Regular inspections aren’t just an important part of maintaining your fire protection equipment; they’re a vital layer of protection all on their own. Between uses, there is plenty of time for a problem to appear inside your sprinkler system. If these problems continue to grow unchecked, they can cause serious damage or affect more of the building itself.

Quality fire sprinkler inspections should look for the following:

• Corrosion: Chemical corrosion or rust can reduce the lifespan and performance of your fire sprinklers.
• Obstruction: When every second counts, an obstruction could prevent your sprinklers from responding as quickly as they should.
• Backflow: Contaminated water poses a health risk to employees and can even lower the quality of finished products.
• Leaks or other damage: Repairing water damage on commercial property can be painfully expensive, especially if you have delicate or custom machinery.
• And more.

For example, a routine sprinkler inspection could help prevent backflow contamination in one of your sprinkler system’s pipes. Without the inspection, the backflow could possibly reach and contaminate the rest of your water supply.

The primary reason to complete inspections is ensuring your sprinklers can properly extinguish a fire. If the sprinklers are damaged or obstructed, the fire could spread to other areas of the building, posing more risk to more employees.

Howe’s fire sprinkler inspections cover all types of sprinkler systems, including both wet and dry sprinklers. We can even work with deluge and foam systems, which require additional components to function properly.