Fire stopping in Kempston
Mixed buildings, where a shop or workshop sits under somebody's home.
Get a priceKempston sits right up against Bedford on its western side, so most jobs here run into the work we do in Bedford itself.
The buildings we would expect to be asked about are the mixed ones. A shop with a flat above. A converted house split into rooms or flats. A small unit with an office on top.
The floor between the two uses
When a building has two uses stacked on each other, the floor between them is the line that matters most.
A fire in a shop below a flat should not reach the flat quickly. That floor has to hold, and every pipe and cable that passes through it has to be sealed.
In older conversions we often expect to find gaps round waste pipes, round flues and round cables from a meter in the shop up to a flat. Each was cut in by a different trade at a different time.
What we do
We look at the floor from below and the pipe runs from above, and note every opening. Plastic pipes get a collar or wrap. Cable and conduit gaps are closed with penetration sealing.
The work is carried out by our BM TRADA / FIRAS-certificated contractors, and each opening is photographed afterwards.
Landlords with converted houses
A house turned into several flats or rooms has more fire-resisting walls and floors than it started with, and more services running through them.
If your fire risk assessment mentions compartmentation or fire stopping, send us the page. We will tell you what we need to see to price it.
You are the responsible person for the common parts of the building. The assessment is yours to commission and keep up to date. We do the sealing.
Small units
For a small commercial unit the questions are usually about a wall dividing it from the next one. Is it carried up to the roof? Are the cables that cross it sealed? We can look at both.
A visit to a single unit from Luton has to be priced as a visit, so tell us up front if that is all there is. If there are several units on one estate, we do them in a day.
Getting to Kempston
We come from Luton and have no office in Bedford or Kempston. If Kempston is combined with a Bedford site on the same day, the cost comes down.
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers the area, and Bedford Borough Council is the local authority.
Questions we get asked
Does a shop with a flat above need the floor sealed?
The floor is meant to hold back fire. Any hole through it should be sealed with a tested product.
Can you look at one building only?
Yes. Tell us where it is and what has been found.
Tell us the building, how many floors and what has been found. We will say what we need to see and give you a rough estimate.
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