Residential fire sprinklers for Maryland homes, priced in the open.
Maryland requires sprinklers in every new house. We design and install 13D systems, fix the ones already in your walls, and publish our pricing, which nobody else in this state does.
- Published 13D pricing
- State Fire Marshal licensed
- Homeowners and custom builders
- Well-water systems designed right
Charles & Eastern Shore: (240) 222-5257 · Anne Arundel: (443) 775-2964
A house fire can turn deadly in about two minutes. A sprinkler head answers in seconds.
Modern furnishings burn fast and produce toxic smoke, which is why Maryland stopped treating home sprinklers as optional: since 2016 every new one- and two-family dwelling in the state needs an NFPA 13D system, and Anne Arundel County has required them since 2009, townhomes included. Each head opens individually at roughly 155 degrees, so a fire in one room meets water in that room within moments, while the rest of the house stays dry. Most home fires are held by one or two heads before the fire department arrives.
We work on the residential side only: homeowners, custom-home builders, and owner-builders. The commercial fire protection companies do not want your townhome repair call, and their pricing is built for stadiums. Ours is built for houses and published on the cost page.
Install it, fix it, inspect it, document it.
New-construction 13D systems
Maryland requires sprinklers in every new one- and two-family home. We design, install, and run the acceptance test, with plans in your permit set from the first submittal.
Well-water sprinkler systems
Rural builds need a stored-water tank and booster pump behind the pipe. We design the whole supply side and publish what it adds to the budget.
Repairs and leaking heads
Every Maryland townhome built in the last fifteen years has a system in it. Weeping heads, painted heads, frozen runs, and shut valves are quick fixes when handled promptly.
Inspections and resale checks
An hour-long system check with a written report, for sales, insurance discounts, and peace of mind. The most common finding is a control valve someone shut years ago.
Backflow preventer testing
Sprinkler systems on public water carry a backflow device the water utility wants tested. We test, tag, and file the paperwork.
Annapolis historic district retrofits
The city’s retrofit program has an April 2027 deadline and a 1 percent loan to fund the work. Old buildings take special design, and we cover it in detail.
The numbers, up front.
New-construction 13D systems run roughly $1.35 to $1.60 per sprinklered square foot on public water. Retrofits run $2 to $7 per square foot depending on access and finishes. A well-fed system adds a 300 to 500 gallon storage tank and booster pump, typically $3,000 to $6,000. No fire sprinkler contractor in Maryland publishes these numbers; we do, with worked examples, on the cost guide, and every written quote itemizes against the same table.
County by county, with the local rules spelled out.
Each county section covers its own housing, water, and permit path, including the City of Annapolis’s separate permit office and the Eastern Shore’s well-fed systems.
Waldorf · St. Charles · La Plata · White Plains
Annapolis · Severna Park · Glen Burnie · Crofton
Centreville · Chester · Stevensville · Grasonville
Get the number for your project.
A written quote against published pricing, for a new build, a repair, or an inspection, anywhere in Maryland.