Essex · England
Fire Rated Sealant in Great Holland
Intumescent and fire-rated sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations for homes and businesses in Great Holland and across Essex. ARBOMaster approved applicators, fully insured, with a one-year guarantee.
- Joints picked up in a fire-stopping survey
- Seals cut through by electricians, plumbers or data installers
- Fire seals that have cracked with movement
Workplaces and buildings in Great Holland
If you run a hotel, guest house or holiday let in a coastal place like Great Holland, busy months put washrooms and kitchens under pressure, so it’s worth checking the sealant before the busiest weeks. 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, and gaps around services are often picked up there. We work to the specification you’re given, installing the product to its tested details.
Letting a property close to Kirby Cross station? Then new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant. Schools such as Kirby Primary Academy are buildings too, and gaps opened by contractors for new cabling are a common finding in schools and offices. For buildings such as Church of All Saints, gaps around pipes and cables are worth checking after any building work there.
Great Holland is about 3 miles north-east of Clacton-on-Sea, in Essex. We carry out fire rated sealant for homes and businesses in Great Holland and nearby, as part of our work across Essex. We cover 644 towns and villages across Essex, large and small. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, about 32 miles away.
Every address in CO13 is covered for fire rated sealant. We cover properties on Rosery Mews, Orchard Drive and Laxton Grove. Close by, we work in Kirby Cross (1 mile north-east), Kirby-le-Soken (1 mile north-east), Thorpe Cross (2 miles north-west), Lane End (2 miles north) and Frinton-on-Sea (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Colchester (14 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (3 miles south-west), Harwich (7 miles north), Camulodunum (15 miles west), Greenstead (12 miles west) and Wivenhoe (11 miles west).
Local landmarks in Great Holland
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Tendring Technology College, The Ship Inn and Greensward, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Kirby Cross station, about 0.6 miles north of the centre. The countryside around Great Holland includes Great Holland Pits.
Fire rated sealant in Great Holland, done properly
Ordinary silicone or decorators’ caulk in a fire-stopping gap isn’t a fire-rated seal. Anything unsuitable comes out first and the gap is resealed with a product tested for that use. We’re often asked to deal with cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant and ordinary sealant used where a fire-rated product was needed, across door frames, service penetrations and linear gaps.
For holiday lets, converted business premises or a community building near Great Holland, the washrooms, kitchens and any fire-rated joints need the same care as a big site.
Every job comes with our 12-month guarantee, wherever you are in Essex.
- Where
- Great Holland (CO13)
- Region
- Essex
- Guarantee
- One year on every job
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Phone
- 0345 464 0079
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Quotes for fire rated sealant in Great Holland
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Working hours on commercial sites
- Access and height
- How much old sealant there is and how hard it is to remove
- Mould in or behind the old joints
No two jobs are quite the same, so each one gets its own quote. The number of joints, how easy they are to reach and the sealant needed all make a difference.
What we need to know
What to tell us when you ask for a quote:
- What the problem is, such as mould, gaps, leaks or cracking
- Any previous sealing or DIY work
- How we’d reach the joints
- Pictures of the joints, sent by email
Getting a quote is simple: let us know what needs doing and where, and roughly how big it is. A few photos by email make the job easier to understand, and we’ll take it from there.
Great Holland questions
Is Great Holland within the area you cover?
Yes, we do. We work across London and the South East, from towns to the smallest places. Longer journeys are simply planned in advance.
I let a flat near Kirby Cross station. Can you help?
Yes, we work for landlords and agents. Just ring 0345 464 0079 or email us and tell us about the property, and we’ll send you a clear quote.
What does intumescent mean?
Intumescent means it swells when heated. Intumescent sealants are one kind of fire-rated sealant; which product suits depends on the gap, the substrate and the service.
Will we have a record of what was sealed?
Yes. When the job is done, we give you the locations and products. Tell us if your assessor needs it in a particular format.
Can new sealant go over the old?
No. New silicone will not bond to old silicone, and it traps any mould or water underneath. We remove it all first.
Should I try DIY first?
Sometimes. The key is preparation: remove all the old material and work on a clean, dry joint. We can always put it right if it fails.
Are you ARBOMaster approved?
Yes. Mr Mastic is an ARBOMaster approved applicator.
Is standard sealant good enough for a fire gap?
No. Where a fire-rated seal is needed, it has to be a product tested for that use.
Also near Great Holland
What else we do in Great Holland
When something else is needed
It helps to know what we cannot do too:
- Certifying a building or signing off its fire safety
- Openings too large for sealant, which need batts, boards or another system
- A wall that is not a fire-resisting element to begin with
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 464 0079 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Linear gaps
- Door frames
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Service penetrations
- Flats & HMOs
DIY versus a professional finish
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.
Some jobs are best left to a professional: work at height, external movement joints, fire-rated sealant and large areas call for the right materials, safe access and experience.
Surface by surface
Plasterboard walls
We check that the board around the gap is sound. Crumbling edges are cleaned back before the sealant goes in.
Linear gaps
A linear joint may need to allow for movement as well as fire. We choose a product and depth that suit the gap and the movement, following the tested detail.
What happens if it’s left?
For some gaps, sealant isn’t the right answer and another system is needed. Large holes, cable bundles and plastic pipes can call for batts, collars or wraps. If a gap isn’t suitable for sealant, we will tell you. In a small place like Great Holland, homes can be exposed to wind and rain, which finds any gap, and damp in older walls is slow to dry out.
Doing several joints on one visit normally makes better use of the time than several visits. You’ll get one clear quote for the whole job.
Why book with us
- Rated 4.9 stars on Google
- Old sealant always removed completely
- Arbo and Everbuild products
- Homes, businesses and hotels
See our cost guide and our reviews.
Aftercare tips
Joint life depends on how it’s used and looked after. We suggest:
- Store the list of sealed gaps with your building paperwork
- Check whether a sealant can be painted before decorating over it
- Tell trades working in the building that fire seals must be put back
- Get damaged fire seals looked at promptly
Any fire seal that is cut or drilled needs resealing to its tested detail. If you need new services through a sealed wall, plan the fire stopping as part of the job.
Any job that breaks through a wall or ceiling should include resealing. Doing it at the time avoids leaving gaps behind.
What we do, step by step
At the end, we look at the finished work together. The visit itself generally takes from a few hours to a few days, depending on the number of gaps and the access, depending on the size of the job. For a village or hamlet like Great Holland, the journey is planned in advance: let us know about lanes, gates and parking. We bring what the job needs, so it can be finished in one trip where possible.
- We start with the survey or action list, checking the size and surfaces of every gap.
- Old or unsuitable sealant is cut out and the gap cleaned.
- We put in whatever backing or fill the product detail specifies.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any tricky access
- Move anything stored near the joints
- Try not to wet indoor joints just before the visit
How to get a quote
Every job is quoted individually, so start by telling us what you need. Just call 0345 464 0079 or send us an email with the details, and pictures are welcome.