Installing a fire sprinkler in your home is a proactive way of protecting your house from a potential fire. While it might seem over-excessive to many, having a comprehensive fire sprinkler system in the home can avert many crises, including having to deal with the loss of your property and the pain of applying for insurance claims.

Often, many homeowners underestimate how destructive even a small fire can be to their property and become complacent by relying on their local firefighters to put out the flames. However, in many cases, these fires could be easily extinguished by a well-maintained fire sprinkler and would have limited the destruction caused to the properties by the flames.

In this article, we share with you four benefits of installing a fire sprinkler in your home.

Cost-Effective and Valuable

While there isn’t a failsafe way to ensure that your home will never suffer the misfortune of a fire starting, the cost of installing a fire sprinkler will always pale in comparison to the potential damages your property can sustain as a result of the fire. Additionally, a fire sprinkler is a valuable and cost-effective fire response system as it can automatically detect fires and extinguish them immediately.

The fire sprinkler can be viewed as a form of insurance and investment – you pay for the initial costs of the installation and the occasional maintenance fee. In exchange for that, you get peace of mind and security in ensuring that your home is sufficiently protected.

Preventing Deaths and Saving Lives

A fire sprinkler system is a simple pre-emptive measure that you can take before the fire causes extensive damage to your property. Fires can start from the unlikeliest of circumstances and become fatal before we know it. In many cases, the fire isn’t what kills people. Instead, it is the thick, black smoke that asphyxiates and suffocates people, causing them to pass out from a lack of oxygen and eventually die.

A fire sprinkler might not prevent fires, but it can work to put out the fires before they become widespread and the damage becomes irreversible. In the time that firefighters take to arrive at your home, your sprinkle could have saved thousands of dollars in damages and protected your family members’ lives.

Low Maintenance

Contrary to what many people think, maintaining a fire sprinkler is pretty simple. It usually does not require much maintenance compared to other fire systems and will only need a service technician to inspect and repair it semi-annually. As a result, the fire sprinkler will be functional most of the time and will not require major repair or parts replacement throughout its operations. In exchange for a small price to pay, a fire system is low maintenance and provides you with the peace of mind that it will be responding actively to any flames that it detects and keep you and your family safe.

Limiting Property Damages and Reducing Insurance Costs

Fires can destroy so much more than your treasured belongings and valuables – they can destroy the sanctity of a safe space, compromise the structural integrity, and damage the appearance of your home. Having a fire sprinkler in the house effectively reduces the spread of the fire and will limit the extent of the damages to your property. This, in turn, will incur fewer financial losses and will reduce the additional price you have to pay to renovate your home. Additionally, the sprinkle dispensed water would usually be sufficient to extinguish the flames.

You might not know it, but you could be paying more than you need to for your home insurance premiums because you do not have a fire sprinkler system installed. Having a fire sprinkler will not only reduce the extent of the damages sustained by your property, but it can save you up to 15% of the current installment amount you are paying for your insurance. Therefore, installing a fire sprinkler system is a cost-effective solution to home fires for many homeowners.

Protect Your Home with ASCO Fire

At ASCO Fire, we are highly qualified and experienced in meeting all types of fire protection needs for all residential and commercial properties including installing fire sprinklers, alarms, and smoke detector systems. We also offer preventative fire safety services such as testing, inspection, maintenance, and repair services for all types of fire protection systems and equipment to help you prevent any fire-related incidents. Additionally, our dedicated team also offers engineering services that adhere to fire code requirements, such as hazard analysis, hydraulic calculations, and fire plan review.

To learn more about the comprehensive selection of fire-safety services ASCO Fire offers, please feel free to contact us today.