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Martin Mill Fire Rated Sealant
Professional fire rated sealant in and around Martin Mill, with old sealant always removed completely and a 12-month guarantee.
- Ordinary sealant used where a fire-rated product was needed
- Gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs
- New service routes left unsealed after building work
How it works
There isn’t much for you to do on the day. Point us to the joints and we will get on with it. The job generally takes from a few hours to a few days, depending on the number of gaps and the access, including the tidy-up. Somewhere like Martin Mill needs a little journey planning: tell us about narrow lanes, gates, long drives and where we can park. Everything for the job comes with us, so a second trip is avoided where possible.
- Access to each area is agreed so the work can run in order.
- 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
- Tell us if parking is tricky
- For business premises, tell us about site rules or sign-in
- Let us know about earlier repairs to the joints
Getting a quote
Call for a quick quote, or send an email if you’d rather. Tell us about the joints that need doing and we will talk you through the work and give you a clear quote.
Related advice
Fire rated sealant in Martin Mill
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, and we can record what went where. We work on door frames, flats & HMOs and pipe & cable gaps, and common reasons people get in touch are gaps flagged on a fire risk assessment and ordinary sealant used where a fire-rated product was needed.
In a village or hamlet like Martin Mill, commercial work is more likely to be a pub, a farm shop, holiday lets or a village hall than an office block. They all have washrooms, kitchens and service openings that need the right sealant.
We guarantee the work for a year. If something is not right with it in that time, tell us and we will put it right.
- Location
- Martin Mill (CT15)
- Region
- Kent
- Cover
- 12 months on all our work
- Quote
- A clear quote up front
- Phone
- 0345 464 0079
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Surface by surface
Service penetrations
Service penetrations are where new gaps often appear. Old or unsuitable filler comes out before the right sealant goes in.
Linear gaps
Head-of-wall gaps are often hidden above suspended ceilings. We seal them along their full length so there are no open sections left.
When something else is needed
It helps to know what we can’t do too:
- Fire doors that need new seals, closers or hardware
- A wall that is not a fire-resisting element to begin with
- Deciding what fire stopping a building needs
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 464 0079 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work in Martin Mill
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Linear gaps
- Door frames
- Service penetrations
- Flats & HMOs
When to call us in Martin Mill
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 is not fire-rated.
Any of these means the joints need attention:
- Door frames with gaps between frame and wall
- Gaps flagged on a fire risk assessment
- Holes left by a change of layout
- Gaps around pipes and cables through fire-resisting walls
For buildings such as Church of St Augustine, gaps around pipes and cables are worth checking after any building work there.
Questions to ask before you book
- Are they insured?
- Who does the work, and how experienced they are
- Whether they seal over old material or remove it
- How the colour is chosen
For landlords and businesses
We also work for property managers and facilities teams. We can quote a run of properties together, and we are fully insured for the work.
From a single let to a portfolio, you get the same standard of work: the old material taken out, careful preparation and a 12-month guarantee.
FAQs for Martin Mill
Can you help a landlord with a rental near Martin Mill station?
Yes, rental work is part of what we do. Just call 0345 464 0079 or send us an email and tell us about the property, and we will give you a clear quote.
Is Martin Mill within the area you cover?
Yes, Martin Mill is covered. Our work covers London and the South East, and smaller places are part of that. Longer journeys are simply planned in advance.
Do you take on fire stopping in schools and offices?
Yes, whether the building is a school, an office, flats or an HMO, and whether it’s in use or not. Tell us how the building is used and we’ll plan around it.
Can ordinary silicone be used in a fire-stopping gap?
No. Where a fire-rated seal is needed, it has to be a product tested for that use, installed to its details.
Are you an approved applicator?
Yes. Mr Mastic is an ARBOMaster approved applicator, and we are fully insured.
Do you carry out fire risk assessments?
No. Your fire risk assessor, designer or building control decides that. We apply fire-rated sealant to the requirements they set.
Does someone need to be in?
For indoor joints, yes, someone needs to let us in. Once we’ve agreed the job, you do not need to watch us work.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, we’re fully insured for domestic and commercial work.
DIY sealant or a professional job?
The biggest DIY mistake is sealing over old sealant. Silicone doesn’t stick to old silicone, so it lifts and traps water and mould underneath. All the old material has to come out first.
What a professional job adds is preparation and the right product. We take joints back to clean, dry surfaces, and the sealant is chosen for how the joint moves and where it is, then guaranteed for a year.
Towns and villages near Martin Mill
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How to look after the new joints
How long the joints last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Check whether a sealant can be painted before decorating over it
- Never patch a fire seal with standard sealant
- Tell trades working in the building that fire seals must be put back
- Plan fire stopping into any work that goes through walls or floors
Don’t add foam, filler or ordinary sealant over a fire seal. If it needs repair, use the same type of product. Ask us if you’re not sure which product was used.
Leave a fire-stopping gap open and smoke can move through the building much more easily. Sealing it early is a simple step to take.
Fire rated sealant around Martin Mill
For seaside hotels, guest houses and holiday lets around Martin Mill, 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, 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.
Schools such as Langdon Primary School are buildings too, and service openings in fire-resisting walls need checking after any refurbishment. For landlords with property near Martin Mill station, new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant.
Martin Mill is about 3 miles north-east of Dover, in Kent. Every kind of property in Martin Mill can book us for fire rated sealant. Every job comes with our one-year guarantee. Martin Mill is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent where we work. For nearby work, see our Chelmsford page.
Postcode districts we cover here for fire rated sealant: CT15. You’ll find streets such as Station Road, Barley Close and Lucerne Lane. We also cover the places around Martin Mill: Martin (1 mile north-west), East Langdon (1 mile west), West Cliffe (1 mile south), West Langdon (1 mile north-west) and Ringwould (1 mile north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Canterbury (14 miles north-west), Margate (15 miles north), Dover (3 miles south-west), Folkestone (10 miles south-west), Ramsgate (12 miles north) and Broadstairs (14 miles north).
Around Martin Mill
In Martin Mill, that means homes and buildings near Duke of York's Royal Military School and The Lantern Inn, among other places. There’s a railway station in Martin Mill itself: Martin Mill station. Other landmarks nearby include Royal Victoria Hospital (3.4 miles south-west) and Dover Castle (3.1 miles south). For a walk, there’s Dover Western Heights.