Fire stopping in Eton
Sleeping accommodation and school buildings, done when the building is quiet.
Get a priceWhere people sleep, the compartment walls matter most.
Boarding accommodation, staff flats and shared houses all rely on the walls between rooms to hold a fire back while people get out. A pipe or cable through that wall with a bad seal defeats it.
School work
Schools book fire stopping for the holidays. Corridors are empty, ceilings can be opened, and nobody is walking under a ladder.
We plan around the school's calendar. Tell us the dates you have and we will say what fits.
Ceiling voids above classroom corridors are the usual place for trouble. A cable tray goes through every cross wall, and each time the wall is breached.
Residential rooms
Bedroom to bedroom walls get penetrated by pipes, sockets and cable runs for aerials and data.
A sealed pipe in a flat is easy to check. In a bedroom wall with a boxed pipe, you need a camera or a hole.
Who regulates it
Eton is in Berkshire, within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. The fire and rescue service is Royal Berkshire.
Sending us the details
A survey report, a fire risk assessment or a list of rooms all help. If you have none of these, say what the building is and we will explain what a survey would involve.
Questions we get asked
Can you work in term time?
It depends on the area. Ceiling voids over empty rooms can be done at any time. Corridors in use are better done in the holidays.
Do you need to see every room?
For a survey, yes, at least where there is a wall between sleeping rooms. Sealing can then be targeted.
Send it over with the postcode. We will tell you what the work involves and roughly what it costs.
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