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Fire Rated Sealant in Shortlands
Intumescent and fire-rated sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations for homeowners, landlords and businesses in Shortlands. Fully insured, ARBOMaster approved and guaranteed for a year.
- Gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs
- Standard silicone or caulk in a fire-stopping gap
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
About our fire rated sealant in Shortlands
Where services or frames pass through a fire-resisting wall or floor, the gap around them needs a fire-rated seal. Each gap is sealed to the product maker’s tested detail for its size and substrate. Typical jobs include holes left by a change of layout and old fire sealant that has split or come away, on pipe & cable gaps, door frames and service penetrations.
In London, a commercial job often starts with access: loading bays, building rules and lifts. For a building in Shortlands, we agree timings and access before anything starts, and room-by-room programmes can be planned where needed.
You’re covered for a year from the day we finish. If there’s a problem with it, please phone 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email.
- Location
- Shortlands (BR2, BR1, BR3)
- Region
- Greater London
- Guarantee
- A year, on every job
- Quotes
- A clear price before we start
- Phone
- 0345 464 0079
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Should I try it myself first?
If you do try it yourself, take your time over the preparation: take out all the old sealant, make sure the joint is clean and dry, and give it the full cure time. If it doesn’t work out, we can still put it right.
What a professional job adds is preparation and the right product. We take joints back to clean, dry surfaces, and the sealant is matched to the joint and its conditions, then guaranteed for a year.
Also near Shortlands
Also in Shortlands
Landlord and commercial work in Shortlands
Failed sealant is one of the commonest items on a check-out report, and it’s quick to put right between tenancies. Several properties can be quoted together.
In hotels, rooms out of use cost money, so the work can be planned room by room. We have worked in hotels as well as homes and businesses.
What the job involves on each surface
Service penetrations
A copper pipe, a cable and a plastic pipe can all need different fire-stopping details. Each one is sealed to the product’s tested detail.
Linear gaps
Some linear gaps have to cope with movement as well as fire. The product and depth are chosen to suit both from the manufacturer’s details.
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple:
- Ask every contractor to reseal any fire stopping they disturb
- Allow for resealing whenever new services are run
- Do not paint over fire sealant until it has cured
- Flag any open gap you spot round a pipe or cable
Any fire seal that is cut or drilled needs resealing to its tested detail. New services through a sealed wall should include fire stopping in the plan.
A gap left open in a fire-resisting wall or floor lets smoke spread in ways the building wasn’t designed for. Closing it is generally a straightforward job.
Questions from Shortlands
Can you help a landlord with a rental near Shortlands station?
Yes, rental work is part of what we do. Just call 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and tell us about the property, and we will send you a clear quote.
Is parking an issue for fire rated sealant in Shortlands?
It can be, so it helps to tell us about permits, visitor bays or off-street space when you book. The visit is then planned around what’s available.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We are fully insured for domestic and commercial work.
How long does fire rated sealant take?
A typical job takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are, including preparation and clearing up. Your quote will say how long we expect yours to take.
Will we have a record of what was sealed?
Yes. Locations and products are written up when we finish. Tell us if your assessor needs it in a particular format.
Does someone need to be in?
We need access to the joints, so we will agree that with you when we book. For inside work, that normally means someone being in.
Do you hold any approvals?
Yes. We hold ARBOMaster approved applicator status, and we are fully insured.
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 and we’ll tell you if we spot problems with the door.
How it works
We keep the work tidy and contained to the area we are working on. Expect the work to take anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are, and we explain the cure time before we leave. In Shortlands, as in most of London, parking needs a little planning. A visitor permit or a nearby bay makes the visit run more smoothly.
- Before starting, we go through the specification or action list with you.
- Each gap is measured and its substrate and service noted.
- Unsuitable material such as ordinary foam or silicone is cut out and the faces cleaned.
- The specified fire-rated sealant goes in over any backing its detail requires.
- We hand over a list of locations and products for your files.
Before we arrive
- Let us know if you’ve seen damp or leaks
- Clear the area around the work
- Let us know about parking restrictions
Ask for a quote
It all starts with a short chat. Describe the problem, the location and the size of the job, and we’ll explain how we’d tackle it. Whenever you’re ready, phone 0345 464 0079 or send us an email.
Related advice
Why act early in Shortlands
Fire-rated sealants are less forgiving than ordinary ones. Depth, backing and surface preparation all affect how a seal performs, so we follow the maker’s details on every gap. In older London homes, water behind a failed joint soaks into brick and timber without much sign, and by the time it shows on a wall or ceiling in Shortlands, the repair is bigger than the sealant job would have been.
Leaving a failed joint usually makes the job bigger, not smaller, because water and mould keep working on it. If you are unsure, ring 0345 464 0079 or email us and we’ll give you an honest view and a quote.
Why Shortlands clients choose us
- Fully insured
- Homes, businesses and hotels
- 4.9 on Google from 180+ five-star reviews
- Any old sealant cut out fully, not covered over
Read how sealant jobs are priced and our reviews.
Fire rated sealant around Shortlands
Shortlands has hotels and guest accommodation in and around it. For hotels, a room-by-room programme keeps most rooms in use while the work goes on. Commercial buildings in London often have strict access rules and limited loading, so out-of-hours working can be arranged where needed.
Rented homes near Shortlands station change hands often, and fire-rated sealant around pipes and cables through walls and floors needs making good whenever new services go through. If you look after a building such as Highfield Infants' School, service openings in fire-resisting walls need checking after any refurbishment. As a London address, Shortlands can be tricky for parking: let us know about parking bays, permits or a driveway.
Shortlands is about 1 mile south-west of Bromley, in Greater London. Shortlands gets the same service as everywhere we cover: old sealant removed completely, careful preparation and a one-year guarantee. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Shortlands is one of them. Our London page covers work nearby (8 miles or so).
We work across BR2, BR1 and BR3 for fire rated sealant and the streets around it. Whether your property is on Hayes Lane, Stone Road and Hayes Road or anywhere close by, our applicators can take on the job. We also cover Eden Park (1 mile south-west), Hayes (2 miles south), Bromley Common (2 miles south-east), West Wickham (2 miles south-west) and Southborough (2 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (8 miles north-west), City of Westminster (10 miles north-west), Marylebone (11 miles north-west), Kensington (11 miles north-west), St Pancras (10 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (10 miles north).
Landmarks near Shortlands
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to The Richmal Crompton pub, Church House Gardens and Langley Park School for Girls, among other places. Shortlands’s nearest station is Shortlands station, about 0.5 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Bromley Hospital (0.7 miles east) and Bethlem Museum of the Mind (1.6 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Summer Hill and Downham Woodland Walk.
How we quote for fire rated sealant
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- Mould in or behind the old joints
- Working hours on commercial sites
- Which sealant suits the joint
- The old material and how stubborn it is
Commercial jobs are quoted on the same basis as homes: the amount of work, the access and the products needed. Call for a quick quote and we’ll explain what it covers.
Helping us quote
What to tell us when you ask for a quote:
- The address or postcode of the job
- Photos by email, if that is easy
- How many joints, rooms or windows are involved
- If someone has resealed it before
For fire rated sealant in Shortlands, ring 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email. Tell us what the problem is and where, and you’ll get a clear quote before any work starts.