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Fire-rated sealant in Ashey, Isle of Wight
Intumescent and fire-rated sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations for homes and businesses in Ashey and across the Isle of Wight. ARBOMaster approved applicators, fully insured, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Door frames with gaps between frame and wall
- Open holes round services passing through fire walls
- Damaged fire sealant left by other trades
How we handle fire rated sealant in Ashey
Door frame gaps, linear joints and holes around services all have their own details. Measuring the gap and checking what it’s made of comes first, then the sealant goes in to the depth the product’s details set. Typical jobs include joints picked up in a fire-stopping survey and new service routes left unsealed after building work, on service penetrations, pipe & cable gaps and plasterboard & masonry.
For a small place like Ashey, the journey and timings are agreed in advance, so it can be fitted around guests, clients or events where possible.
A one-year guarantee comes as standard, so you are not left on your own once the job is done.
- Place
- Ashey (PO33)
- Wider area
- Isle of Wight
- Guarantee
- One year on every job
- Price
- A clear price before work begins
- Call
- 0345 464 0079
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Keeping the joints in good condition
No joint lasts for ever, but care makes a real difference. A few tips:
- Check whether a sealant can be painted before decorating over it
- Keep general-purpose foam and caulk away from fire-stopping gaps
- Get damaged fire seals looked at promptly
- Look in service cupboards and ceiling voids from time to time
Leave the sealant to cure fully before painting near it. Some fire-rated sealants can be painted and some can’t and we will tell you which one you have.
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.
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Ashey: your questions answered
Will you come out to Ashey?
Yes, Ashey is covered. Our work covers London and the South East, and smaller places are part of that. The journey is planned ahead, so it helps to know about access.
I let a flat near Smallbrook Junction station. Can you help?
Yes, rental work is part of what we do. Just ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and tell us about the property, and we will give you a clear quote.
Do you offer different sealant colours?
We’ll suggest a colour to suit the surroundings. The product needed can limit the range.
Where are you based?
We are based in Crawley, West Sussex, and we cover South East England, London and all of Scotland.
Will there be a smell?
That depends on the sealant. Some products have a noticeable smell, others very little.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes: twelve months. If anything is not right with the work within the year, let us know and we’ll sort it.
Will the old sealant be removed?
Yes, always, and completely. New silicone does not stick to old silicone, so any old material comes out before anything new goes in.
What do you need from me for a quote?
A short description and the location. We will ask anything else we need to know.
What affects the cost of fire rated sealant
There’s no set price list. What we look at:
- The product the joint needs
- Working hours on commercial sites
- The amount of work
- The old material and how stubborn it is
Leaving a failed joint generally makes the job bigger, not smaller, as water and mould keep getting in. If you’re not sure whether it needs doing, ring 0345 464 0079 or email us for an honest opinion and a quote.
Helping us quote
Photos help, but a description is a good start. Please mention:
- If someone has resealed it before
- The problem you’ve noticed
- Where the property is
- How we’d reach the joints
It all starts with a short chat. Tell us what’s wrong, where it is and how much there is, and we will explain how we’d tackle it. When it suits you, call 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email.
What we are called out for in Ashey
In some buildings the gap was filled with the wrong thing in the first place: general-purpose foam, everyday silicone or caulk where a fire-rated seal was needed. It may look fine, but it isn’t a fire-rated seal.
Any of these means the joints need attention:
- Open gaps behind door architraves
- Gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs
- Gaps flagged on a fire risk assessment
- New service routes left unsealed after building work
Schools such as Ryde Academy are buildings too, and fire-stopping around service openings should be restored whenever new services go in.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the sealant suits the joint
- What the quote includes, VAT included or not
- Who turns up on the day
- Whether they’re fully insured
DIY versus a professional finish
Sealing over old silicone is the commonest DIY error. New silicone won’t bond to old, so it peels away and traps moisture behind it. Everything old must be removed first.
The difference is mostly in the preparation and the product. Joints are cleaned back to sound surfaces and dried, and the sealant is chosen for how the joint moves and where it is, then guaranteed for a year.
The process
Most of a good job is in the preparation, so that is where we spend the time. Every joint is cleaned and dried before new material goes in. All told, the work takes from a few hours to a few days, depending on the number of gaps and the access. Somewhere as small as Ashey, access is often the only tricky part. If the job is outside, mention outbuildings, exposed walls and how to reach them.
- 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 and the gap cleaned.
- We fit backing where needed and apply the fire-rated sealant to depth.
- We hand over a list of locations and products for your records.
How to prepare
- For business premises, tell us about site rules or sign-in
- For indoor joints, keep the area dry beforehand if you can
- Tell us if parking is tricky
Getting a quote
There’s no standard price list. Instead, your job gets its own clear quote. To arrange one, ring 0345 464 0079 or email us.
Related advice
Surface by surface
Masonry and concrete
Brick, block and concrete walls and floors are sealed with products tested in masonry. We clean out dust and debris before sealing.
Door frames
The gap between a door frame and the wall around it needs sealing as well as the door itself. We seal that gap with a fire-rated sealant suited to the frame and wall.
Why act early in Ashey
Sealant is not the fix for every opening. Big openings, bundles of cables and plastic pipes may need batts, collars or wraps instead. If a gap isn’t suitable for sealant, we will tell you. In a small place like Ashey, homes can be exposed to wind and rain, which finds any gap, and older walls, once damp, take a long time to dry.
What it costs depends on the size of the job, how much old material has to come out and access to the work. We give a clear quote before we start.
Why us?
- Fully insured
- Rated 4.9 stars on Google
- Arbo and Everbuild products
- ARBOMaster approved applicator
See our cost guide or what customers say.
Fire rated sealant around Ashey
If you run a hotel, guest house or holiday let in a coastal place like Ashey, heavy use in the busy months is hard on washroom and kitchen sealant, and any building work there should leave fire-rated joints made good. In England, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires a fire risk assessment for workplaces and for the common parts of blocks of flats, and gaps around services are often picked up there. We apply fire-rated sealant to the assessor’s or designer’s specification and the product’s tested details.
For landlords with property near Smallbrook Junction station, new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant.
Ashey is about 2 miles south-west of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight. Ashey gets the same service as everywhere we cover: the old material taken out, joints prepared properly and a 12-month guarantee. Across the Isle of Wight, we cover 125 places, and Ashey is one of them. You can also see our page for Portsmouth, roughly 9 miles from Ashey.
Here we cover the PO33 postcode area for fire rated sealant. If you’re just outside Ashey, we cover Adgestone (2 miles south-east), Brading (2 miles south-east), Morton (2 miles south-east), Alverstone Garden Village (2 miles south) and Yarbridge (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Newport (5 miles west), Cowes (7 miles north-west), Sandown (3 miles south), Shanklin (5 miles south), Ventnor (7 miles south) and East Cowes (6 miles north-west). For island and remote addresses, the job takes a little more planning.
Landmarks near Ashey
For rail, the closest station is Smallbrook Junction station, roughly 1.5 miles north-east. Nearby you will also find Sandown Castle (3.3 miles south-east) and Cothey Bottom Heritage Centre (2 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Briddlesford Nature Reserve and Brading Down.