Domestic Sprinklers

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I attended a conference last week about Fire Risk in Social Housing, I was exhibiting but sat in on some of the presentations. One was by the chief fire officer for Derbyshire who is campaigning for domestic sprinklers to be installed in new houses.

The presentation was incredible thought provoking and I am now seriously considering retro-fitting sprinklers in my house. I have hard wired and linked smoke/heat alarms and think sprinklers are a good investment. I have two kids already and the wife wants more so want to do everything I can to ensure their safety.

So has anyone retro-fitted sprinklers? What is the cost and any particular systems to recommend?

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dav123a said:

The smoke detectors would go off before the sprinklers , giving you early warning to get out of the house. Unless you live in a very big house or need to protect the building itself or the fire service are far from you not sure how much help they would be.
Just out interest OP what were you exhibiting ?

Edited by dav123a on Sunday 14th October 09:34

I was exhibiting software for managing fire risk assessments for social landlords.

Interesting comments about false activations, the person doing the presentation said there is a 1 in 16,000,000 chance of a false activation.