Hampshire · England
Fire Rated Sealant in Upper Chute
Intumescent and fire-rated sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations for Upper Chute, backed by a 12-month guarantee. Ask us for a quote.
- Open gaps behind door architraves
- Joints picked up in a fire-stopping survey
- New service routes left unsealed after building work
Fire rated sealant for homes and businesses in Upper Chute
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. If you are dealing with holes left by a change of layout and cracked or shrunken fire-rated sealant, we can help.
For holiday lets, converted business premises or a community building near Upper Chute, washroom and kitchen sealant and any fire-rated joints need the same attention as anywhere.
There’s a 12-month guarantee on every job, whatever its size.
- Place
- Upper Chute (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- A year, on every job
- Quotes
- A clear quote up front
- Phone
- 0345 464 0079
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Signs you need fire rated sealant in Upper Chute
In some buildings the gap was filled with the wrong thing in the first place: ordinary expanding foam, standard silicone or decorators’ caulk in a place that needed a tested fire seal. It may look fine, but it is not a fire-rated seal.
It’s worth asking for a quote if you see:
- Fire seals that have cracked with movement
- Linear gaps at the head of walls
- Standard silicone or caulk in a fire-stopping gap
- Holes left by a change of layout
For buildings such as Church of St Nicholas, older buildings that have had new heating or wiring often have service gaps worth checking.
What to look for in a quote
- How long to leave it before use
- Whether you can choose the colour
- How long the guarantee is
- How much experience the applicator has
Nearby places to Upper Chute
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The process
You do not need to clear the whole room or building, just the space around the work. Everything nearby is protected, and the work takes a few hours for a handful of gaps, and longer for a whole building for a typical job. Somewhere as small as Upper Chute, access is often the only tricky part. If the job is outside, mention outbuildings, exposed walls and how to reach them.
- Access to each area is agreed so the work can run in order.
- Old, damaged or unsuitable sealant is removed.
- Gaps are cleaned of dust and loose material.
- The fire-rated or intumescent sealant is applied and tooled to the tested detail.
- We record what was done and flag anything that needs a different system.
Preparing for the visit
- Keep children and pets away from the work area
- Mention any leaks or damp you’ve noticed
- On commercial sites, let us know about site rules
Get a quote
For a quote, phone 0345 464 0079 or email us with the location and a short description of the problem. We’ll give you a clear price before any work starts.
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Why act early in Upper Chute
Leaving a gap until a refurbishment comes round can mean years with it open. Sealing the gap now is a contained job on its own. Where a wall is exposed, as many are in small places like Upper Chute, wind-driven rain gets into any failed joint, and older walls, once damp, take a long time to dry.
Instead of a standard rate, we price the job in front of us: the amount of work, the old material and the access. You’ll know the price before we begin.
Why Upper Chute clients choose us
- ARBOMaster approved applicator
- We are fully insured
- Arbo and Everbuild products
- We leave the area clean and tidy
Take a look at what affects the cost or what customers say.
Can I do it myself?
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.
Overfilling a joint is a classic DIY mistake. A heavy bead looks messy and copes badly with movement, and the joint depth matters as much as the finish.
When it is not the sealant
We won’t take on work that won’t last, so here’s what sealant cannot put right:
- Walls or floors that weren’t built to resist fire
- Openings too large for sealant, which need batts, boards or another system
- Deciding what fire stopping a building needs
If you’re not sure, just phone 0345 464 0079 or drop us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Plasterboard & masonry
- Linear gaps
- Service penetrations
- Pipe & cable gaps
- Door frames
- Flats & HMOs
Upper Chute: your questions answered
Is there a guarantee on fire rated sealant in Upper Chute?
Every job comes with our 12-month guarantee, wherever it is. We are fully insured, and an ARBOMaster approved applicator.
Is Upper Chute within the area you cover?
Yes, we do. Our work covers London and the South East, from towns to the smallest places. Longer journeys are simply planned in advance.
Do you carry out fire risk assessments?
No, assessment isn’t something we do. Once you have a specification or action list from your assessor or designer, we can quote for the fire-rated sealant items.
Can you match the sealant colour?
Yes. Sealants come in white, clear, grey and other colours, and we agree the colour with you before any work starts.
Will you leave a mess?
Very little: the area around the joints is protected first, and we tidy up before we go.
Where do you work from?
We’re based in Crawley, and we work across South East England, London and Scotland.
Can I add another job to the visit?
Yes. Several rooms, windows or areas can go on one quote.
Can you seal over the old sealant?
No, because it fails. We remove every bit of old sealant first, so the new joint bonds to clean surfaces.
How to look after the new joints
After the cure time, these simple habits help:
- Ask which product was used before you paint
- Never patch a fire seal with standard sealant
- Allow for resealing whenever new services are run
- Look in service cupboards and ceiling voids from time to time
Any fire seal that is cut or drilled needs resealing to its tested detail. If you need new services through a sealed wall, plan the fire stopping as part of the job.
A gap left open in a fire-resisting wall or floor lets smoke spread in ways the building wasn’t designed for. Sealing it early is a simple step to take.
Commercial buildings in Upper Chute
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.
Around Upper Chute, as everywhere, fire rated sealant is only as good as the preparation behind it.
Upper Chute is about 6 miles north-west of Andover, in Hampshire. Across the SP11 area, our applicators can take on fire rated sealant. Our area takes in 683 places across Hampshire. Our Southampton page covers work nearby.
Work in SP11 works the same way as everywhere else we cover. Other places close to Upper Chute include Chute Forest (2 miles south-east), Tangley (2 miles east), Redenham (3 miles south), Faberstown (3 miles south) and Clanville (3 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Andover (6 miles south-east), Tidworth (5 miles south-west), Ludgershall (3 miles south-west), Whitchurch (11 miles east), East Anton (6 miles south-east) and Overton (14 miles east).
Local landmarks in Upper Chute
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Hatchet Inn. Well-known places in the area include Andover War Memorial Hospital (5.8 miles south-east) and Ludgershall Castle (2.8 miles south-west).
What affects the cost of fire rated sealant
We don’t publish a price list. What we look at:
- The amount of work
- Access and height
- How much old sealant there is and how hard it is to remove
- Mould in or behind the old joints
Some things make a job bigger or smaller: the old material and how easily it comes out, any mould to treat, and whether the work is at height. We take all of that into account in your quote.
Helping us quote
A few details help us give you an accurate quote. When you get in contact, it helps to mention:
- The problem you’ve noticed
- If it’s domestic, commercial or a hotel
- Whether it has been sealed before
- Roughly how big the job is
For fire rated sealant in Upper Chute, ring 0345 464 0079 or email us. A short description of the job and where it is helps us quote, and you will get a clear quote before we start.