Hampshire · England
Fire-rated sealant in Roughdown, Hampshire
We cover Roughdown for intumescent and fire-rated sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations. Old material cut out, joints cleaned and sealed neatly and every job guaranteed for a year.
- Gaps flagged on a fire risk assessment
- Gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs
- Unsealed gaps where pipes and cables go through a wall
Common questions in Roughdown
Do you cover smaller places like Roughdown?
Yes, Roughdown is covered. Our work covers London and the South East, from towns to the smallest places. The journey is planned ahead, so it helps to know about access.
Can you do fire rated sealant in Roughdown?
Yes, Roughdown 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.
Can tenants book the work?
Of course. Check with your landlord; we can send the quote to them too.
Do you seal gaps around fire door frames?
Yes. Gaps behind architraves are a common job for us. The door and its fittings are a separate job for a door specialist.
Will you leave a mess?
Not at all. We work neatly, protect the area around the joints and tidy up afterwards.
Can I choose the sealant colour?
Yes. White, clear and grey are common, and other colours are available, and we’ll agree it with you first.
What does intumescent mean?
Fire-rated sealant covers any sealant tested for use in fire stopping. Intumescent ones swell in heat, and they’re one of the options. We use whichever the specification and tested details call for.
Can you work in occupied buildings?
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.
Fire rated sealant for homes and businesses in Roughdown
In flats, HMOs, offices and schools, fire stopping is often disturbed by later work. A new cable run or a replaced pipe can leave an open hole behind. Those are the gaps we close, using a tested fire-rated product. Common call-outs are for linear gaps at the head of walls and open gaps behind door architraves, across service penetrations, flats & HMOs and linear gaps.
For a small place like Roughdown, the journey and timings are agreed in advance, so the job can fit around bookings, guests or opening times where possible.
There’s a 12-month guarantee on every job, large or small.
- Place
- Roughdown (SO45)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Cover
- 12 months on all our work
- Quote
- A clear price before work begins
- Call
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Nearby places to Roughdown
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Workplaces and buildings in Roughdown
For seaside hotels, guest houses and holiday lets around Roughdown, busy months put washrooms and kitchens under pressure, so it’s worth checking the sealant before the busiest weeks. 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.
Rented homes near Netley station change hands often, and new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant. For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Blackfield Primary School, service openings in fire-resisting walls need checking after any refurbishment.
Roughdown is about 3 miles south of Hythe, in Hampshire. If you need fire rated sealant in Roughdown, please phone 0345 464 0079 or email us for a quick quote. We cover Hampshire from our Crawley base. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, Roughdown among them. We also work in Southampton, about 7 miles from Roughdown.
Every address in SO45 is covered for fire rated sealant, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We also cover Holbury (1 mile north), Blackfield (1 mile east), Little Holbury (1 mile north), Langley (1 mile south-east) and Hardley (1 mile north). We also work in nearby towns such as Gosport (10 miles east), Eastleigh (10 miles north), Fareham (9 miles east), Totton (9 miles north-west), Chandler's Ford (11 miles north) and Hedge End (8 miles north-east).
What’s near Roughdown
Around Roughdown, our work takes us to homes and buildings near The New Forest Academy, among other places. Roughdown’s nearest station is Netley station, roughly 4.3 miles north-east. A little further out are Beaulieu Abbey And Display Of Monastic Life (2.9 miles west) and Calshot Castle (3.5 miles east). For a walk, there’s Mercury Marshes.
DIY versus a professional finish
Too much sealant is as bad as too little. A heavy bead looks messy and copes badly with movement, and getting the depth right matters as much as the look.
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.
Why it’s worth doing now in Roughdown
Waiting for the next refit can leave a gap open for years. Sealing the gap now is a contained job on its own and needn’t wait for anything else. In a small place like Roughdown, homes can be exposed to wind and rain, which finds any gap, and damp in older walls is slow to dry out.
What it costs depends on the size of the job, how hard the old material is to remove and how easy the joints are to reach. You’ll have a clear quote before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Why us?
- A 12-month guarantee on all work
- An ARBOMaster approved applicator
- Sanitary silicone with an anti-fungal additive in wet areas
- Homes, businesses and hotels
Read what affects the cost or what customers say.
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it makes a real difference:
- Look in service cupboards and ceiling voids from time to time
- File the fire-stopping record where your assessor can find it
- Keep photos of seals that will be hidden
- Never patch a fire seal with standard sealant
Any fire seal that’s cut or drilled needs resealing to its tested detail. New services through a sealed wall should include fire stopping in the plan.
It’s easiest to seal gaps while they’re few and easy to reach. Over time, more work adds more holes and the job gets bigger.
How the visit works
The work is kept neat and contained to the joints we’re treating. Expect the work to take from a few hours to a few days, depending on the number of gaps and the access. Somewhere like Roughdown 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.
- Access to each area is agreed so the work can run in order.
- Old, damaged or unsuitable sealant is removed.
- 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
- Clear items away from the joints we are working on
- Tell us about any previous sealing or DIY attempts
- Mention any tricky access
Getting a quote
For a quick quote, get us on the phone, or email us if that’s easier. Describe what needs sealing and we will explain what’s involved.
Advice
How we quote for fire rated sealant
There’s no set price list. The quote depends on:
- The type of sealant required
- How many rooms, windows or areas are involved
- How easy the joints are to reach
- The size of the job
We do not show prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a quick quote, please phone 0345 464 0079 or email us.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in contact, it helps to mention:
- The rough size of the job
- What’s wrong with the joints now
- Any previous sealing or DIY work
- Where the job is, and your postcode
To get a quote, call 0345 464 0079 or send us an email with the location and a short description of the problem. We will give you a clear price before any work starts.
Honest limits
We won’t take on work that will not last, so these are the limits:
- Openings too large for sealant, which need batts, boards or another system
- Issuing a fire rating or certificate for a building
- Doors that are not fire doors in the first place
If in doubt, ring 0345 464 0079 or email us and we will say what we think.
Where we work in Roughdown
- Flats & HMOs
- Linear gaps
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Service penetrations
- Door frames
For landlords and businesses
Mouldy or split sealant often shows up at the end of a tenancy. We can quote for more than one property at once.
If you manage several properties in or around Roughdown, jobs at different addresses can go on one quote. Just tell us the addresses and what each one needs.