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Warehouse sprinkler systems in Kettering

Warehouse sprinkler systems installed, serviced and checked against your racking and stock, to BS EN 12845 and the LPC Rules, with tanks and pumps.

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  • ISO 9001, the certification insurers look for
  • BS EN 12845 · LPC Rules
  • Free survey, fixed price in writing, no travel charge

What is different about warehouses and distribution

Warehouse sprinkler systems usually need another look after new racking, a change of stock, an insurer asking questions, or when a unit has outgrown the system it was built with. Sentry Sprinkler Protection installs and services sprinkler systems for warehouses and distribution, to BS EN 12845 and the LPC Rules. A warehouse sprinkler system is designed around what you store and how high you stack it, not around the floor area. That is why the same shed can be compliant one year and under-designed the next without a single pipe being touched: the racking went up, or the stock changed, and the hazard classification moved underneath it.

  • Hazard classification is the whole design

    Ordinary Hazard 1 to 4, or High Hazard for storage. It sets the density the system has to deliver and the water supply behind it. Raising storage height or changing what you store can move you up a class, and the system does not move with you.

  • In-rack sprinklers change the job

    Above a certain storage height, roof-level protection alone will not do it and sprinklers go inside the racking. That changes the pipework, the water demand and what happens every time the racking layout is altered.

  • Clearance below the heads

    The commonest fault we find, and the cheapest to fix. Stock stacked into the clearance zone stops the spray pattern developing, and a system that cannot wet the floor is not doing what it was designed to do whatever the certificate says.

  • The insurer is usually stricter than the law

    For warehousing, the binding constraint is almost always the policy rather than Approved Document B. That is worth knowing before a renewal rather than during one.

What we do for these buildings

This work, on our sites

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From first call to certificate

Four steps, the same on every job.

  1. A sprinkler layout drawing marked up on site during a survey
    01

    Free survey

    We look at the building and its records, and tell you what it is due.

  2. A sprinkler installation drawing open on a laptop on site
    02

    Fixed price in writing

    Every item priced line by line. No survey fee, nothing added afterwards.

  3. An engineer installing sprinkler pipework from a scissor lift
    03

    The work, on your dates

    Isolation agreed before anyone arrives, kept as short as the job takes.

  4. A bank of sprinkler alarm valve sets with gauges in a plant room
    04

    Certificate and record

    A certificate and a photographed defect list, ready for your insurer.

  5. Start

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Tell us what you need. We will tell you what it takes.

Four quick taps and your details. A free survey and a fixed price in writing, with no survey fee and no obligation.

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What do you need?

Pick one. The next questions follow from it.

What kind of building is it?
How tall is the building?
What is happening?
Which part needs looking at?
Where is the project?
When is it due?
How soon do you need us?
Who do we ring back?

Usually the same working day. We never share your details.

No survey fee, no obligation. ISO 9001:2015 certified.

Warehouses and distribution: questions

We have raised our racking. Does the system still cover it?

Possibly not, and this is the single commonest reason a warehouse system stops being compliant without anybody touching it. Storage height feeds directly into the hazard classification, and a system designed for a lower stack can be left under-designed by a racking change alone. It is a survey question rather than a paperwork one: we measure what is there now against what the system was designed to deliver.

Do we need sprinklers inside the racking?

It depends on the storage height, what is stored and the roof height above it. Past a certain point, roof-level protection cannot get water down into the stack fast enough and in-rack sprinklers become the practical answer. It is a design decision made from the actual racking layout, which is why we want to see it rather than a floor plan.

Our unit is being re-let to a different tenant. What changes?

Potentially the hazard classification, which is the thing that matters. A unit that held furniture and now holds aerosols or plastics is a different fire risk with the same pipework in the roof. A change of use is the right moment to check the design, because it is the moment an insurer will.

How disruptive is servicing a live distribution centre?

Less than most people expect if it is planned. The weekly and monthly checks are non-intrusive. The work that needs isolation is the annual, and on a building with zone valves that can be taken a section at a time, out of hours, so the floor keeps running. We agree the isolation plan before the visit rather than on the day.

Forty more Questions and answers Certification, coverage, quotes, payment terms and how the work runs. Every interval, explained Written against the standards Intervals, riser testing, pump performance and what an insurer asks for.

Worth reading first

The published documents behind this page

Every interval and threshold on this page comes from one of these. Links go to the publisher, not to a copy of the document.

British Standards are copyright documents and most are bought rather than read free. We hold the ones we work to. If you need to know what one of them says about your building, ask us rather than buying it.

A warehouse sprinkler system, in 3D

Roof heads, in-rack sprinklers on two levels, the tank and the pumps. Start a fire low in the racking and watch the system deal with it.

Illustration only. Not a design.

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Drag to turn it. Ctrl + scroll to zoom. Click any part to see what it is.

The building

High racking, one big volume. A tank and pump set are the usual supply.

Fire protection
Riser

Risers are for buildings with upper floors.

Watch it happen, one step at a time.

Click any part of the model, or any part in the list below, to see what it does and how often it is tested.

Your system

What it needs
  • Weekly tank level check, pump start test, alarm motor test, system checks
  • Quarterly flow switch and alarm test
  • Annual tank inspection and clean, pump performance test under flow, valve set strip, clean and rebuild, full service
Book a free survey for this system

Or ring 07927 555475.

Illustration only. This model shows how a fire sprinkler system works. It is not a design for any real building, and the layout, pipe sizes, head spacing, water supply and riser positions in it are not the ones your building would need. Every real system is designed for its building after a survey, to BS EN 12845, BS 9251 or BS 9990.

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Certified, and audited on a schedule.

ISO 9001, certified by BRE Global and accredited by UKAS. Somebody independent audits how every job is planned, recorded and signed off, on a schedule.

BRE Global Certification and UKAS Management Systems 0007

ISO 9001:2015

Certified by BRE Global, accredited by UKAS

An audited quality management system. It means the way a job is planned, recorded and signed off is itself inspected by somebody independent, on a schedule.

Working to BS EN 12845, BS 9251 and BS 9990. If your insurer or fire risk assessor wants the certificates themselves, ring us and we will send them over.

5.0 on Google

3 reviews, and every one of them five stars.

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  • Lewis W. Sprinkler installation, warehouse

    Had them install a full sprinkler system across one of our warehouses, and couldn't be happier. They were professional from start to finish and the on-site team were genuinely friendly to work with. […] Highly recommend if you would need your building or warehouse properly fire-protected.

    5 stars on Google

  • Mike C. Weekly maintenance, testing and repair

    Sentry Sprinkler Protection have recently taken over the weekly maintenance, testing and repair of the […] sprinkler equipment. They are providing a excellent service, good value and they are also very helpful when on site.

    5 stars on Google

  • Sam E. Sprinkler pipework installation

    Couldn't recommend [Sentry] enough. Their work ethic, consistent efficient install of the pipework and overall approach to a project should be something every sub-contractor strives to mirror. Marius is incredibly approachable and methodical in his work with laydown areas kept very neat and tidy and all work carried out in a safe manner.

    5 stars on Google

Tell us the building. We will tell you what it is due.

No survey fee to find out where you stand. Describe the site and we will tell you which intervals apply and what the visit involves.

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Kettering · Corby · Wellingborough · Northampton · Rushden · Daventry · Market Harborough · Bedford and England, from our base in Kettering
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