Kent · England
Lydden Fire Rated Sealant
Specialist fire rated sealant for Lydden: careful preparation, the right product and tidy work. Ask us for a quick quote.
- Open gaps behind door architraves
- Linear gaps at the head of walls
- Damaged fire sealant left by other trades
Looking after it afterwards
How long the joints last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Get damaged fire seals looked at promptly
- File the fire-stopping record where your assessor can find it
- Plan fire stopping into any work that goes through walls or floors
- Keep general-purpose foam and caulk away from fire-stopping gaps
File the record of locations and products with your fire safety paperwork. It helps whoever checks the building next.
It’s easiest to seal gaps while they’re few and easy to reach. Leave them and each new job adds another hole and the job gets bigger.
Fire rated sealant in Lydden
Where services or frames pass through a fire-resisting wall or floor, the gap around them needs a fire-rated seal. We apply intumescent and fire-rated sealants to the manufacturer’s tested details for each gap, with a record of the products and locations if you need one. We’re often asked to deal with door frames with gaps between frame and wall and sealant items on a fire risk assessment action list, on flats & HMOs, service penetrations and door frames.
For a small place like Lydden, the journey and timings are agreed in advance, so it can be fitted around guests, customers or events where possible.
All our work comes with our one-year guarantee.
- Place
- Lydden (CT15)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Cover
- A year, on every job
- Quote
- A clear quote up front
- Telephone
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
How we quote for fire rated sealant
We do not publish a price list, because no two jobs are the same. The quote depends on:
- Whether old sealant or filler has to be cut out
- The type of sealant required
- The number of rooms or windows
- Mould in or behind the old joints
Rather than a set price list, we look at what your job involves: the amount of work, the old material and the access. You will know the price before we begin.
Asking for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, have a think about:
- Any access issues, like height or stairs
- The type of property
- Whether it has been sealed before
- The rough size of the job
A good description makes for an accurate quote. Let us know the location, the problem and roughly how many joints.
What the job involves on each surface
Door frames
The gap between a door frame and the wall around it needs sealing as well as the door itself. We seal that gap with a fire-rated sealant suited to the frame and wall.
Service penetrations
Wherever a service goes through a fire-resisting wall or floor, there’s a gap around it. The sealant is chosen for what passes through and how wide the gap is.
Why it’s worth doing now in Lydden
An open gap in a fire-resisting wall is a route for smoke and fire. Sealing it properly restores what the wall was there to do, and the work involved is often modest. Older cottages and farmhouses around Lydden can have timber floors and frames, and water through a failed joint can rot timber if it’s left.
A failed joint rarely gets cheaper to fix by waiting, as water and mould keep getting in. If you are unsure, phone 0345 464 0079 or send us an email for an honest opinion and a quote.
Why Lydden customers choose us
- 20+ years of sealant experience
- Full insurance on every job
- One-year guarantee on every job
- We never seal over old sealant
Questions from Lydden
Do you work for landlords with property near Kearsney station?
Yes, rental work is part of what we do. Just call 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and tell us about the property, and we’ll send you a clear quote.
Will you come out to Lydden?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Our work covers London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Does someone need to be in?
That depends on where the joints are. Inside work needs someone to give us access, while outside work can sometimes be arranged differently.
Will you leave a mess?
Not at all. The area is protected while we work and cleaned up afterwards.
How long will you be here?
That depends on how much there is to do, but as a guide it takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are. We’ll tell you when we quote.
Do you offer different sealant colours?
Normally, yes. Sealants come in white, clear, grey and other colours, and we’ll agree it with you first.
What information do you need?
Where the job is, what the problem is and roughly how big it is. Photos by email help too.
Can you seal over the old sealant?
No. New silicone won’t bond to old silicone, and anything trapped underneath, including mould and water, stays there. We remove it all first.
Places near Lydden
More services for Lydden
Workplaces and buildings in Lydden
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 apply fire-rated sealant to the assessor’s or designer’s specification and the product’s tested details.
For landlords with property near Kearsney station, any gap left by new services in shared walls should be closed with a fire-rated product. For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Lydden Primary School, fire-stopping around service openings should be restored whenever new services go in.
Lydden is about 3 miles north-west of Dover, in Kent. If you need fire rated sealant in Lydden, please phone 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email for a quick quote. We cover Kent from our Crawley base. Lydden is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent we cover. For nearby work, see our Chelmsford page.
Work in CT15 is quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your property is on St Marys Rise, Canterbury Road and The Close or a nearby road, our applicators can take on the job. Neighbouring places we cover for fire rated sealant include Coldred (1 mile north), Ewell Minnis (1 mile south-west), Temple Ewell (1 mile south-east), Halfway Street (1 mile north-west) and Wolverton (2 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Canterbury (11 miles north-west), Dover (3 miles south-east), Folkestone (6 miles south-west), Ramsgate (14 miles north-east), Deal (8 miles north-east) and Herne Bay (15 miles north).
Around Lydden
Around Lydden, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Sladden Wood and Hope Inn and the streets around them. Lydden’s nearest station is Kearsney station, roughly 1.6 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Dover Transport Museum (2.3 miles south-east) and Dover Castle (4.3 miles south-east). The countryside around Lydden includes Dover Western Heights.
What we’re called out for in Lydden
In some buildings the gap was filled with the wrong thing in the first place: ordinary expanding foam, standard silicone or decorators’ caulk where a fire-rated seal was needed. It looks sealed, but it isn’t fire-rated.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Seals cut through by electricians, plumbers or data installers
- Open holes round services passing through fire walls
- Gaps filled with a product that is not fire-rated
- Unsealed gaps around fire door frames
If you look after a church, hall or community building such as Church of St Mary Church of St Mary Virgin, older buildings that have had new heating or wiring often have service gaps worth checking.
Questions to ask before you book
- What guarantee comes with the work
- Who does the work, and how experienced they are
- What insurance they hold
- Whether all the old sealant comes out first
DIY sealant or a professional job?
Overfilling a joint is a classic DIY mistake. A heavy bead looks messy and copes badly with movement, and the joint depth matters as much as the finish.
If you’re set on DIY, put the effort into preparation: remove every trace of old sealant, clean and dry the joint, and follow the product’s cure time. If it does not work out, we can still put it right.
What happens on the day
Before we leave, we go over the finished joints with you. The visit itself normally takes from a few hours to a few days, depending on the number of gaps and the access, depending on the amount of work. In a small place like Lydden, access is normally the main thing to plan. For outside work, also let us know about exposed walls and any outbuildings involved.
- We plan the order of work and access, floor by floor or flat by flat.
- Old, damaged or unsuitable sealant is removed.
- Dust and loose debris are cleaned from each gap.
- We apply and tool the sealant to the product’s tested detail.
- Locations and products are written up and any gaps unsuitable for sealant are flagged.
How to prepare
- Keep pets and children clear of the area while we work
- On commercial sites, let us know about site rules
- Tell us about any previous sealing or DIY attempts
How to get a quote
There’s no standard price list. Instead, your job gets its own clear quote. To get started, call 0345 464 0079 or send us an email.