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Fire Protection Services
What is Fire Protection and Fire Stopping?
Fire stopping helps prevent the spread of Fire and smoke throughout different compartments, without this being in place properties are at risk along with the lives of its occupants.
All items that breach a compartment line should be suitably Fire stopped, ensuring buildings have the correct compartmentation both horizontally and vertically.
What Are The Fire Stopping Requirements?
Fire stopping, also known as compartmentation, is a fundamental part of passive fireproofing. It refers to the process of filling openings and joints between walls and floors with fire-resistant material, inhibiting the spread of fire between 'compartments' within a building.
Fire Stopping Installation
Midsummer Fire Protection offer a large range of Fire stopping requirements whilst maintaining the highest level of customer service possible. Our teams work throughout the UK to ensure that buildings are kept Fire safe by the installation of Fire stopping.
We believe that when it comes to Fire safety, things must be done right first time, this is why we work closely with our manufacturers on a project basis. Our suppliers ensure that all items installed have been tested where possible and documentation along with test data can be provided. Midsummer Fire Protection are big believers in the importance of Fire stopping, that’s why we are BMTRADA accredited.
They're required to help prevent the spread of fire through the different compartments of a building. Without having fire stops correctly installed, smoke and flames can quickly travel through a building, damaging the property and risking the lives of its occupants.
Where should fire stopping be provided?
Joints between fire-separating elements such as compartment walls or floors, should be fire-stopped to maintain the continuity of resistance; and openings for timber beams, joists, purlins and rafters, and pipes, ducts, conduits or cables that pass through any part of a fire-separating element should be kept as few in number as possible, kept as small as practicable, and fire-stopped.
Can I mix and match materials?
All manufacturers have different specifications, it is important to never mix and match different materials from different manufactures.
Although items may state they have a Fire rating, they may not have been tested in the way you intend to use them.
Types of Fire Stopping
Midsummer Fire Protection offer a large range of Fire stopping requirements whilst maintaining the highest level of customer service possible.
Load-Bearing Fire Seals
Load-bearing fire mortars are predominantly used in riser cupboards that require load-bearing capacity, once cured it can be drilled through to allow the passage of services.
This Compound can provide up to 4 hours of fire resistance and can be designed to reinstate the fire integrity of a compartment wall or floor.
Batt & Mastic Seals
Any services that penetrate a compartmentation wall will result in the spread of Fire and smoke.
Installing Ablative Batt and Mastic will provide the Fire protection required to hold back the Fire and smoke once present.
Graphites
Safire Pressure Exerting Graphite Mastic is designed for the sealing of small to medium size penetrations of pipes and single or bunched cables.
It is a water-based acrylic resin formation that dries quickly on application to a flexible and cohesive sealant.
It has a Fire resistance of up to 4 hours and is classified in most constructions for plastic pipes and cables.
Fire Stopping Pipe Wrap
Pipe wraps are a universal intumescent pipe wrap used to maintain the Fire rating of walls where they have been penetrated by plastic pipes and or metallic pipes with combustible insulation.
This product can hold up to 2 hours Fire rating and requires no mechanical fixings.
Joint Seals
Fire stopping at linear joints within wall cavities and voids are of up most importance, this is to reduce the spread of Fire and smoke.
Products have been designed specifically for installation within this situation.
This will minimize the risk of Fie and smoke spreading.
Fire Seals
Products such as Fire collars have been designed to ensure that services are protected when a Fire is present.
We offer the installation of items that have a Fire resistance period of us to 4 hours and will protect all services passing through walls or floors.
Contact Us to Discuss Your Fire Stopping Needs
Give our friendly team a message to discuss all of your fire stopping needs.
From requirements to installation our professional and effective solutions will get you on the right track.
Our Accreditations
Here at Midsummer Fire Protection, we believe quality should always come first, that’s why we are BMTRADA accredited. We undergo several reviews per year to ensure our standards are maintained.
About Midsummer Fire Protection
Why Choose Midsummer Fire Protection?
We are based in Kettering, Northamptonshire, in our purpose-built office located on the Kettering Venture Park.
Midsummer Fire Protection LTD are a well-established Passive Fire protection company.
We believe that Fire Protection should always come first, there is nothing more important than the protection of those within the building and the actual building itself. All of our installations are completed following manufacturers' specifications and we've completed projects in the following:
Schools, Universities & Science Centres
Housing Developments & Associations
Hospitals
Here at Midsummer Fire Protection, we believe maintaining high levels of customer service and building strong relationships with our clients is of the upmost importance.
We strive to be your go-to Fire Protection company and exceed your expectations at all times.
The service we provide will always be the right one, our teams are always on hand to provide you with expert advice whilst maintaining the highest level of customer service possible.
We believe in looking after every one of our clients and that’s why we have dedicated members of our team to help you wherever we can.
Please feel free to contact our office and receive the service you deserve from start to finish.
Accurate & Friendly Advice
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Accurate & Friendly Advice
Midsummer Fire Protection work side by side with our manufactures, we ensure all our installations are installed as per manufactures specification.
All of our employees are fully trained and are on hand to provide any information you may require.
If you unsure of a situation we would be more than happy to help. You are our priority and can assure you that we will find the right solution for you.
No Obligation Quotation
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No Obligation Quotation
You are under no obligation to use us at any time, there is no need to use our services just because you made contact.
Midsummer are firm believers of keeping are clients happy and ensuring they receive the right service for them.
Although we may do everything we can to ensure the right solution and service has been provided every time, we understand you may like a second opinion.
Effective Solutions
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EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS
We work closely with of our manufacturers to ensure all solutions provided and correct and effective.
All installations provided by ourselves are installed under very strict guidelines and if needed, our manufacturers can also attend site to keep you reassured throughout all projects.
