Hampshire · England
Fire Rated Sealant in Picket Piece
Fire rated sealant across Picket Piece and nearby, with every bit of old sealant taken out first.
- New service routes left unsealed after building work
- Damaged fire sealant left by other trades
- Standard silicone or caulk in a fire-stopping gap
Looking after it afterwards
So the new joints stay in good condition:
- Include hidden areas like risers in routine checks
- Don’t fill fire-stopping gaps with ordinary foam or silicone
- Include fire stopping when you schedule refits
- Do not paint over fire sealant until it has cured
Look at the sealed gaps as part of your routine walk-rounds. Look for cracks, gaps or sealant that has been cut or pulled out and get them seen to.
If a fire risk assessment has flagged a gap, don’t leave it for the next one. Have it sealed, then keep the record so you can show it was dealt with.
Fire rated sealant in Picket Piece
Fire-rated sealant closes the gaps around pipes, cables and frames where they pass through a fire-resisting wall or floor. 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. Common call-outs are for linear gaps at the head of walls and sealant items on a fire risk assessment action list, across linear gaps, door frames and service penetrations.
For a pub, café, guest house or shop in or near Picket Piece, its washrooms and kitchen need the same sealant care as any big building.
Our work is backed for twelve months, in Picket Piece and everywhere else we cover.
- Place
- Picket Piece (SP11)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- A year, on every job
- Quote
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
What happens on the day
We bring everything the job needs with us, so you do not need to buy or prepare anything. Once we’ve agreed what’s being done, we protect the area and start. Most jobs take anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are. Parking around Picket Piece is usually easier than in a town centre, but mention any lanes, gates or long drives. For outside work, side access and the height of the joints help us plan.
- We plan the order of work and access, floor by floor or flat by flat.
- We take out any damaged or unsuitable sealant.
- 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
- Let us know about parking restrictions
- Move anything stored near the joints
- 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, phone 0345 464 0079 or email us.
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When to call us in Picket Piece
Movement in the structure can open gaps too: a seal that cracks or pulls away leaves a path for smoke. Knocks, maintenance and building work damage it further.
Look out for any of the following:
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
- Linear gaps at the head of walls
- Gaps around pipes and cables through fire-resisting walls
- Holes left by a change of layout
Schools such as Pilgrims' Cross CofE Aided Primary School are buildings too, and gaps opened by contractors for new cabling are a common finding in schools and offices.
What your quote should include
- What insurance they hold
- How long to leave it before use
- The length of the guarantee
- Whether you can choose the colour
What affects the quote in Picket Piece
You will get a clear quote before work begins. It takes into account:
- Whether there’s mould to deal with
- Whether old sealant or filler has to be cut out
- Whether the work is at height
- How many areas need sealing
Rather than a set price list, we look at what your job involves: how many joints, what’s in them now and how we reach them. The price is agreed before we begin.
What we need to know
Photos by email are helpful but not essential. Try to tell us:
- Where the property is
- How we’d reach the joints
- A few photos by email, if you can
- Roughly how big the job is
Quotes start with a quick conversation. Describe the problem, the location and the size of the job. Whenever you are ready, phone 0345 464 0079 or send us an email.
Questions from Picket Piece
Is Picket Piece in your area for fire rated sealant?
Yes, Picket Piece is within the area we cover. Our work covers London and the South East. You can phone 0345 464 0079 or email us and tell us what needs doing, and we will send you a clear quote.
I let a flat near Andover station. Can you help?
Yes, we work for letting agents and landlords. Just ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and tell us about the property, and we’ll give you a clear quote.
Can you seal over the old sealant?
No, and we never do. It can look neat for a few weeks, but the new bead soon lifts. Removing the old sealant completely is the only lasting way.
How much does fire rated sealant cost in Picket Piece?
It depends on the job, so we quote each one individually. For a quick quote, ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email with a short description of the job.
Does someone need to be in?
It depends on the job. For work indoors, someone needs to let us in.
Will you leave a mess?
Tidy work is part of the job. Nearby surfaces are protected, and the area is left clean when we finish.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes: twelve months. If there’s a problem with our work in that time, tell us and we will put it right.
Can you give us a record of the work?
Yes. When the job is done, we give you the locations and products. If you need pictures or a set layout, ask when you get a quote.
Different surfaces, different methods
Plasterboard walls
In plasterboard walls, the condition of the board edge matters. Loose material is removed so the sealant has a firm edge.
Door frames
A door can only do its job if the gap behind its frame is sealed too. We fill it with a fire-rated product suited to the materials either side.
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Should I try it myself first?
If you’ve already had a go yourself, that is fine. We remove it and do the joint properly.
Some sealant jobs are within reach of a careful DIYer, such as a straightforward joint indoors. Where it goes wrong is sealing over the old bead, working on a wet joint or overloading the gap.
Fire rated sealant around Picket Piece
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 Andover station? Then new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant.
Picket Piece is about 2 miles east of Andover, in Hampshire. Whether you are in the middle of Picket Piece or further out, we cover fire rated sealant for every kind of property. Picket Piece is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work. Southampton is on our list too, about 21 miles from Picket Piece.
Postcode districts we cover here for fire rated sealant: SP11. Whether your property is on Locksbridge Road, Wyke Court and Galbraith Road or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover the places around Picket Piece: Finkley Down (1 mile west), Andover Down (1 mile south), Finkley (1 mile north-west), Picket Twenty (1 mile south-west) and East Anton (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (15 miles east), Winchester (12 miles south-east), Hyde (12 miles south-east), Tidworth (10 miles west), Weeke (11 miles south-east) and Kempshott (13 miles east).
What’s near Picket Piece
Around Picket Piece, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Winton Community Academy and Winton Community Academy, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Andover station, about 2.4 miles west. Nearby you’ll also find Andover War Memorial Hospital (2.4 miles west) and Finkley Down Farm Museum (0.6 miles west). The countryside around Picket Piece includes Anton Lakes and Mill Lake.
What happens if it’s left?
An unsealed gap lets smoke and fire get round a wall that was built to hold them back. Sealing it properly restores what the wall was there to do, and the sealing itself is often a contained piece of work. In a smaller place like Picket Piece, wherever a wall is exposed, a failed outside joint is a real source of damp. Indoors, a failed seal lets water into floors and panels as it would anywhere.
There are no prices on our website, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a quick quote, please phone 0345 464 0079 or email us and we will talk you through it.
Why us?
- Sanitary silicone with an anti-fungal additive in wet areas
- We leave the area clean and tidy
- Full insurance on every job
- Trusted Arbo and Everbuild sealants
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