Sell Your Tulsa or OKC Home Faster With A Fire Sprinkler System

A lot of homes today are being built with fire sprinkler systems affording many perks to the homeowner. But if you’re a realtor, it can be hard to know how to market a sprinklered home, especially with the misconceptions buyers may have about a home fire sprinkler system. Thus, the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition made a video to help real estate professionals answer buyers’ concerns about these home fire sprinkler systems.

As shown in the video brings, fire sprinklers can actually be one of the main selling points for a home along with a good school system or great views. Fire sprinklers can protect families from one of their most dangerous threats – a home fire. According to the National Fire Protection Association, “9 out of 10 fire deaths happen at home.” So although many people think they may never experience a home fire, it is a real danger. Flashover, where the whole room is engulfed by a fire, can happen in just 3 minutes. Children can also be difficult to wake up so fire sprinklers can really help protect children in the event that a fire happened at night. As the Coalition noted, even if people do make it out of the house safely, they can lose items that can never be replaced including their pets.

Many people are already becoming more aware of the benefits of home fire sprinkler systems. As the video pointed out, a recent Harris Poll showed that “74% say they’d be more likely to buy a home with fire sprinklers than one without.” So although Tulsa or OKC realtors may be hesitant at first to point out fire sprinkler systems in the home, buyers are really in approval of these fire suppression systems, especially when they understand how they really work.

There’s a common incorrect idea about fire sprinkler systems often based on movies and television that all of the fire sprinklers will activate if one senses a fire or smoke. But that is not the case. Only the fire sprinkler closest to the flames will activate and most often “just one fire sprinkler will control or put out the fire,” the video related. Fire sprinklers, the Coalition noted, “work individually . . . in response to the high temperatures of a fire not burnt toast or steam from a shower or interconnected smoke alarms.” Temperatures need to get between 135 and 165 degrees Fahrenheit to engage a fire sprinkler.


Other selling points for home sprinkler systems included the home insurance discounts that many companies offer for homes with a sprinkler. And fire sprinkler systems are great for the environment because there is less pollution from a fire and less water used to put out a fire.


 Real estate agents in Tulsa and Oklahoma City can be confident in selling a home with a fire sprinkler system installed. The benefits of these fire suppression systems are almost to many to count. For more information on selling a home with a fire sprinkler system, visit the Coalition’s Guide for Real Estate Professionals.


The Tulsa and OKC fire suppression experts at Mac Systems can also provide more helpful information on home and commercial fire sprinklers systems as well as complete fire alarm and detection systems and fire alarm monitoring.