JayHawk - Fire Sprinkler Co., Inc.

01/12/2012

Jayhawk Fire to Close Oklahoma Offices

Since 2009, the construction industry, along with most every other industry has seen a considerable down turn in volume and available work.  The effects of the recession has impacted almost every company.  Jayhawk Fire Sprinkler as a whole has been very fortunate to withstand the recession and are very optimistic about our future.  However, this has not come without sacrifice.

In the Summer of 2011, we made the difficult decision to cease normal day to day operations in our Tulsa and Oklahoma City offices.  We will continue to provide our services to clients in those markets on new projects but we will unable to continue our service, inspection, and our 24 hour emergency service in those cities.

Any questions or requests for our services on projects in Oklahoma may be sent to the Kansas City, Springfield, or Topeka offices.

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05/12/2009

MIC: What It Is and How to Treat It

For decades, the fire sprinkler industry has grown accustom to seeing various forms of corrosion in their fire sprinkler systems.  Recently, more attention has been given to a unique type of corrosion which has become more prevalent and is causing damage to sprinkler systems at alarming rates and costing business owners significant amounts of money. 
 
MIC is the industry term for microbiologically influenced corrosion.  MIC inside of sprinkler pipe is caused by several different types of microorganisms that combine with other elements present in sprinkler pipe to react to form tubercles and pits inside of sprinkler pipe.  These tubercles can grow to alarming sizes, and in some cases even obstructing entire pipes.  They create pinhole leaks and slime/sludge.  The slime/sludge can restrict the flow of water in the sp...

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