Hi
Not sure if this is the right forum, but seemed the best match.
I am having a loft conversion done, and had the designer round recently.
To cut a long story short, all seems fine BUT I don't have a door to the kitchen, just a narrow(ish) archway.
Advice I have been given is "fit a door", with the alternative being "a sprinkler system might be an acceptable alternative - we are increasingly finding this is the case".
I know next to nothing about domestic sprinkler systems - interested to know if anyone has experience of them, pros/cons (specially cons - my wife is mainly concerned about accidental firing of the sprinkler; I am mainly concerned with some idea about water flow/pressure, because I would prefer to run one from the mains and not a storage tank in the loft).
If it helps.....
current water flow is 15l/min; planned work will take this up to 22l/min
Pressure is about 3bar (from memory - I am much more certain about flow)
single main to the house (and don't want a second main just for a sprinkler system, though I guess this is an option?).
One other thing....search of the web last night revealed a number of installers, and lots of fire safety advice saying that sprinklers are a good thing, but very little technical specification.....
Any advice appreciated
Dave
Not sure if this is the right forum, but seemed the best match.
I am having a loft conversion done, and had the designer round recently.
To cut a long story short, all seems fine BUT I don't have a door to the kitchen, just a narrow(ish) archway.
Advice I have been given is "fit a door", with the alternative being "a sprinkler system might be an acceptable alternative - we are increasingly finding this is the case".
I know next to nothing about domestic sprinkler systems - interested to know if anyone has experience of them, pros/cons (specially cons - my wife is mainly concerned about accidental firing of the sprinkler; I am mainly concerned with some idea about water flow/pressure, because I would prefer to run one from the mains and not a storage tank in the loft).
If it helps.....
current water flow is 15l/min; planned work will take this up to 22l/min
Pressure is about 3bar (from memory - I am much more certain about flow)
single main to the house (and don't want a second main just for a sprinkler system, though I guess this is an option?).
One other thing....search of the web last night revealed a number of installers, and lots of fire safety advice saying that sprinklers are a good thing, but very little technical specification.....
Any advice appreciated
Dave