Hampshire · England
Fire Rated Sealant in Netley
Fire rated sealant for Netley, by sealant specialists with 20+ years’ experience. Rated 4.9 on Google from 180+ five-star reviews.
- New service routes left unsealed after building work
- Sealant items on a fire risk assessment action list
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
Common problems we fix in Netley
Gaps around door frames are easily missed. The architrave hides the gap between frame and wall, so it can be left open when a door is replaced.
If you can see any of these, it’s time to have the joints looked at:
- Ordinary sealant used where a fire-rated product was needed
- Gaps around pipes and cables through fire-resisting walls
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
- Gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs
If you look after a building such as Netley Abbey Infant School, gaps opened by contractors for new cabling are a common finding in schools and offices.
What your quote should include
- How much experience the applicator has
- What happens if they find a problem under the old sealant
- Whether all the old sealant comes out first
- How long the guarantee is
About our fire rated sealant in Netley
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 are often asked to deal with gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs and unsealed gaps where pipes and cables go through a wall, across linear gaps, service penetrations and door frames.
In a smaller place like Netley, commercial jobs tend to be smaller buildings: a pub, a surgery, a school, a shop or a few business units. Each needs the same care with its sealant as any larger building.
You get a one-year guarantee, the same in Netley as everywhere else we work.
- Place
- Netley (SO31)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- One year on every job
- Price
- A clear quote up front
- Phone
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
The process
We bring everything the job needs with us, so you don’t need to buy or prepare anything. Once we have agreed what’s being done, we protect the area and start. It normally takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are. A visit to Netley is planned like any other: the time, the access and where to park are agreed in advance. Outdoor jobs depend on a dry day, since sealant needs a dry surface.
- Before starting, we go through the specification or action list with you.
- We measure every gap and note what it’s in and what passes through.
- Unsuitable material such as ordinary foam or silicone is cut out and the gap cleaned.
- The specified fire-rated sealant goes in over any backing its detail requires.
- Every location is recorded with the product used for your records.
Before we arrive
- For business premises, tell us about site rules or sign-in
- Move anything stored near the joints
- Plan for the work area to be out of bounds to pets and children
Get a quote
We do not publish a price list, because every job is different. Instead, your job gets its own clear quote. To get started, phone 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email.
Related advice
Different surfaces, different methods
Flats and HMOs
Flats and HMOs rely on fire separation between homes and the common parts. We work through the gaps on your assessment, flat by flat if needed.
Linear gaps
Head-of-wall gaps are often hidden above suspended ceilings. We seal them along their full length.
Fire rated sealant around Netley
If you run a hotel, guest house or holiday let in a coastal place like Netley, heavy use in the busy months is hard on washroom and kitchen sealant, and any building work there should leave fire-rated joints made good. 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.
If you look after a church, hall or community building such as Church of St Edward the Confessor, service openings in its walls need the right fire-rated sealant, as in any building. Letting a property close to Netley station? Then new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant.
Netley is about 3 miles north-east of Hythe, in Hampshire. Across the SO31 area, we cover fire rated sealant for homes and businesses. Netley is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work.
Postcode districts we cover here for fire rated sealant: SO31. We cover properties on Station Road, The Crescent and Hunt Avenue and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Butlocks Heath (1 mile north-east), Hound (1 mile south-east), Weston (1 mile north-west), Old Netley (1 mile north-east) and Lowford (1 mile north-east). Further out, we also cover Winchester (13 miles north), Gosport (10 miles south-east), Eastleigh (6 miles north), Fareham (7 miles east), Horndean (15 miles east) and Totton (8 miles west).
Near you in Netley
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Grove Park Business and Enterprise College, Westwood Woodland Park and The Hamble School, among other places. Netley has its own railway station: Netley station. Well-known places in the area include Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (2.5 miles east) and Coldeast (2.8 miles east). The countryside around Netley includes Mercury Marshes.
What affects the cost of fire rated sealant
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- How easy the joints are to reach
- How many areas need sealing
- The old material and how stubborn it is
- Working hours on commercial sites
The cost depends on the size of the job, how hard the old material is to remove and how easy the joints are to reach. We give a clear quote before we start.
What to tell us for a quote
Photos help, but a description is a good start. Please mention:
- Access, such as stairs, a lift or height
- What’s wrong with the joints now
- Whether it’s a home or a business
- Photos by email, if that’s easy
A good description makes for an accurate quote. Tell us where the job is, what’s wrong and how much there is, and add photos by email if you can.
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Netley: your questions answered
Can you help a landlord with a rental near Netley station?
Yes, we work for letting agents and landlords. Just phone 0345 464 0079 or send us an email and tell us about the property, and we will give you a clear quote.
Can you do fire rated sealant in Netley?
Yes, Netley is within the area we cover. We work across London and the South East. Just ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email with a few details of the job.
Do you carry out fire risk assessments?
No, assessment isn’t something we do. Once you have a specification or action list from your assessor or designer, we can quote for the fire-rated sealant items.
Is there a guarantee?
Yes: twelve months. If anything is not right with the work within the year, let us know and we’ll sort it.
What does intumescent mean?
An intumescent sealant expands when it gets hot, helping close the gap. Intumescent sealants are one kind of fire-rated sealant; which product suits depends on the gap, the substrate and the service.
Can I use normal mastic around a pipe through a fire wall?
No. It might close the gap, but it is not a fire-rated seal. A tested fire-rated product is needed.
Do the sealants smell?
Some sealants have a smell while they cure, which fades as it sets. Opening a window helps.
Do you provide details of the products used?
Yes. Locations and products are written up when we finish. Tell us if your assessor needs it in a particular format.
Can I do it myself?
If you are 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 fails, we can still redo it.
A DIY attempt doesn’t rule out a professional job. We remove it and do the joint properly, so tell us about it when you ask for a quote.
For landlords and businesses
We also work for businesses, from offices to washrooms and kitchens. On commercial sites, working times can be discussed when we quote.
Hotels need rooms back in use, so we plan the work room by room around your bookings where we can. We’ve worked in hotels as well as homes and businesses.
Looking after it afterwards
Simple care keeps the joints in good condition. We recommend:
- Plan fire stopping into any work that goes through walls or floors
- Check whether a sealant can be painted before decorating over it
- Store the list of sealed gaps with your building paperwork
- Do not fill fire-stopping gaps with ordinary foam or silicone
Don’t drill through or remove a fire seal without putting it back properly. If you need new services through a sealed wall, plan the fire stopping as part of the job.
Open gaps don’t only matter in a fire: noise, draughts and even pests can come through too. Dealing with them early helps with all of these.