West Berkshire · England
Fire Rated Sealant in Marsh Benham
Problem with your fire-stopping gaps in Marsh Benham? We remove the old material, prepare the joints and seal them properly, with a 12-month guarantee.
- Unsealed gaps around fire door frames
- Seals cut through by electricians, plumbers or data installers
- Gaps around pipes and cables through fire-resisting walls
DIY sealant or a professional job?
Sealing over old silicone is the commonest DIY error. New silicone won’t bond to old, so it lifts and traps water and mould underneath. All the old material has to come out first.
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 doesn’t work out, we can still put it right.
Fire rated sealant in Marsh Benham
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. Typical jobs include new service routes left unsealed after building work and open gaps behind door architraves, on linear gaps, door frames and service penetrations.
For holiday lets, converted business premises or a community building near Marsh Benham, the washrooms, kitchens and any fire-rated joints need the same care as a big site.
We stand behind the work with a one-year guarantee, so you are not left on your own once the job is done.
- Where
- Marsh Benham (RG20)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on all our work
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 0345 464 0079
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
For landlords and businesses
From a single let to a portfolio, you get the same standard of work: old sealant fully removed, joints prepared properly and a 12-month guarantee.
Landlords and agents in Marsh Benham can book us as well as householders. Resealing between tenancies is a simple way to keep a property in good order.
How the job changes by surface
Door frames
A door can only do its job if the gap behind its frame is sealed too. We seal that gap with a fire-rated sealant suited to the frame and wall.
Plasterboard walls
Plasterboard partitions are common in flats, offices and conversions. We use a product tested in that kind of wall for each gap size.
How it works
Every visit runs the same way: we look at the joints together, protect the area around them, carry out the job and tidy away. Most jobs take from a few hours to a few days, depending on the number of gaps and the access. Somewhere like Marsh Benham needs a little journey planning: tell us about narrow lanes, gates, long drives and where we can park. We bring what the job needs, so it can be finished in one trip where possible.
- We go through the gaps on your list or survey and check each one’s size and substrate.
- We remove any old or unsuitable filler and clean the gap.
- We put in whatever backing or fill the product detail specifies.
- We apply the fire-rated or intumescent sealant to the specified depth and tool it.
- We record the locations and products used for your records.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for the work area to be out of bounds to pets and children
- Where the joints are inside, avoid wetting them before we arrive
- Mention any tricky access
Getting a quote
Want a quote for fire rated sealant? Please ring 0345 464 0079 or email us and tell us about the job. We’ll explain what we’d do and give you a clear quote before work begins.
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Fire rated sealant in Marsh Benham: local notes
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 site and facilities teams at buildings such as Stockcross C.E. School, fire-stopping around service openings should be restored whenever new services go in. For landlords with property near Kintbury station, any gap left by new services in shared walls should be closed with a fire-rated product. For buildings such as Church of St John, older buildings that have had new heating or wiring often have service gaps worth checking.
Marsh Benham is about 3 miles west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Anywhere in RG20, we cover fire rated sealant for homes and businesses. Our West Berkshire coverage runs to 155 places, Marsh Benham among them. Reading is on our list too, about 18 miles from Marsh Benham.
Work in RG20 works the same way as everywhere else we cover. We also cover the places around Marsh Benham: Stockcross (1 mile north-east), Bagnor (2 miles east), Speen (2 miles east), Wickham Heath (2 miles north) and Donnington (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Newbury (3 miles east), Thatcham (5 miles east), Burghfield Common (14 miles east), Hungerford (6 miles west), Calcot (15 miles east) and Lambourn (10 miles north-west).
Near you in Marsh Benham
In Marsh Benham, that means homes and buildings near Hamstead Marshall Park, St Bartholomew's School and The Rising Sun pub, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Kintbury station, roughly 2.6 miles west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include British Balloon Museum & Library Ltd (2.6 miles east) and West Berkshire Community Hospital (4 miles east). Not far away are Rack Marsh and Pilot Hill.
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Your questions about fire rated sealant in Marsh Benham
Is Marsh Benham within the area you cover?
Yes, Marsh Benham is covered. Our work covers London and the South East, and smaller places are part of that. Longer journeys are simply planned in advance.
I let a flat near Kintbury station. Can you help?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for. You can ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email with the details for a clear quote.
What information do you need?
Just the basics: the address or postcode, what’s wrong and any access issues. After that, simply call 0345 464 0079 or send us an email.
Will we have a record of what was sealed?
Yes. You get a list of where we worked and what we used for your files.
Do you carry out fire risk assessments?
No. That is for a fire risk assessor, designer or building control. We apply fire-rated sealant to the requirements they set.
Where are you based?
We are a Crawley-based firm, with over 20 years’ experience. We work across South East England, London and Scotland.
What does intumescent mean?
Fire-rated is the broad term for sealants tested for fire stopping. Intumescent types expand when heated, and they’re one of the options. The specification and the tested detail decide which is used.
Are you an approved applicator?
Yes. We are approved under the ARBOMaster scheme, the approved applicator scheme for Arbo sealants.
Keeping the joints in good condition
Good habits help new joints last longer. A few tips:
- Ask every contractor to reseal any fire stopping they disturb
- Include hidden areas like risers in routine checks
- Ask which product was used before you paint
- Never patch a fire seal with standard sealant
Avoid covering a sealed gap with anything that is not part of the tested detail. Repairs should use a matching fire-rated product. We can tell you which product we used.
A flagged gap shouldn’t wait for the next assessment. Have it sealed, then keep the record so the item can be closed.
When it isn’t the sealant
Honest advice matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what new sealant will not do:
- Certifying a building or signing off its fire safety
- Assessing a building’s fire safety
- Construction that does not provide fire resistance on its own
If in doubt, ring 0345 464 0079 or send us an email and we will say what we think before you book.
Surfaces we seal
- Flats & HMOs
- Door frames
- Service penetrations
- Linear gaps
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Pipe & cable gaps
Why deal with it now?
Waiting for the next refit can leave a gap open for years. On its own, sealing it now is a small job that does not depend on other work. Older cottages and farmhouses around Marsh Benham can have timber floors and frames, and water through a failed joint can rot timber if it’s left.
What you pay reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we ask about the job first and give you a clear quote before any work starts.
Why book with us
- Sanitary silicone with an anti-fungal additive in wet areas
- Neat joints and a tidy finish
- Experience in homes, commercial sites and hotels
- We never seal over old sealant