Portsmouth · England
Fire Rated Sealant in Copnor
Fire-stopping gaps in Copnor need attention? We remove the old material, prepare the joints and seal them properly, and the work is guaranteed for a year.
- Gaps around pipes and cables through fire-resisting walls
- Open joints along the top of partitions
- Gaps flagged on a fire risk assessment
Copnor: your questions answered
Do you work for landlords with property near Fratton station?
Yes, we work for landlords and agents. Just call 0345 464 0079 or email us and tell us about the property, and we’ll give you a clear price.
Do you work in hotels near Copnor?
Yes. Hotel and guest-house work is part of what we do. Jobs can be programmed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
Can I use normal mastic around a pipe through a fire wall?
No. Ordinary silicone, caulk or foam isn’t tested as fire stopping. We cut it out and reseal with a fire-rated product.
Can I add another job to the visit?
Yes. Just list everything you need.
Do you remove the old sealant?
Always. Sealing over old sealant is the main reason resealing fails early, so we never do it.
Will you assess my building’s fire safety?
No. We follow the requirements from your assessor, designer or building control.
Does someone need to be in?
For indoor joints, yes, someone needs to let us in. Once we have agreed the job, you don’t need to watch us work.
Can new sealant go over the old?
No, because it fails. The old sealant always comes out first, so the new sealant bonds properly.
How we handle fire rated sealant in Copnor
We can work through a building room by room or floor by floor, with each location and product recorded. It gives you a list to keep with the building’s fire safety documents. Typical jobs include unsealed gaps where pipes and cables go through a wall and standard silicone or caulk in a fire-stopping gap, on service penetrations, pipe & cable gaps and door frames.
Commercial work around a smaller place like Copnor usually means a pub, a shop, a school or small business units rather than office blocks. Each needs the same care with its sealant as any larger building.
The work is guaranteed for twelve months. If something isn’t right with it in that time, tell us and we will put it right.
- Place
- Copnor (PO3, PO2, PO1)
- Region
- Portsmouth
- Guarantee
- One year on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Common problems we fix in Copnor
Lots of unsealed gaps appear long after the building was completed. Electricians, plumbers and data installers drill through walls and ceilings and the hole they leave doesn’t always get resealed.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Fire seals that have cracked with movement
- Open gaps behind door architraves
- Standard silicone or caulk in a fire-stopping gap
- Sealant items on a fire risk assessment action list
If you look after a church, hall or community building such as Church of St Alban, service openings in its walls need the right fire-rated sealant, as in any building.
Comparing quotes
- What preparation is included
- Whether they’re fully insured
- How long to leave it before use
- How the colour is chosen
Different surfaces, different methods
Linear gaps
Some linear gaps have to cope with movement as well as fire. We choose a product and depth that suit the gap and the movement from the manufacturer’s details.
Flats and HMOs
Conversions generally 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.
DIY versus a professional finish
What a professional job adds is preparation and the right product. We take joints back to clean, dry surfaces, and the sealant is chosen for how the joint moves and where it is.
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.
What we can’t put right
Some problems need a builder, plumber or other trade rather than us:
- Walls or floors that weren’t built to resist fire
- Big openings where sealant alone isn’t the tested solution
- Deciding what fire stopping a building needs
If you’re not sure, just phone 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Service penetrations
- Linear gaps
- Door frames
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Flats & HMOs
- Pipe & cable gaps
Why it’s worth doing now in Copnor
Leaving a gap until a refurbishment comes round can mean years with it open. Sealing the gap now is a contained job on its own. In an older home around Copnor, damp from a failed joint can get into timber and plaster, and that is a much bigger job than renewing the sealant.
Combining jobs into one visit normally makes better use of the time than several visits, so it’s worth mentioning everything you’d like done. We’ll send you a clear quote for the lot.
Why Copnor clients choose us
- Neat joints and a tidy finish
- Homes, businesses and hotels
- Over 20 years’ experience
- Old sealant always removed completely
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Fire rated sealant in Copnor: local notes
For seaside hotels, guest houses and holiday lets around Copnor, busy months put washrooms and kitchens under pressure, so it’s worth checking the sealant before the busiest weeks. Copnor 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.
For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Westover Primary School, service openings in fire-resisting walls need checking after any refurbishment. For landlords with property near Fratton station, new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant.
Copnor is about 1 mile east of Portsmouth, in Portsmouth. Whether you’re in the middle of Copnor or further out, we cover fire rated sealant for every kind of property, from flats and houses to offices and hotels. Copnor is one of 19 places in Portsmouth where we work.
Our applicators cover all of PO3, PO2 and PO1 for fire rated sealant. Whether your property is on New Road, Lynn Road and Byron Road or a nearby road, we can help. Being close to the A288, Copnor is easy for our applicators to reach. We also cover the places around Copnor: Baffins (1 mile south-east), Kingston (1 mile south), Portsmouth (1 mile west), Fratton (1 mile south-west) and North End (1 mile north-west).
Near you in Copnor
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to The Jolly Taxpayer pub, Alexandra Park and St Edmund's Catholic School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Fratton station, roughly 1.1 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find The Bridge Shopping Centre (1.1 miles south-west) and St Mary's Hospital (0.7 miles south). Open spaces near Copnor include Milton Locks and Portsdown Hill.
What else we do in Copnor
The process
At the end, we look at the finished work together and explain the cure time. The work normally takes a few hours for a handful of gaps, and longer for a whole building, depending on the size of the job. For a job in Copnor, we agree the time, the access and parking before the day. Outdoor jobs depend on a dry day, since sealant needs a dry surface.
- We begin by agreeing the list of gaps from your assessor’s or designer’s requirements.
- We measure every gap and note what it’s in and what passes through.
- 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 records.
How to prepare
- Let us know about parking restrictions
- Tell us about any water getting in
- Plan for the work area to be out of bounds to pets and children
Get a quote
For fire rated sealant in Copnor, phone 0345 464 0079 or send us an email. A short description of the job and where it is helps us quote, and you will get a clear quote before we start.
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Quotes for fire rated sealant in Copnor
Call for a quick quote. What matters most is:
- How much old sealant there is and how hard it is to remove
- How easy the joints are to reach
- The size of the job
- How many rooms, windows or areas are involved
Instead of a standard rate, we look at what your job involves: how many joints, what’s in them now and how we reach them. The price is agreed before we begin.
What we need to know
When you call or email, it’s useful to know:
- What the problem is, such as mould, gaps, leaks or cracking
- The address or postcode of the job
- How we’d reach the joints
- Any previous sealing or DIY work
We quote each job on its own, so the first step is telling us about yours. Just call 0345 464 0079 or email us with the details.