Fire stopping and compartmentation · Wales

Fire stopping and compartmentation in Caerphilly

Social landlords in Caerphilly can use us to close out fire risk assessment actions on compartmentation and fire stopping.

We take on fire stopping and compartmentation works in Caerphilly for Caerphilly County Borough Council, housing associations and supported housing providers, managing every trade ourselves and working to the timescales in your order. Caerphilly County Borough Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock.

Caerphilly at a glance

Council: Caerphilly County Borough Council
Nation: Wales
Council homes: Council-owned, managed by the council
Housing standard: WHQS 2023 (Wales)
Damp and mould timescales: No timescale law found
Population: 181,731 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 0.93 (VOA 2026)

Council housing status from published stock transfer histories (11 transfer and 11 stock-retaining councils), not yet checked against StatsWales tables. Population: ONS 2020 mid-year estimate.

Who owns the social homes in Caerphilly?

Caerphilly County Borough Council is one of the 11 Welsh councils that kept their homes rather than transferring them. Housing associations also own social homes in Caerphilly, and we can work for both.

What do we cover in Caerphilly?

Compartmentation surveys of risers, ceiling voids and roof spaces
Sealing service penetrations with tested systems
Cavity barriers and fire-rated batt systems
Fire-rated boarding and ceiling repairs
Fire dampers coordination with specialists

Fire stopping and compartmentation in a social home

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 Caerphilly?

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.

WHQS 2023 (Wales) · More about fire stopping and compartmentation works

What do fire stopping and compartmentation works cost in Caerphilly?

We price fire stopping and compartmentation works in Caerphilly 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 Caerphilly

Does Caerphilly County Borough Council still own council homes?

Do you also work near Caerphilly?

Yes. We take on fire stopping and compartmentation works across Wales, including Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf, and in every other UK nation.

Can you take on fire stopping and compartmentation works in Caerphilly as a subcontractor?

Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Caerphilly can engage us as a tier-2 subcontractor for fire stopping and compartmentation works, working under their systems and their client's specification.