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Fire Rated Sealant in Great Burstead
Fire rated sealant for Great Burstead, by sealant specialists with 20+ years’ experience. Rated 4.9 on Google from 180+ five-star reviews.
- Unsealed gaps around fire door frames
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
- Gaps flagged on a fire risk assessment
Aftercare tips
After the cure time, these simple habits help:
- Check whether a sealant can be painted before decorating over it
- Plan fire stopping into any work that goes through walls or floors
- Make resealing part of every contractor’s brief
- Take photos of fire stopping before ceilings or boxing go back
Let contractors know where fire stopping has been done, and ask them to reseal anything they cut through. Later work is a common cause of damaged fire stopping.
A flagged gap shouldn’t wait for the next assessment. Get it sealed and recorded.
How we handle fire rated sealant in Great Burstead
A fire seal relies on being installed the way it was tested: correct depth, correct backing and a product suited to the surfaces. That detail is what we take care over, one gap at a time. Typical jobs include ordinary sealant used where a fire-rated product was needed and holes left by a change of layout, on service penetrations, flats & HMOs and linear gaps.
For a small place like Great Burstead, the journey and timings are agreed in advance, so the job can fit around bookings, guests or opening times where possible.
Every job is covered by our one-year guarantee.
- Location
- Great Burstead (CM11, SS15)
- Region
- Essex
- Cover
- A year, on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
What affects the cost of fire rated sealant
We don’t publish a price list. What we look at:
- Whether the work is at height
- The type of sealant required
- Working hours on commercial sites
- The amount of work
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.
Asking for a quote
What to tell us when you ask for a quote:
- Photos by email, if that is easy
- If someone has resealed it before
- Where the job is, and your postcode
- The problem you’ve noticed
If you’re in Great Burstead and need fire rated sealant, ring 0345 464 0079 or email us. Tell us what the problem is and where, and you will get a clear quote before work begins.
Great Burstead: your questions answered
Can you do fire rated sealant in Great Burstead?
Yes, Great Burstead is within the area we cover. Our work covers London and the South East. Just call 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email with a few details of the job.
I let a flat near Billericay station. Can you help?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for, and several properties can go on one quote. You can ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email with the details for a clear quote.
What sealant do you use?
The product depends on the job: anti-fungal sanitary silicone in wet areas, and other sealants where joints move or face the weather. We use products from Arbo and Everbuild.
Can you tell me which gaps need fire stopping?
No. Your fire risk assessor, designer or building control decides that. Our job is applying the sealant to their specification.
Can you seal over the old sealant?
No, because it fails. The old sealant always comes out first, so the new sealant bonds properly.
Are you ARBOMaster approved?
Yes. We are ARBOMaster approved, the scheme for applicators of Arbo sealants.
What information do you need?
A short description and the location. We will ask anything else we need to know.
Can I choose the sealant colour?
We help you choose a colour that suits, from white and clear to greys and other shades. The product needed can limit the range.
Can I do it myself?
Not every job suits DIY: high-level joints, fire-rated gaps, external movement joints and big jobs need the right product, the right access and the right method.
Overfilling a joint is a classic DIY mistake. A thick, smeared bead looks untidy and doesn’t move well, and getting the depth right matters as much as the look.
How it works
Most of a good job is in the preparation, and we do not rush it. Every joint is cleaned and dried before new material goes in. All told, the work takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are. Somewhere as small as Great Burstead, access is often the only tricky part. 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.
- Old, damaged or unsuitable sealant is removed.
- Gaps are cleaned of dust and loose material.
- The fire-rated or intumescent sealant is applied and tooled to the tested detail.
- Locations and products are written up and any gaps unsuitable for sealant are flagged.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored near the joints
- Let us know about earlier repairs to the joints
- For business premises, tell us about site rules or sign-in
Get a quote
Call for a quick quote, or email us if that’s easier. Describe what needs sealing and we will explain what’s involved and give you a clear quote.
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Common problems we fix in Great Burstead
Buildings are refitted and reconfigured over the years. Conversions to flats and HMOs, and office refits, create new walls and new routes for services, with gaps to match.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Ordinary sealant used where a fire-rated product was needed
- Open holes round services passing through fire walls
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
- Damaged fire sealant left by other trades
Managing a site like St Peter's Catholic Primary School? Then service openings in fire-resisting walls need checking after any refurbishment.
What your quote should include
- Is VAT in the price?
- What happens if they find a problem under the old sealant
- What the cure time is
- Who turns up on the day
Workplaces and buildings in Great Burstead
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 work to the specification you are given, installing the product to its tested details.
For buildings such as Church of St Mary Magdalene, gaps around pipes and cables are worth checking after any building work there. For landlords with property near Billericay station, any gap left by new services in shared walls should be closed with a fire-rated product.
Great Burstead is about 2 miles south-east of Billericay, in Essex. Jobs in Great Burstead get the same care as everywhere else we work: the old material taken out, joints prepared properly and a 12-month guarantee. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex. Chelmsford is on our list too, about 9 miles from Great Burstead.
Work in CM11 and SS15 works the same way as everywhere else we cover. Local streets include Mill Road, Southend Road and Tyrrells Road, all of which we cover. Close by, we work in Crays Hill (1 mile east), Little Burstead (1 mile west), Billericay (2 miles north-west), Ramsden Bellhouse (2 miles north-east) and Ramsden Heath (3 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Chelmsford (9 miles north), Brentwood (6 miles west), Maldon (13 miles north-east), Canvey Island (8 miles south-east), Rayleigh (7 miles east) and Wickford (4 miles east).
Around Great Burstead
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Kings Head pub and The Billericay School, among other places. Great Burstead’s nearest station is Billericay station, roughly 2.1 miles north-west. Nearby you’ll also find Eastgate Shopping Centre (2.5 miles south) and Barleylands Farm Museum (under half a mile south). Not far away are Norsey Wood.
Nearby places to Great Burstead
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Surface by surface
Plasterboard walls
Many fire-resisting walls in flats, offices and conversions are plasterboard. The sealant has to be one tested in plasterboard for the gap we’re sealing.
Linear gaps
Gaps along the top of partitions are easy to miss above a ceiling. We work along the whole run so there are no open sections left.
Work for landlords, hotels and businesses
If you manage several properties in or around Great Burstead, jobs at different addresses can go on one quote. Just tell us the addresses and what each one needs, and photos by email help.
Hotels need rooms back in use, so the work can be planned room by room. Hotel work is part of what we do, alongside homes and businesses.