Fire sprinkler inspection and repair in the High Desert

Every winter a few High Desert sprinkler systems split a pipe, and the owner finds out when the ceiling stains or the bell rings. The rest of the year the calls are the ordinary ones: a painted head, a drip in the attic after a hot spell, a riser in the garage that got hit by a bumper, or a buyer asking for an inspection report.

An inspection checks heads, valve, gauges, flow switch and alarm and produces a written report. Freeze repair replaces the split run and any heads that went with it, then tests the system, and a good contractor tells you what in the design let it freeze so it does not happen again. Recalled heads, where a tract has them, get replaced as a set.

If you own a sprinklered house anywhere from Hesperia up to Lucerne Valley, a fall check before the first hard freeze is the best money in this trade.

Ranges and their sources are on the 5 year inspection page, and the area overview is on the High Desert page.