Fire stopping and compartmentation · Wales

Fire stopping and compartmentation in Carmarthenshire

If your blocks in Carmarthenshire need fire stopping remedials, we can survey, specify tested systems and complete the work to the manufacturer's details.

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

Carmarthenshire at a glance

Council: Carmarthenshire County 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: 190,073 (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 Carmarthenshire?

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

What do we cover in Carmarthenshire?

Sealing service penetrations with tested systems
Cavity barriers and fire-rated batt systems
Fire-rated boarding and ceiling repairs
Fire dampers coordination with specialists
Penetration logs with photographs and product references

Fire stopping and compartmentation in a social home

How do we deliver it?

We match the system to the penetration: plastic pipes, metal pipes and cable bundles each need a different tested solution.

Which rules apply in Carmarthenshire?

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 Carmarthenshire?

We price fire stopping and compartmentation works in Carmarthenshire 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 Carmarthenshire

Does Carmarthenshire County Council still own council homes?

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

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

Do you also work near Carmarthenshire?

Yes. We take on fire stopping and compartmentation works across Wales, including Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire, and in every other UK nation.