Kent · England
Reading Street Fire Rated Sealant
Fire rated sealant across Reading Street and nearby, with every bit of old sealant taken out first and a one-year guarantee.
- Linear gaps at the head of walls
- Gaps flagged on a fire risk assessment
- Gaps filled with a product that isn’t fire-rated
Fire rated sealant in Reading Street
Filling a fire-stopping gap with standard silicone or caulk does not make it fire-rated. We cut out the wrong material and the gap is resealed with a product tested for that use. If you are dealing with open joints along the top of partitions and damaged fire sealant left by other trades, we can put it right, on service penetrations, pipe & cable gaps and plasterboard & masonry alike.
In a village or hamlet like Reading Street, commercial work is more likely to be a pub, a farm shop, holiday lets or a village hall than an office block. Each still needs sound sealant in its washrooms and kitchens, and fire-rated joints where services pass through walls.
Whatever the size of the job, you get the same 12-month guarantee in Reading Street and across Kent.
- Location
- Reading Street (TN30)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Cover
- One year on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
How it works
Our applicators work methodically: protection first, then preparation, sealing and a tidy-up. For most jobs that takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are and we leave things clean and tidy. For a village or hamlet like Reading Street, the journey is planned in advance: 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.
- We take out any damaged or unsuitable sealant.
- Dust and loose debris are cleaned from each gap.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know if you’ve seen damp or leaks
- Tell us if parking is tricky
- Keep pets and children clear of the area while we work
How to get a quote
It all starts with a short chat. Tell us what’s wrong, where it is and how much there is. When it suits you, phone 0345 464 0079 or send us an email.
Related advice
Signs you need fire rated sealant in Reading Street
Over time, buildings change layout and use. A house turned into flats or an HMO, or an office split into smaller units, brings new walls, new service routes and new gaps.
Most people get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Unsealed gaps where pipes and cables go through a wall
- Linear gaps at the head of walls
- Open gaps behind door architraves
- Joints picked up in a fire-stopping survey
If you look after a church, hall or community building such as Church of St Mary, older buildings that have had new heating or wiring often have service gaps worth checking.
What your quote should include
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What the quote includes, VAT included or not
- Whether all the old sealant comes out first
- What happens if they find a problem under the old sealant
What sealant work can’t fix
A few problems are outside what sealant work can do:
- Certifying a building or signing off its fire safety
- Construction that does not provide fire resistance on its own
- Problems with the door itself rather than the gap around the frame
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we seal
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Linear gaps
- Door frames
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Service penetrations
- Flats & HMOs
Also near Reading Street
Also in Reading Street
Surface by surface
Door frames
Behind most architraves is a gap between frame and wall. Where it’s open, we seal it to the product’s details for that gap size so the architrave can be refitted.
Linear gaps
Gaps along the top of partitions are easy to miss above a ceiling. We seal them along their full length so there are no open sections left.
Reading Street questions
Is Reading Street in your area for fire rated sealant?
Yes, Reading Street is within the area we cover. We work across London and the South East. You can phone 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and let us know what needs doing.
Can you help a landlord with a rental near Appledore (Kent) station?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for. You can phone 0345 464 0079 or email us with the details for a clear quote.
Do you provide details of the products used?
Yes. When the job is done, we give you the locations and products. If you need photos or a set layout, ask when you get a quote.
Do you seal gaps around fire door frames?
Yes, if the gap is within the product’s tested range. Our work is the gap around the frame.
What fire rating will the seal have?
Ratings and certification sit with the product’s test evidence and whoever specified the work. Our part is installing the specified product to its tested details and list the locations and products for you.
Do you carry out fire risk assessments?
No. We work from the specification you give us and install to the manufacturer’s details.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We are fully insured, and we can confirm the details when we quote.
Is it OK to seal over old sealant?
No. Fresh sealant doesn’t stick to old sealant, and anything trapped underneath, including mould and water, stays there. We remove it all first.
Landlord and commercial work in Reading Street
Letting agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and the access arrangements and we will quote.
Whether it’s one flat or a portfolio, the work is the same standard: old sealant fully removed, joints prepared properly and a 12-month guarantee.
Leave it or put it right?
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 work involved is often modest. Around Reading Street, older homes often have timber in their floors and frames, where water from a failed joint can cause rot if it’s left.
A few things move the cost up or down: how much old sealant there is and how stubborn it is, whether mould needs treating, and whether the work is at height. Your quote takes all of that into account.
Why us?
- Sanitary silicone with an anti-fungal additive in wet areas
- An ARBOMaster approved applicator
- We never seal over old sealant
- One-year guarantee on every job
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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.
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 fails, we can still redo it.
Commercial buildings in Reading Street
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 apply fire-rated sealant to the assessor’s or designer’s specification and the product’s tested details.
For landlords with property near Appledore (Kent) station, new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant.
Reading Street is about 9 miles south-west of Ashford, in Kent. Homes, rented property, offices and hotels in Reading Street is covered for fire rated sealant. The work is guaranteed for a year. Reading Street is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for fire rated sealant. You can also see our page for Crawley, roughly 41 miles from Reading Street.
Here we cover the TN30 postcode area for fire rated sealant. Nearby, we also carry out fire rated sealant in Stone Corner (1 mile south-west), Acton (2 miles south-west), Appledore Heath (2 miles east), Leigh Green (2 miles north-west) and Stone in Oxney (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Ashford (9 miles north-east), Hythe (15 miles east), Tenterden (3 miles north-west), Kennington (11 miles north-east), New Romney (10 miles south-east) and Staplehurst (12 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Reading Street
The closest station to Reading Street is Appledore (Kent) station, about 3.3 miles east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Smallhythe Place (1.8 miles west). For a walk, there’s Orlestone Forest.