Exterior Fire Sprinkler Heads?

I walked through an apartment complex end of last week and found these smoke alarms above every door. They have the small glass piece in them and im afraid that even a softwash will break them. Has anyone found a plastic box or something that fits over these? Or what was your solution to protecting them?

Walmart sacks.

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Rinsing should be easy-peasy…

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And if you can’t get your local Walmart to pony up… we buy these a few times a year:

You guys think bags will be enough to protect the glass vial? Im not saying im going to be blasting the smoke detector with my shooter tip but I just want to make sure everything is protected from accidents.

Oh, I would tell my crew not to spray within 2 feet of that sucker…with the fan tip.

Those are sprinklers, not alarms. The glass will only pop by heat or if you directly hit them, pretty hard.

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I’m surprised you guys don’t know what a sprinkler head looks like.:face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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Yea thats what I meant. Just couldnt think of the word. Sometime me no good with words :slight_smile: I guess I always thought those glass vials were super fragile. If I can just cover them with a bag and wash around them then I should be just fine.

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Pretty sure we all knew, hence the

statement :rofl:

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We wash around literally thousands of them every year. No need to cover them, just don’t hit them with a straight stream. DO, however, bag and tap pull stations and tape keyholes.

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Thanks for the info guy! Myself nor the other guys in my area who i am friends with have seen these on the outside of the buildings. They really threw me for a loop.

Worst case scenario, that section rinses itself

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That’s funny

If I recall correctly, you keep one of these on every truck as well, just in case. Right?

https://www.google.com/search?q=sprinkler+shotgun

I keep wooden wedges, but they do the same thing basically

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