Kent · England
Fire Rated Sealant in Bluetown
Fire rated sealant for Bluetown and the surrounding area: the right sealant, proper preparation and a neat finish. Ask us for a quick quote.
- Open joints along the top of partitions
- Open holes round services passing through fire walls
- Open gaps behind door architraves
Fire rated sealant for homes and businesses in Bluetown
We often work from an action list drawn up by a fire risk assessor on buildings across Bluetown. Send us the list or the survey and we will quote for the fire-rated sealant work on it. Common call-outs are for open holes round services passing through fire walls and unsealed gaps around fire door frames, on plasterboard & masonry, service penetrations and linear gaps.
For holiday lets, converted business premises or a community building near Bluetown, washroom and kitchen sealant and any fire-rated joints need the same attention as anywhere.
A 12-month guarantee comes as standard, so you’re covered after we’ve gone.
- Location
- Bluetown (ME9)
- Region
- Kent
- Guarantee
- 12 months on all our work
- Quotes
- A clear price before we start
- Phone
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Questions from Bluetown
Do you work for landlords with property near Sittingbourne station?
Yes, rental work is part of what we do. Just ring 0345 464 0079 or send us an email and tell us about the property, and we will give you a clear quote.
Will you come out to Bluetown?
Yes, Bluetown is covered. We work across London and the South East, and smaller places are part of that. The journey is planned ahead, so it helps to know about access.
Is it OK to seal over old sealant?
No. New silicone won’t bond to old silicone, and anything trapped underneath, including mould and water, stays there. It all has to come out first.
What’s the difference between intumescent and fire-rated sealant?
An intumescent sealant expands when it gets hot to help seal the gap. It’s one type of fire-rated sealant; the right one depends on the gap and what passes through it.
Is there any odour?
It depends on the product. Some products have a noticeable smell, others very little, and any smell fades as they cure.
Can you tell me how many minutes the seal will last?
That is not something we state or certify. The requirement comes from your assessor, designer or building control, and we apply a product tested for it, recording the locations and products.
Are you ARBOMaster approved?
Yes. We’re ARBOMaster approved, the scheme for applicators of Arbo sealants.
Do you take out the old sealant first?
Yes. Sealing over the old bead is the commonest cause of early failure, so we never do it.
Work for landlords, hotels and businesses
Housing providers, facilities teams and property managers book us too in Bluetown and across Kent. We can quote a run of properties together.
Letting agents and landlords in Bluetown can book us as well as householders. Sealant work between tenants is a simple way to keep a property in good order.
Fire rated sealant around Bluetown
Workplaces and the common parts of blocks of flats in England need a fire risk assessment under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which is often where open fire-stopping gaps are first noticed. We apply fire-rated sealant to the assessor’s or designer’s specification and the product’s tested details.
Letting a property close to Sittingbourne station? Then new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant. For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School, gaps opened by contractors for new cabling are a common finding in schools and offices.
Bluetown is about 4 miles south of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Every kind of property in Bluetown can book us for fire rated sealant. The work is guaranteed for a year. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, Bluetown among them. For nearby work, see our Chelmsford page (33 miles or so).
Jobs for fire rated sealant in ME9 works the same way as everywhere else we cover. Close by, we work in Hollybushes (1 mile west), Milstead (1 mile north-west), Doddington (1 mile south-east), Wichling (1 mile south) and Frinsted (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (10 miles west), Ashford (12 miles south-east), Canterbury (14 miles east), Sittingbourne (4 miles north), Whitstable (13 miles east) and Faversham (6 miles east).
What’s near Bluetown
In Bluetown, that means homes and buildings near Cromers Wood. The nearest railway station is Sittingbourne station, roughly 3.6 miles north of the centre. Nearby you will also find Newnham Castle (2.4 miles east) and Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (3.4 miles north).
What happens on the day
We bring everything the job needs with us, so you do not need to buy or prepare anything. After a quick look at the joints together, we protect the area and start. It normally takes a few hours for a handful of gaps, and longer for a whole building. In a small place like Bluetown, access is generally the main thing to plan. If the job is outside, mention outbuildings, exposed walls and how to reach them.
- We plan the order of work and access, floor by floor or flat by flat.
- We take out any damaged or unsuitable sealant.
- Dust and loose debris are cleaned from each gap.
- We apply and tool the sealant to the product’s tested detail.
- Locations and products are written up and any gaps unsuitable for sealant are flagged.
Preparing for the visit
- Keep children and pets away from the work area
- Try not to wet indoor joints just before the visit
- Clear the area around the work
Get a quote
We don’t publish a price list, as no two jobs are quite the same. Instead, your job gets its own clear quote. To get started, ring 0345 464 0079 or send us an email.
Advice
Quotes for fire rated sealant in Bluetown
Every job gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- Any working-time requirements on site
- The size of the job
- How easy the joints are to reach
- How much old sealant there is and how hard it is to remove
Doing several joints on one visit is generally more efficient than separate visits, so it’s worth mentioning everything you’d like done. You will get one clear quote for the whole job.
Asking for a quote
Photos help, but a description is a good start. Try to tell us:
- Pictures of the joints, sent by email
- Any access issues, like height or stairs
- If someone has resealed it before
- How many joints, rooms or windows are involved
Getting a quote is simple: tell us what needs doing and where. A few pictures by email make the job easier to understand, and we’ll come back to you with a quote.
How the job changes by surface
Plasterboard walls
Service holes in plasterboard are often rough and oversized. Where a hole is bigger than the sealant’s tested range, it needs another approach, and we will tell you.
Masonry and concrete
For masonry and concrete, we use a product tested in that substrate. The gap is cleaned of dust first so the sealant bonds.
Common problems we fix in Bluetown
Movement in the structure can open gaps too: a seal that cracks or pulls away leaves a path for smoke. Damage from cleaning, knocks and maintenance adds to it.
Any of these means the joints need attention:
- Ordinary sealant used where a fire-rated product was needed
- New service routes left unsealed after building work
- Unsealed gaps where pipes and cables go through a wall
- Linear gaps at the head of walls
If you look after a church, hall or community building such as Church of St Catherine, gaps around pipes and cables are worth checking after any building work there.
What to look for in a quote
- What the quote includes, VAT included or not
- How the surfaces are prepared before sealing
- How long to leave it before use
- Who turns up on the day
When something else is needed
New sealant can’t fix everything, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It will not solve:
- Walls or floors that weren’t built to resist fire
- Sign-off of the building, which sits with building control or your assessor
- Big openings where sealant alone is not the tested solution
If in doubt, call 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Flats & HMOs
- Door frames
- Linear gaps
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Service penetrations
Can I do it myself?
A careful DIYer can reseal a simple joint, 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.
If you’re set on DIY, put the effort into preparation: remove every trace of old sealant, clean and dry the joint, and follow the product’s cure time. If it fails, we can still redo it.