each one is, how high up the ladder has to go. Six floors of riser with residents coming and going takes longer than one plant room with a clear floor.
Send a few photos and a rough number of holes. That is usually enough for a first figure, which we then confirm in writing before anyone turns up.
Questions we get asked
Is fire stopping the same thing as a fire risk assessment?
No. The assessor writes the report and we close the gaps it names. A lot of our enquiries start from one line in an assessment, along the lines of "compartmentation could not be verified".
Can you work around residents?
Yes. Most blocks and care homes are occupied. Say which corridors and cupboards we need, and for how many days, and you can tell the people who live there.
Is there an office in Maidenhead?
No. The crew drives down from Luton, works the day and drives home.
What we seal
Tell us what is going through it and what the wall is made of. We will come back with a price.
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