BlazeMaster^® Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems

You never know when or where a fire will start in a home. In fact, fire kills more people in the United States annually than all natural disasters combined. On average, nearly 4,000 people will die in fires each year, 82 percent in their own homes.

That’s why today’s top builders include residential sprinkler systems – like BlazeMaster^® CPVC pipe and fittings – as standard features in their new homes. Costing as little as 1-1½ percent of total construction costs, residential sprinkler systems provide added peace of mind for your buyers and a great competitive advantage for you.

Today, there are two options when designing a fire sprinkler system for one- and two-family dwellings. A fire sprinkler system can be designed as separate “stand-alone” or dedicated system or the fire sprinkler system can be combined with the cold water plumbing system to form a “multipurpose system”. At BlazeMaster Fire Sprinkler Systems, we believe that a stand-alone fire sprinkler system is best, but if you decide to install a multipurpose fire sprinkler/plumbing system, BlazeMaster and FlowGuard Gold^® Pipe and Fittings are the perfect combination. Easy maintenance, a faster, easier installation process, corrosion resistance, which results in a longer life expectancy than metallic systems and best of all, a lower, total installed cost than either a steel or a PEX system make BlazeMaster and FlowGuard Gold Pipe and Fittings the industry’s standard in multipurpose system. BlazeMaster Fire Sprinkler Systems also has more approvals and listings than any other non-metallic fire sprinkler systems. This means there’s more flexibility for where and how the system can be installed. To clarify, below is a direct comparison chart of a BlazeMaster/FlowGuard Gold Multipurpose System to a PEX multipurpose system.

BlazeMaster/FlowGuard Gold Multipurpose System		vs.  PEX Multipurpose System
•	BlazeMaster pipe and fittings are specifically designed for fire sprinkler systems. FlowGuard Gold pipe and fitting are specifically designed for plumbing systems. Together, they are the best multipurpose system.	•	PEX is specifically designed for plumbing systems.
•	Is the only multipurpose system that a fire sprinkler contractor can install.	•	Fire sprinkler installers do not install PEX piping systems.
•	More water volume is dispersed due to larger inner pipe diameter size - 13.5 SDR.	•	Less water volume is dispersed due to smaller inner pipe diameter size (¾” for PEX)
•	Requires fewer sprinkler heads; approved for extended throw and sidewall sprinklers.	•	Extended throw sprinklers require greater pressure – PEX literally can’t handle the pressure.
•	Lower installed cost -Extended throw sprinklers reduce head count by 25% -Less pipe needed means less material and lower labor costs	•	PEX systems require more pipe and more sprinkler heads than CPVC systems — meaning greater material and labor costs.
•	Can be installed in stand-alone or multipurpose systems.	•	PEX can only be installed in a multipurpose.
•	Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI) of 60 -LOI is the percentage of oxygen needed to support combustion. Any material with an LOI above 21% will not burn under normal atmospheric conditions. This means CPVC cannot burn by itself. It will not ignite unless a heat source is present, and will stop burning once the heat source is removed or extinguished.	•	Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI) of 17-18 which indicates that PEX does ignite and burn under normal atmospheric conditions.
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•	BlazeMaster CPVC can handle intense heat and can be installed exposed or behind drywall.	•	PEX can only be installed behind drywall.
•	CPVC has nearly 50 years of proven performance in water distribution and 20 + years in fire sprinkler applications.	•	In the U.S., PEX piping has been primarily used in plumbing applications with little track record in fire sprinkler installations.