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Emmer Green Fire Rated Sealant
Our applicators work in Emmer Green on intumescent and fire-rated sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations. Old material cut out, joints cleaned and sealed neatly and a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire seals that have cracked with movement
- Standard silicone or caulk in a fire-stopping gap
- Holes left by a change of layout
Fire rated sealant for homes and businesses in Emmer Green
Landlords, managing agents and facilities teams use us for the sealant items on a fire risk assessment for buildings in Emmer Green. Send us the list or the survey and we will quote for the fire-rated sealant work on it. If you have gaps filled with a product that isn’t fire-rated and old fire sealant that has split or come away, we can put it right.
In a smaller place like Emmer Green, commercial jobs tend to be smaller buildings: a pub, a surgery, a school, a shop or a few business units. The work is the same as in a big building, just on a smaller scale.
The work is guaranteed for twelve months. If there’s a problem with our work within the year, let us know and we will sort it.
- Where
- Emmer Green (RG4)
- Wider area
- Reading
- Guarantee
- A year, on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 0345 464 0079
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
When to call us in Emmer Green
Many open fire-stopping gaps are made after the building is finished. Electricians, plumbers and data installers drill through walls and ceilings and the hole they leave does not always get resealed.
Any of these means the joints need attention:
- Unsealed gaps around fire door frames
- Seals cut through by electricians, plumbers or data installers
- Holes left by a change of layout
- Gaps flagged on a fire risk assessment
Schools such as The Hill Primary School are buildings too, and service openings in fire-resisting walls need checking after any refurbishment.
Questions to ask before booking
- What the quote includes, VAT included or not
- What guarantee comes with the work
- What product goes in the joint
- What the cure time is
Why act early in Emmer Green
Fire-rated sealants are less forgiving than ordinary ones. Depth, backing and surface preparation all affect how a seal performs, so we follow the maker’s details on every gap. Homes in smaller places like Emmer Green can face more weather, and failed outside joints let damp into walls. Indoors, a failed seal lets water into floors and panels as it would anywhere.
There are no prices on our website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a quick quote and we will talk you through it.
Why Emmer Green clients choose us
- 180+ five-star Google reviews
- Full insurance on every job
- More than 20 years in sealant work
- Domestic, commercial and hotel work
Read our cost guide and our reviews.
Commercial buildings in Emmer Green
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, 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.
If you look after a church, hall or community building such as St Barnabas Church Hall, service openings in its walls need the right fire-rated sealant, as in any building. For landlords with property near Reading station, any gap left by new services in shared walls should be closed with a fire-rated product.
Emmer Green is about 1 mile north-east of Caversham, in Reading. Wherever you are in the RG4 postcode area, we cover fire rated sealant for homes and businesses. Our Reading coverage runs to 34 places, and Emmer Green is one of them.
All of RG4 is covered for fire rated sealant. Whether your property is on Kiln Road, Grove Road and Barnes Road or anywhere close by, our applicators can take on the job. If you are just outside Emmer Green, we cover Caversham (1 mile south-west), Caversham Park Village (1 mile east), Littlestead Green (1 mile north-east), Dunsden Green (1 mile north-east) and Chalkhouse Green (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Norcot (3 miles south-west), Tilehurst Within (4 miles south-west), Shinfield (5 miles south), Arborfield Garrison (7 miles south), Horncastle (4 miles south-west) and Whitley Wood (5 miles south).
Local landmarks in Emmer Green
Typical jobs here are in homes near The White Horse pub, Chiltern Nursery Nurse Training School and Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre and the streets around them. The closest station to Emmer Green is Reading station, roughly 1.7 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Broad Street Mall (2 miles south) and Royal Berkshire Hospital (2.2 miles south). The countryside around Emmer Green includes Sonning Hill and Fobney Island Wetland Reserve.
Honest limits
New sealant can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. Sealant won’t put right:
- Openings too large for sealant, which need batts, boards or another system
- Doors that are not fire doors in the first place
- Walls or floors that weren’t built to resist fire
If in doubt, phone 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and we will say what we think.
Where we work in Emmer Green
- Linear gaps
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Door frames
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Service penetrations
- Flats & HMOs
What the job involves on each surface
Masonry and concrete
Brick, block and concrete walls and floors are sealed with products tested in masonry. The gap is cleaned of dust first so the sealant bonds.
Flats and HMOs
In flats and HMOs, the walls and floors between homes and common areas need sealing where services pass through. We seal the gaps your assessor has identified, flat by flat if needed.
Aftercare tips
Joint life depends on how it’s used and looked after. Here’s what we suggest:
- Plan fire stopping into any work that goes through walls or floors
- Keep general-purpose foam and caulk away from fire-stopping gaps
- Ask every contractor to reseal any fire stopping they disturb
- Ask which product was used before you paint
Tell other trades that the gaps have been sealed, and ask them to reseal anything they cut through. Later work is a common cause of damaged fire stopping.
Open gaps do not only matter in a fire: they also let noise, draughts and sometimes pests through. Dealing with them early helps with all of these.
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What else we do in Emmer Green
What we do, step by step
Our applicators work methodically: protect, prepare, seal, tidy. For most jobs that takes from a few hours to a few days, depending on the number of gaps and the access and we leave things clean and tidy. In a smaller place like Emmer Green, parking is seldom the issue; lanes, gates and long drives are worth mentioning. If the job is outside, tell us about side access and how high the joints are.
- First we work through your list or survey, measuring each gap and checking what it’s formed in.
- Anything that is not fit for the job comes out, and the gap is cleaned.
- Where the tested detail needs backing or fill, we fit it.
- The sealant goes in to the depth its detail sets, then it’s tooled off.
- Finally, we list where we worked and what we used, for your records.
Getting ready for the visit
- Keep pets and children clear of the area while we work
- Tell us about any previous sealing or DIY attempts
- Tell us about any water getting in
Ask for a quote
There’s no standard price list, as no two jobs are quite the same. Instead, your job gets its own clear quote. To arrange one, phone 0345 464 0079 or email us.
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Emmer Green: your questions answered
I let a flat near Reading station. Can you help?
Yes, we work for landlords and letting agents. You can ring 0345 464 0079 or email us with the address and a few details, and we will give you a fixed price before we start.
Is Emmer Green in your area for fire rated sealant?
Yes. We work across London and the South East, and Emmer Green is part of that. Just ring 0345 464 0079 or email us with a few details of the job.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes: twelve months. If there’s a problem with our work in that time, tell us and we’ll put it right.
Can I use normal mastic around a pipe through a fire wall?
No. A gap that needs fire stopping needs a tested fire-rated product, installed to its details.
Do you hold any approvals?
Yes. We are ARBOMaster approved, the scheme for applicators of Arbo sealants.
Does someone need to be in?
If the work is inside, we need someone to let us in. After that, you can carry on with your day.
Will you assess my building’s fire safety?
No. That’s for a fire risk assessor, designer or building control. We apply fire-rated sealant to the requirements they set.
Should I try DIY first?
That depends on the joint. High-level, external movement and fire-rated joints are professional jobs, while a short indoor joint may be within reach.
Should I try it myself first?
Overfilling a joint is a classic DIY mistake. A thick, smeared bead looks untidy and does not move well, and the joint depth matters as much as the finish.
If you do try it yourself, take your time over the 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.