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GoldenRod
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Home Fire Sprinklers?
Anyone know about home fire sprinklers? I just started reading about them. Seems like a potentially good idea. Just wondering if anyone has them installed, or knows of a good installation company in Suffolk.
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Posted 4/29/08 10:53 AM  |
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Chrisnamy
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Re: Home Fire Sprinklers?
I don't know anyone....but i think if you have them installed you can save money on your Home owners insurance.
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| Posted 4/29/08 11:12 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Home Fire Sprinklers?
Posted by Chrisnamy
I don't know anyone....but i think if you have them installed you can save money on your Home owners insurance.
Some of the sites I've started looking at are saying from 5% to 15% savings on insurance. Of course, I would need to talk to my own insurance company to find the exact numbers, but with that kind of savings, it sounds like it would pay for itself in a few years (I also saw estimates of $1 to $1.20 per square foot to install it in new construction).
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| Posted 4/29/08 11:16 AM |
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csorisi
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Re: Home Fire Sprinklers?
The only place I have a home fire sprinkler is in my boiler room over my boiler. I never asked my insurance company if it would reduce my policy so I don't know about that.
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| Posted 4/29/08 1:07 PM |
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brandy11
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Re: Home Fire Sprinklers?
IMO I would worry about having home fire sprinklers...How would you test them with all your furniture and items inside your home. What happens if the system mal functions. I have heat sensors connected to my central alarm system and if one of them go off it automatically notifies the fire dept. This is just my opinion.
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| Posted 4/29/08 2:22 PM |
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dgtlsunshine
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Re: Home Fire Sprinklers?
We have sprinklers in our house. They were standard with our builder. I like having them and savings on insurance is also nice.
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| Posted 4/29/08 2:41 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Home Fire Sprinklers?
Posted by brandy11
IMO I would worry about having home fire sprinklers...How would you test them with all your furniture and items inside your home. What happens if the system mal functions. I have heat sensors connected to my central alarm system and if one of them go off it automatically notifies the fire dept. This is just my opinion.
From all the reports I've read, the chance of a malfunction are minuscule (1 in 6 million, or something like that, over a 50 year span of tracking.). The heads aren't connected, so if one misfired, it wouldn't trigger all of them. Some areas of the country are mandating them in new home construction as part of the building code.
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/sprinklers/
The fire dept is still minutes away, even in the best circumstances. It seems like the sprinklers would either extinguish the fire before the fire dept would arrive, or if it was really bad, it would make the house much safer for them to enter, since the blaze would be minimized.
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| Posted 4/29/08 2:45 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Home Fire Sprinklers?
I think its a great idea, I've heard nothing but good things about them. I heard their a pain to install if putting in an exisiting home already, much easier in new construction, but it can be done its just costly
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| Posted 4/29/08 2:48 PM |
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ssteve
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Re: Home Fire Sprinklers?
Check out...
http://www.uponor-usa.com/Header/Systems/Fire/Overview.aspx
This company (and probably others) makes a system which is constantly flowing. It takes your cold water and runs it through the ceiling to sprinkler heads, as well as to sinks, showers, toilets, etc... As long as you're using your sink or your shower, water is flowing past the sprinkler heads. This just means, no testing is required like with a standing water system. It's really safe, the sprinkler heads are small and will recess into the ceiling and only drop down in the event of a fire. It uses PEX tubing, which is flexible, so it's like running wire through existing ceilings and is easier to run than solid copper pipe. Plus it's significantly less prone to leaking. Check out the web-site above and get in touch with a plumbing supply company to see what they recommend. Good Luck.
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| Posted 4/30/08 9:41 PM |
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