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Fire Rated Sealant in Orkney Islands
Covering 51 places across the Orkney Islands for fire rated sealant, done properly, quoted clearly before any work starts and a one-year guarantee.
Fire rated sealant across the Orkney Islands
Intumescent and fire-rated sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations. Pick your town below to see the details for your area, and get in touch for a quick quote.
Main towns
What else we do in the Orkney Islands
- Regrouting
- Sand mastic for sash & case windows
- Commercial & hotel sealant
- Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing
- External & façade joints
- New-build mastic & snagging
- Bathroom & kitchen resealing
- Remedial sealant & repairs
- Window & door mastic
- Floor & skirting joints
- Glazing & conservatory sealant
Postcode districts
About fire rated sealant in the Orkney Islands
We often work from an action list drawn up by a fire risk assessor. Send us the list or the survey and we will quote for the fire-rated sealant work on it. We work on flats & HMOs, service penetrations and linear gaps, and the jobs we see most are open gaps behind door architraves and old fire sealant that has split or come away.
There’s no need to move everything out, just the space around the work. Everything nearby is protected, and the job takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are for a typical job.
- Before starting, we go through the specification or action list with you.
- Each gap is measured and its substrate and service noted.
- Any non-fire-rated filler is removed.
- The specified fire-rated sealant goes in over any backing its detail requires.
- We hand over a list of locations and products for your files.
What affects the price in the Orkney Islands
What it costs depends on how much there is to do, how hard the old material is to remove and access to the work. You will have a clear quote before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- We leave the area clean and tidy
- Anti-fungal sanitary silicone in wet areas
- Homes, businesses and hotels
- Every job guaranteed for a year
Getting a quote
For fire rated sealant in the Orkney Islands, send an email to info@mrmastic.co.uk. A short description of the job and where it is helps us quote, and we’ll agree the price before any work begins.
Local landmarks in Kirkwall
In Kirkwall, that means homes and buildings near Orkney Library and Archive, Kirkwall Grammar School and Paterson Church. Well-known places in the area include Balfour Hospital (0.5 miles south-west) and Bishop's Palace (within half a mile south-west). The countryside around Kirkwall includes Gallow Ha' and Loomi Shun.
Commercial buildings across the Orkney Islands
Our fire rated sealant work across the Orkney Islands covers washrooms, kitchens and fire-rated joints, from Kirkwall, Stromness and Finstown to the quieter places in between. Room-by-room programmes and out-of-hours working can be arranged.
Our work covers the whole of Scotland, the Orkney Islands included. Journeys are planned ahead, and outside jobs are booked around the forecast. The Orkney Islands includes coastal places, where outside joints face more wind, rain and salt than they would inland. Joints on seaward walls tend to fail first.
Kirkwall: Community buildings like Paterson Church are part of the picture too: service openings in its walls need the right fire-rated sealant, as in any building. Managing a site like Kirkwall Grammar School? Then service openings in fire-resisting walls need checking after any refurbishment.
What we are called out for in the Orkney Islands
Sealant applied too thin, without the backing its detail needs, or onto dust won’t perform as it was tested. We see plenty of fire stopping that was hurried.
Keep an eye out for these signs:
- Open holes round services passing through fire walls
- Seals cut through by electricians, plumbers or data installers
- Door frames with gaps between frame and wall
- Open joints along the top of partitions
DIY sealant or a professional job?
Some sealant jobs are within reach of a careful DIYer, like a short, easy-to-reach joint indoors. The common mistakes are sealing over old sealant, sealing a damp joint and using far too much.
The biggest DIY mistake is sealing over old sealant. Silicone doesn’t stick to old silicone, so it lifts and traps water and mould underneath. Everything old must be removed first.
When something else is needed
We’ll always be straight with you, so here’s what sealant cannot fix:
- Problems with the door itself rather than the gap around the frame
- Assessing a building’s fire safety
- A wall that is not a fire-resisting element to begin with
Work for landlords, hotels and businesses
Housing providers, facilities teams and property managers book us too across the Orkney Islands. We can quote a run of properties together, and we’re fully insured.
From a single let to a portfolio, the work is the same standard: old sealant fully removed, joints prepared properly and a one-year guarantee.
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the joints looking good and working properly:
- Make resealing part of every contractor’s brief
- Get damaged fire seals looked at promptly
- File the fire-stopping record where your assessor can find it
- Do not paint over fire sealant until it has cured
Include fire stopping in your regular building checks. Watch for cracking, gaps or seals that have been disturbed and have them put right.
Leave a fire-stopping gap open and smoke can move through the building much more easily. Sealing it early is a simple step to take.
The Orkney Islands questions
Can you do several jobs on one visit?
Yes. More than one area can be quoted together.
What fire rating will the seal have?
We don’t issue ratings or certificates ourselves. The performance comes from the product’s tested details and the specification from your assessor or designer; we install to those details and record what we did.
Can I use normal mastic around a pipe through a fire wall?
No. It looks sealed but will not perform as fire stopping. A tested fire-rated product is needed and we can apply it for you.
Can I do it myself?
Sometimes. Preparation is everything: all the old sealant out, and a clean, dry joint. If it doesn’t work out, we can redo it.
Will you leave a mess?
No. We protect the surfaces around the joints, and we clear up the old sealant and our materials before we leave.
I rent my home. Can I book you?
Of course. Check with your landlord; we can send the quote to them too.
Do you cover the Orkney Islands?
Yes. We’re based in Crawley and work across South East England, London and Scotland.