Independent guide
A first-enquiry checklist for a sprinkler-system project
A safe way to organise the facts a competent fire-protection or irrigation specialist will need.
Updated 2026-09-10
State the application in the first line
Say whether the enquiry concerns building fire protection, a domestic garden, commercial landscape, sports surface or another application. If fire protection is involved, identify the building use and whether the work is new, altered or existing. Avoid asking a general equipment seller to infer the safety objective from a parts list.
Attach current site information
Provide available drawings, photographs and known water-supply information, clearly labelled with dates. Mark the areas in scope and anything uncertain. For an existing system, include labels, previous reports and known alterations without opening valves or dismantling equipment merely to gather information.
Ask who owns each design decision
Request a written explanation of the design basis, applicable guidance or standards, survey needs, interfaces with other work and responsibility for approvals. Approved Document B guidance applies to common building situations; complex fire strategies need project-specific professional judgement and agreement with the appropriate control body.
Finish with handover and maintenance
Ask what drawings, certificates, operating information and test records will be supplied, and what ongoing inspection or maintenance the system will require. Record exclusions and assumptions. A low headline price is difficult to assess if commissioning, documentation, access work or later attendance is omitted.