Inventors began experimenting with automatic sprinklers around 1860. These systems started out as pipes with holes drilled in them. When a fire occurred, the water was turned on to control the fire.

Douglas County Commissioners tentatively approved changes Thursday to requirements for automatic fire-sprinkler systems in the Tahoe-Douglas Fire Protection District. The most recent ordinance ...

The most effective means of combating a fire in a residential occupancy is a properly designed, installed, and maintained fire sprinkler system. These systems use automatic fire sprinklers that ...

A multipurpose sprinkler system uses the home’s existing plumbing, which can reduce the cost to between $2 and $6 per square foot. This type of system is specifically designed for residential use, but ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

A sprinkler system employing automatic sprinklers attached to a piping system containing water and connected to a water supply so that water discharges immediately from sprinklers opened by heat from ...

The dawn of spring means time to think about lawn irrigation and sprinklers. But irrigation is so much more than sprinkler heads and plumbing lines. Smart technology and careful design are ...

Like many Washington area homeowners, Don and Cathy Ewan watched every year as their lawn turned from lush green in the spring to patchy brown in the summer. As the temperatures soared above 90, ...

For years, I battled clover, crabgrass and weeds in a struggle to keep my lawn healthy—and it’s a fight I lost over and over, resulting in a complete re-sodding of the property, heavy patch removal ...