Fire stopping and compartmentation · Scotland
Fire stopping and compartmentation in Highland
Social landlords in Highland can use us to close out fire risk assessment actions on compartmentation and fire stopping.
We take on fire stopping and compartmentation works in Highland for The Highland Council, housing associations and supported housing providers, managing every trade ourselves and working to the timescales in your order. The Highland Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock.
Highland at a glance
- Council
- The Highland Council
- Nation
- Scotland
- Council homes
- Council-owned, managed by the council
- Housing standard
- SHQS (Scotland)
- Damp and mould timescales
- Scottish 2026 regulations (since 6 Oct 2026)
- Population
- 235,430 (2020 estimate)
- Regional price factor
- 0.97 (our estimate)
Council housing status from published stock transfer histories (6 transfer and 26 stock-holding councils), not yet checked against Scottish Government tables. Population: ONS 2020 mid-year estimate.
Who owns the social homes in Highland?
The Highland Council is one of the 26 Scottish councils that still own their homes. Housing associations (registered social landlords) also own social homes in Highland, and we can work for both.
What do we cover in Highland?
- Compartmentation surveys of risers, ceiling voids and roof spaces
- Sealing service penetrations with tested systems
- Fire-rated boarding and ceiling repairs
- Fire dampers coordination with specialists
- Penetration logs with photographs and product references
How do we deliver it?
Where our surveys find something outside our scope, such as a missing fire damper or a compromised fire door, we report it to you through the route agreed in your contract.
Which rules apply in Highland?
Fire doors in blocks of flats are part of the building's fire strategy and are reviewed through the responsible person's fire risk assessment. Remedial work is completed to the doorset manufacturer's certified details.
SHQS (Scotland) · More about fire stopping and compartmentation works
What do fire stopping and compartmentation works cost in Highland?
We price fire stopping and compartmentation works in Highland after a survey rather than from a guide range, because the number and type of penetrations, access to risers and voids, and building height vary from block to block. Send us the details and we will arrange a visit.
Questions about fire stopping and compartmentation works in Highland
Does The Highland Council still own council homes?
The Highland Council is one of the 26 Scottish councils that still own their homes. Housing associations (registered social landlords) also own social homes in Highland, and we can work for both.
Do you also work near Highland?
Yes. We take on fire stopping and compartmentation works across Scotland, including Moray, Perth and Kinross, the Western Isles (Na h-Eileanan Siar) and Aberdeenshire, and in every other UK nation.
Can you take on fire stopping and compartmentation works in Highland as a subcontractor?
Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Highland can engage us as a tier-2 subcontractor for fire stopping and compartmentation works, working under their systems and their client's specification.
Other works we carry out in Highland
- Cyclical and external decoration
- Fire door installation and remediation
- Bathroom replacement programmes
- Housing disrepair works
- External wall insulation
- Estate and external works
- Heating upgrades and heat pumps
- Damp and mould remediation
- Kitchen replacement programmes
- Responsive repairs
- Communal area refurbishment
- Void property works