Fire stopping and compartmentation for Westminster buildings
Westminster mixes listed buildings, hotels, embassies and mansion blocks. Fire alarm work here often means wireless or discreet cabling routes that respect historic fabric while still meeting BS 5839-1.
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 Westminster
Occupied buildings in England at least 18 metres or seven storeys high with two or more residential units are higher-risk buildings. They must be registered with the Building Safety Regulator, and the Principal Accountable Person must prepare a safety case report that can be called in at any time.
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 Westminster
- Blocks of flats
- HMO conversions
- Hotels
- Care homes
- Offices
- Student accommodation
Areas we cover from Westminster
From Westminster we also cover London (1 miles), Southwark (2 miles), Lambeth (3 miles), Camden (3 miles) and Islington (3 miles). Elsewhere in Greater London we work in London, Croydon, Stratford, Wembley, Camden and Islington. If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for fire stopping and compartmentation in London is handled the same way.