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Fire-rated sealant in Southwick, West Sussex
Problem with your fire-stopping gaps in Southwick? We remove the old material, prepare the joints and seal them properly.
- Open holes round services passing through fire walls
- Old fire sealant that has split or come away
- Linear gaps at the head of walls
Leave it or put it right?
Doing it once, properly, beats doing it twice. If the details weren’t followed, the seal may need redoing once someone inspects it. In an older home around Southwick, damp from a failed joint can get into timber and plaster, and that’s a much bigger job than renewing the sealant.
Homes and businesses are quoted the same way: the amount of work, the access and the products needed. Ask us for a quote and we will go through it with you.
Why us?
- One-year guarantee on every job
- We never seal over old sealant
- We’re fully insured
- Rated 4.9 stars on Google
Fire rated sealant in Southwick
Fire-rated sealant closes the gaps around pipes, cables and frames where they pass through a fire-resisting wall or floor. Each gap is sealed to the product maker’s tested detail for its size and substrate. If you have door frames with gaps between frame and wall and fire seals that have cracked with movement, we can help, on flats & HMOs, linear gaps and plasterboard & masonry alike.
Community buildings, schools and small businesses around places like Southwick have washrooms and kitchens that see a lot of use. Their sealant and fire-rated joints are as important as those in any bigger building.
Every job is covered by a 12-month guarantee.
- Place
- Southwick (BN42, BN41, BN43)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Cover
- One year on every job
- Price
- Quoted before any work starts
- Call
- 0345 464 0079
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Surface by surface
Service penetrations
New gaps tend to show up where services have been added. Old or unsuitable filler comes out before the right sealant goes in.
Plasterboard walls
We check that the board around the gap is sound. Crumbling edges are cleaned back before the sealant goes in.
Commercial buildings in Southwick
For seaside hotels, guest houses and holiday lets around Southwick, 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, which is often where open fire-stopping gaps are first noticed. We work to the specification you’re given, installing the product to its tested details.
For buildings such as St Michael and All Angels Church, older buildings that have had new heating or wiring often have service gaps worth checking. For landlords with property near Southwick station, new cables or pipes through a fire-resisting wall leave a gap that needs the right sealant.
Southwick is about 2 miles east of Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex. Homes, rented property, offices and hotels in Southwick is covered for fire rated sealant, old or new, large or small. The work is guaranteed for a year. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, and Southwick is one of them.
Work in BN42, BN41 and BN43 works the same way as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Station Road, Roman Crescent and Southwick Street, all of which we cover. Being close to the A259 and A270, Southwick is easy for our applicators to reach for fire rated sealant. We also cover Kingston by Sea (1 mile north-west), Portslade (1 mile north-east), Shoreham-by-Sea (2 miles west), Hangleton (2 miles north-east) and Old Shoreham (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Worthing (7 miles west), Haywards Heath (13 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (10 miles north-east), Littlehampton (13 miles west), Lancing (4 miles west) and Rustington (12 miles west).
Landmarks near Southwick
In Southwick, that means homes and buildings near Shoreham Academy, Benfield Hill and The Ship Inn, among other places. Southwick has its own railway station: Southwick station. Other landmarks nearby include Southlands Hospital (1 mile west) and Churchill Square (4 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Shoreham Beach and Thundersbarrow Hill.
DIY sealant or a professional job?
Some jobs are best left to a professional: high-level joints, fire-rated gaps, external movement joints and big jobs call for the right materials, safe access and experience.
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 does not work out, we can still put it right.
Southwick questions
Can you help a landlord with a rental near Southwick station?
Yes. We work for landlords and letting agents as well as householders, and several properties can go on one quote. You can phone 0345 464 0079 or email us with the details for a clear quote.
Do you cover smaller places like Southwick?
Yes. Southwick is within the area we cover, which takes in towns, villages and rural addresses. We work across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the route when you book.
Can I do it myself?
It depends on the job. High-level, external movement and fire-rated joints are professional jobs.
Can you give us a record of the work?
Yes. Locations and products are written up when we finish. Tell us if your assessor needs it in a particular format.
How long does the job take?
It depends on the size of the job, but most jobs take a few hours for a handful of gaps, and longer for a whole building. We will give you a better idea when we quote.
Can you fill the gap behind a fire door frame?
Yes, if the gap is within the product’s tested range. Our work is the gap around the frame, and we’ll mention anything we notice about the door.
Is there any odour?
It depends on the product. Some smell for a while, some hardly at all, and any smell fades as they cure.
What sealant do you use?
It depends on the joint: sanitary silicone where it gets wet, and sealants suited to movement or weather elsewhere. We use products from Arbo and Everbuild.
Landlords, agents and businesses in Southwick
We also work for property managers and facilities teams. We can quote a run of properties together, and we’re fully insured.
Failed sealant is one of the commonest items on a check-out report. We can quote for more than one property at once.
When to call us in Southwick
A lot of fire stopping is out of sight: in ceiling voids, service risers and behind boxing. Out of view, damage sits unnoticed until someone inspects.
People generally contact us when they notice one of these:
- Unsealed gaps where pipes and cables go through a wall
- Gaps where walls meet ceilings or slabs
- Cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant
- Door frames with gaps between frame and wall
Managing a site like Eastbrook Primary Academy? Then gaps opened by contractors for new cabling are a common finding in schools and offices.
Comparing quotes
- How the colour is chosen
- What product goes in the joint
- Are they insured?
- How long the guarantee is
Nearby places to Southwick
What else we do in Southwick
How we quote for fire rated sealant
For a quick quote, just ask. The main things that affect it are:
- The number and length of the joints
- Which sealant suits the joint
- How many rooms, windows or areas are involved
- Mould in or behind the old joints
Combining jobs into one visit is normally more efficient than separate visits, so tell us about everything that needs sealing. You’ll get one clear quote for the whole job.
Asking for a quote
You don’t need to know the technical terms. Just tell us:
- Where the property is
- Access, such as stairs, a lift or height
- Roughly how big the job is
- The type of property
Every job is quoted individually, so start by telling us what you need. Just call 0345 464 0079 or send us an email with the details and send pictures if you have them.
How it works
Once we’re on site, we compare the joints with what we discussed. If we find something unexpected, we talk it through with you first. After that, the work takes anything from a few hours to several days, depending on how many gaps there are. A visit to Southwick 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.
- Access to each area is agreed so the work can run in order.
- We take out any damaged or unsuitable sealant.
- Gaps are cleaned of dust and loose material.
- 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
- On commercial sites, let us know about site rules
- Clear the area around the work
- Keep children and pets away from the work area
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, ring 0345 464 0079 or send us an email.