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Originally Posted by Flyboy
To install a modern day sprinkler system in a block of six flats, would cost between about fifty and one hundred thousand pounds. That's a lot of carpets.
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Originally Posted by tdadyslexia
What a load of Rubbish.
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Actually Flyboy is close to the mark on that point.
When you factor in the cost of a new connection to the water main (firefighting & domestic supplies shouldn't run off the same pipework), excavation & reinstatement of the trench for the water pipes etc then it begins to become very expensive in some cases.
In Scotland it's now a legal requirement for Care Homes and the like to have full sprinkler systems in place. I work for the water authority and I've seen just how expensive these things can be, sometimes costing several hundred thousand pounds, especially when they're retrofitted to existing buildings that weren't designed with sprinkler systems in mind.
I'm not trying to have a go or anything, just giving you an idea of the work & costs involved.