I know we have a couple of guys who do fire suppression and fire sprinkler systems, can you give me a rundown on what it takes and costs for retrofit?
Just curious as to your reasons for wanting a system other than the obvious. Are there insurance incentives, etc?
No insurance incentive. I read a story this morning where a guy's kids died in a fire, and he could hear his daughter screaming "Papi, ayudame!" before she died in the fire.
So after I got that sawdust out of my eyes I decided I would at least look into a sprinkler system.
You should PM Bootleggn.
Guys I have been involved in this one since the push began nationally to try and require such systems in new residential construction. Truth is, those above stories are what people use to try and justify requring them. The reality is that there is not one single case nationally of lives saved due to residential sprinklers. Its like the anti gun crowd saying "if it only saves one life..." In actually it will add $6000 to the cost of your home, and if ever activated, greatly enhance the water damage done to your home. In Texas, we have to put these some homes of a certain size, thankfully OK does not require it yet. I have never had a client actually want a system after really researching it.
I would recomend upgrading your fire alarms, heat sensors, etc first.
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