Whether you’re a contractor, property manager, or business owner, we’ll help you identify and seal potential fire spread pathways, creating robust fire-resisting barriers throughout your building.
What Is Fire Stopping?
Fire stopping is a critical element of passive fire protection. It involves sealing gaps, voids, and service penetrations in fire-rated walls, floors, and ceilings to prevent the passage of fire, smoke, and toxic gases.
These gaps often arise around:
- Pipes, cables, and ductwork
- Service risers and voids
- Expansion joints and structural openings
- Wall and floor junctions
Without proper fire stopping, a building’s fire compartmentation can be compromised, allowing fire and smoke to spread rapidly between rooms or floors. Fire stopping solutions are designed to maintain the integrity of fire-resistant barriers and help contain a fire to its point of origin, allowing time for safe evacuation and fire service intervention.
Why Fire Stopping Is Essential
Fire stopping is not just best practice – it’s a legal requirement under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and UK Building Regulations. Key benefits include:
- Life Safety – Slows the spread of fire and smoke, supporting safe evacuation and reducing fatalities.
- Property Protection – Limits damage to unaffected areas, helping to preserve your building and contents.
- Compliance – Essential for meeting fire safety laws, regulations, and insurance conditions.
- Peace of Mind – Know your building is professionally protected, inspected, and documented.
Why Fire Stopping Is Essential
Fire stopping is not just best practice – it’s a legal requirement under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and UK Building Regulations. Key benefits include:
- Life Safety – Slows the spread of fire and smoke, supporting safe evacuation and reducing fatalities.
- Property Protection – Limits damage to unaffected areas, helping to preserve your building and contents.
- Compliance – Essential for meeting fire safety laws, regulations, and insurance conditions.
- Peace of Mind – Know your building is professionally protected, inspected, and documented.
Our Fire Stopping Services
At Artius Fire Protection, we offer a comprehensive range of fire stopping solutions, including:
- Fire-Rated Sealants and Mastics – To seal small gaps around pipes, cables, and joints.
- Fire Collars and Wraps – For plastic pipes and services that may expand or melt in a fire.
- Intumescent Seal Systems – Expanding products that form a fire-resistant barrier when exposed to heat.
- Fire-Rated Boards and Batts – Used to cover larger voids and create fire-stopping enclosures.
- Cavity Barriers and Fire Curtains – For roof voids, ceilings, and hidden cavities.
We also conduct comprehensive surveys and fire compartmentation inspections,
producing detailed reports with photographic evidence and remediation recommendations.
Certified, Compliant, and Professional
All fire stopping products we use are third-party tested and approved, and our work is carried out to the highest industry standards, including:
- BS 476-20/21 and EN 1366 fire resistance testing
- Building Regulations Part B compliance
- Adherence to ASFP and FIRAS best practice
We provide full documentation, installation records, and compliance certificates for your fire risk assessments, building control, and insurers.
Why Choose Artius Fire Protection?
- Professional, experienced fire protection team
- High-quality, certified products
- Clear, detailed reporting
- Fully insured and accredited
- Dedicated service across London and the South East
We understand the complexities of modern buildings and how fire safety fits into construction, renovation, and ongoing maintenance. From small remedial works to large-scale projects, we’ll ensure your fire stopping is done properly – first time.
