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Bedridden pensioner Eunice Kelly lights a cigarette in her bed. Accidentally, the ashes caused a fire

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Imagine you were living in the same tower block

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One of two things
could’ve happened:

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Scenario one

Fire will spread…
first throughout her flat and then to 57 other homes in her block. Next day,
You’re left homeless, reeling over the lost of life and belongings. Another tragedy that could’ve easily been avoided.

Scenario Two

Fire will burn her bedsheets
but the sprinkler quickly douses the flames before it spreads.
She escapes with only minor burns. All people are safe and unaffected. The sprinklers protected her and you.

Good thing For Housing Group spent £5 million installing sprinklers on their 17 tower blocks, including Enfield House, where the fire happened.

It’s Too Early to Celebrate

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  • Was the Grenfell tragedy the last of its kind we’ll see?
    Not likely.
  • Only approximately 1000 out of 4200 blocks have been so far retrofit with sprinklers.
  • If the refurbishing continues at this rate…
    it will take until 2023 for remaining tower blocks to be fitted.
  • That means we have 3200 potential instances of a widespread fire in a tower block for the next 4 years.

Questions are:

  • Why don’t more property developers and managers install sprinklers?
  • Is it the cost?
  • Is it the effort required to install them to already occupied flats?

The Not So Obvious Benefits of Installing Sprinklers

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Increased “Kerb Appeal”

Property market trends say buyers looking at properties below the current 30 meter threshold won’t push through with the purchase unless the flats have sprinklers.

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Help Buyers Get a Mortgage

Some banks decline mortgage applications for properties without sprinklers.

Even if you get an interested buyer…

The purchase might not push through if the bank doesn’t see your property as a sound investment worthy of a mortgage.

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Property builders, if you want to recuperate your investment from the build, invest in sprinklers!

Not So Obvious Long Term Benefits of Having Sprinklers

3Future-Proof Your Builds Against Legislation Changes

Wales was the first country ever to make sprinklers a requirement in all new homes.

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Scotland will follow suit in autumn in 2019.

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England might follow suit and do the same.

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4Minimize Water Damage

Imagine: your flat is on fire, the fire brigade starts hosing down everything.

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A hose will discharge 600 litres of water per minute

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But a sprinkler will discharge
60 litres

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5Sprinklers Cost Less

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Sheffield Homes paid roughly £55,000 or roughly £1,150 per flat to install sprinklers in 47 flats, according to a report from the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association.

£1,150 might sound expensive to you,

than

Fire
Damage

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That is, until you have to pay £16,000 to repair one flat and 2 communal areas, which is exactly what happened to Sheffield Homes after 3 fires broke out in 2 unprotected towers.

The Main Benefits of Having Sprinklers in tower Blocks

6A 24-hour Fire Fighter on Stand-by

Sprinklers are your 24-hour Fire Fighter on stand by.
Fire alarms run out of batteries.
You won’t always be able to reach the fire extinguisher in time.
Sprinklers do all the work for you, even when you’re asleep.

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7Sprinklers Prevent Fire Growth

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Sprinklers reduce fire damage by up to 85% because they work immediately.

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They’re so effective that 4 sprinkler heads are enough to control 60% of fires according to Fire Safety Advice Centre UK.

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Sprinklers also buy people more time to evacuate, leading
to less casualties.

Can Your Building Afford Not to Invest in a Sprinkler System?

BlazeMaster CPVC Fire Sprinkler Systems

Compared to

Traditional steel sprinklers.

SAVE
20% to 30%

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