Fire stopping and compartmentation for Newry buildings
Northern Ireland has its own fire safety order, its own HMO licensing law and its own building regulations, so compliance work here follows Northern Ireland legislation rather than the rules in Great Britain.
Compartmentation is what stops a fire in one flat or room from becoming a fire in the whole building. It depends on walls, floors and ceilings that keep their fire resistance where pipes, cables and ducts pass through them. Every time a contractor drills a hole and does not seal it properly, the building gets a little less safe.
A compartmentation survey goes into risers, ceiling voids, loft spaces and service cupboards to find and photograph breaches. Each one is located on a plan, described, and given a priority. Remedial fire stopping is then carried out using tested products installed to the manufacturer's details, and each seal is photographed and labelled.
The rules that apply in Newry
The English higher-risk building regime does not apply in Northern Ireland. Owners and managing agents of taller residential buildings should follow Northern Ireland building regulations and guidance from the Department of Finance and the Department for Communities.
What is included
- Intrusive compartmentation survey with photos and plans
- Breach register ranked by priority
- Fire stopping with tested and certified products
- Before and after photographs for every seal
- Penetration labelling and seal register
- Fire damper and cavity barrier checks
Buildings we work on in Newry
- Blocks of flats
- HMO conversions
- Hotels
- Care homes
- Offices
- Student accommodation
Areas we cover from Newry
From Newry we also cover Craigavon (19 miles), Lisburn (26 miles), Belfast (34 miles), Newtownabbey (38 miles) and Bangor (County Down) (43 miles). Elsewhere in County Down we work in Bangor (County Down). If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for fire stopping and compartmentation in Northern Ireland is handled the same way.