San Pedro Restaurant Sprinkler Repair

What usually needs fixing in a restaurant system

Most restaurant sprinkler repairs start with one of a few problems. Kitchens are hard on heads. Heat, grease and steam from the cooking line reach the heads near it, and staff, carts and stacked boxes knock into the ones in storage rooms, walk-ins and back hallways.

• Heads loaded with grease or paint, replaced with a head of the same type and temperature rating.
• Bent, cracked or bumped heads.
• Drips at a head, leaks at a fitting, or a branch line that weeps.
• Gauges that read wrong, and valves that stick or won't seat.
• Missing cover plates and ceiling gaps around heads after a remodel.

San Pedro faces the Pacific, so marine air reaches pipe and fittings. Rust shows up on exposed parts first. While on site for a repair, the technician looks over exposed pipe, hangers and valve trim and tells you about any corrosion before it turns into the next leak.

San Pedro restaurants follow the LAFD program

San Pedro isn't a separate city. It joined Los Angeles in 1909, so a restaurant here falls under the Los Angeles Fire Department's periodic testing program, Chief's Regulation 4, which the CR4 Unit of the Bureau of Fire Prevention & Public Safety runs. Wet sprinkler systems are tested every 5 years under CR4. Dry-pipe, pre-action and deluge systems are tested every year.

Two deadlines come with the program. The certified tester submits results through The Compliance Engine within 7 days. Defects must be corrected within 30 days. That's your repair window. Send us the deficiency list from your report and we'll quote the fixes. For questions about the rules themselves, check the LAFD Chief's Regulation 4 page.

If a head is spraying water

Close the sprinkler control valve to stop the flow, then call us. Don't wait. With that valve shut, your restaurant has no sprinkler protection, so treat the system as out of service until the head or pipe is repaired and the valve is open again.

The hood system is a separate job

The suppression system over your fryers and ranges isn't part of the sprinkler system. It uses wet chemical, is inspected every 6 months under NFPA 96 and NFPA 17A, and has fusible links that are replaced at least twice a year; we handle it through kitchen fire suppression service in San Pedro. Kitchens with a hood system also need a Class K extinguisher, covered under fire extinguisher service.

Who does the work

Hedrick Fire Protection does 1 Pro Fire's California work. Hedrick holds C-16 (fire protection) and C-10 (electrical) contractor licenses, and the California State Fire Marshal licenses it under Title 19 for inspection, testing and maintenance of water-based fire protection systems.

Need routine work instead? See restaurant sprinkler inspections for scheduled visits, or fire sprinkler service for other building types. For sites outside San Pedro, see restaurant sprinkler repair in Los Angeles County and Orange County, or go back to the San Pedro fire protection hub.

To schedule a restaurant sprinkler repair in San Pedro, call us at (213) 568-0188 or email us at socal@1profire.com

Restaurant sprinkler repair questions

Are you located in San Pedro?

We serve San Pedro street addresses in the 90731 and 90732 ZIP codes. The other two San Pedro codes, 90733 and 90734, are PO Box only.

I heard the fire department moved to a multi-year cycle. Is that right?

Partly. The 5-year cycle is CR4 testing for wet systems. NFPA 25 still calls for quarterly and annual inspections between those tests.

Can we just clean grease off a sprinkler head?

No. NFPA 25 calls for replacing heads that are loaded with grease or paint, because a coated head may not open at its rated temperature.

Does the technician bring the equipment?

Yes. The technician brings their own tools.