Greater London · England
Fire-rated sealant in Chinatown, Greater London
Fire rated sealant across Chinatown and nearby, with old sealant always removed completely and a one-year guarantee.
- Gaps filled with a product that is not fire-rated
- New service routes left unsealed after building work
- Open holes round services passing through fire walls
Fire rated sealant for homes and businesses in Chinatown
Where services or frames pass through a fire-resisting wall or floor, the gap around them needs a fire-rated seal. Each gap is sealed to the product maker’s tested detail for its size and substrate, with a record of the products and locations if you need one. If you have gaps filled with a product that isn’t fire-rated and gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs, we can put it right.
London’s offices, shops, hotels, student accommodation and blocks of flats all have joints to look after, whether that’s washroom resealing or fire-rated sealant around service openings. Where a building in Chinatown needs to stay open, work can be planned outside normal hours.
Whatever the size of the job, it’s backed by our one-year guarantee.
- Location
- Chinatown (W1F, W1D, W1T)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Cover
- A year, on every job
- Price
- A clear price before work begins
- Phone
- 0345 464 0079
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Surface by surface
Flats and HMOs
Conversions normally leave a mix of old and new service holes. We seal the ones on your specification with a tested product and record where they are.
Masonry and concrete
Holes through concrete and block are rarely neat. We measure the gap at its widest point against the product’s tested range.
Places near Chinatown
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How it works
When we get to you, we check the joints match what you told us. If anything is different, we explain it before carrying on. Most jobs then take a few hours for a handful of gaps, and longer for a whole building. In a London area like Chinatown, the main things to plan are parking and access: tell us about permits, visitor bays or off-street space, which floor we’re working on and whether there’s a lift.
- First we work through your list or survey, measuring each gap and checking what it’s formed in.
- We remove any old or unsuitable filler and clean the gap.
- Where the tested detail needs backing or fill, we fit it.
- We apply the fire-rated or intumescent sealant to the specified depth and tool it.
- Finally, we list where we worked and what we used, for your records.
How to prepare
- Keep pets and children clear of the area while we work
- Let us know if you’ve seen damp or leaks
- Clear the area around the work
Ask for a quote
Asking for a quote is easy: let us know the job and the location, and roughly how big it is. Photos by email help us understand the job.
Advice
DIY versus a professional finish
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.
Some jobs are best left to a professional: high-level joints, fire-rated gaps, external movement joints and big jobs need the right product, the right access and the right method.
FAQs for Chinatown
I let a flat near Tottenham Court Road station. Can you help?
Yes, rental work is part of what we do. You can call 0345 464 0079 or email us with the address and a few details, and we will give you a fixed price before we start.
Do you work in hotels near Chinatown?
Yes, hotels and guest houses are among the places we work. Rooms can be done a few at a time, so the building stays open.
Are you an approved applicator?
Yes. We hold ARBOMaster approved applicator status and we’re fully insured too.
What should I tell you?
The location, the problem and the rough size of the job. If you can, email a few photos.
Can you tell me which gaps need fire stopping?
No. We work from the specification you give us, and apply each product to its tested details.
What does fire rated sealant cost?
Size, access and the old material all affect the cost. Call for a quick quote.
Are you insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and we have been doing sealant work for more than 20 years.
What do you put in the joint?
Products from Arbo and Everbuild, among others, chosen to suit the joint. We’ll tell you what we are using and why.
Signs you need fire rated sealant in Chinatown
Sealant applied too thin, without the backing its detail needs, or onto dust will not perform as it was tested. Rushed fire stopping is common, especially where it was squeezed in at the end of a project.
The problems people usually mention when they call include:
- Unsealed gaps where pipes and cables go through a wall
- Seals cut through by electricians, plumbers or data installers
- Unsealed gaps around fire door frames
- Gaps filled with a product that is not fire-rated
If you look after a church, hall or community building such as St Anne's Church, service openings in its walls need the right fire-rated sealant, as in any building.
Comparing quotes
- How long the guarantee is
- Whether the sealant suits the joint
- What happens if the job turns out different
- Is VAT in the price?
When it isn’t the sealant
A few problems are outside what sealant work can do:
- Walls or floors that weren’t built to resist fire
- Fire doors that need new seals, closers or hardware
- Deciding what fire stopping a building needs
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Door frames
- Service penetrations
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Flats & HMOs
- Linear gaps
Looking after it afterwards
Once the sealant has cured, a few habits help it last:
- Get damaged fire seals looked at promptly
- Keep the record of products and locations with your fire safety documents
- Check risers, ceiling voids and cupboards during building checks
- Make resealing part of every contractor’s brief
Don’t drill through or remove a fire seal without putting it back properly. If you need new services through a sealed wall, plan the fire stopping as part of the job.
It’s easiest to seal gaps while they’re few and easy to reach. Over time, more work adds more holes.
For landlords and businesses
Housing providers, facilities teams and property managers book us too. We can quote a run of properties together.
Hotels need rooms back in use, so we plan the work room by room. Hotel work is part of what we do, alongside homes and businesses.
Fire rated sealant in Chinatown: local notes
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 work to the specification you’re given, installing the product to its tested details. Chinatown has hotels and guest accommodation in and around it. For hotels, a room-by-room programme keeps most rooms in use while the work goes on.
As a London address, Chinatown can be tricky for parking: tell us about permits, visitor bays or off-street space when you book. Rented homes near Tottenham Court Road station change hands often, and new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant.
Chinatown is about 1 mile east of City of Westminster, in Greater London. From the centre of Chinatown to the outskirts, fire rated sealant is available for homes and businesses alike, from flats and houses to offices and hotels. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Chinatown is one of them.
Our applicators cover all of W1F, W1D and W1T for fire rated sealant. We cover properties on Duck Lane, Drury Lane and Bruton Lane and the roads around them. Being close to the A4 and A301, Chinatown is easy for our applicators to reach for fire rated sealant. We also cover Soho (1 mile north), St James's (1 mile south), West End (1 mile north-east), Seven Dials (1 mile north-east) and St Giles (1 mile north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Kensington (3 miles west), Shoreditch (3 miles north-east), Walthamstow (7 miles north-east), Hoxton (3 miles north-east), Whitechapel (3 miles east) and Hampstead (4 miles north-west).
What’s near Chinatown
In Chinatown, that means homes and buildings near LITE Regal International School, London Library and Waxy O'Connor's pub. Also close by are St Anne's Churchyard (less than half a mile north-west) and Harris Westminster Sixth Form (0.8 miles south). Chinatown has its own railway station: Tottenham Court Road station. Other landmarks nearby include Leverian collection (less than half a mile south-east) and Montfichet's Tower (1.3 miles east). The countryside around Chinatown includes Barnsbury Wood and St. James's Park Lake.