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Steele Services — Fire Protection Specialists

Inspection & Testing · Installation · Maintenance

Spray Booth Fire Suppression

We protect spray booths, mix rooms and paint lines to code, and service them around your production schedule.

Spray finishing is one of the few hazards with its own NFPA standard and its own insurance scrutiny. We protect booths and mix rooms with dry chemical and CO₂ systems, service them around your schedule, and keep the documentation ready when you or your insurer need it.

Automotive spray paint booth with suppression coverage
Spray booth · suppression coverage
Standard
NFPA 33 — Spray Application
Systems
Dry chemical, CO₂, sprinkler-protected booths
Scheduling
Serviced around your operating hours
Interlocks
Spray-stop and exhaust tested every visit
Clients
Dealerships, body shops, industrial finishing
Coverage
NJ · PA · DE — statewide

Core services

Inspection and testing, installation, maintenance.

We provide pricing and timing before any work begins, so you can plan around it.

01

Inspection & Testing

Semi-annual system service, plus the spray-stop and exhaust interlocks the code requires.

  • Semi-annual suppression service — links, nozzles, agent, actuation
  • Spray-stop interlock tested: discharge stops the guns
  • Exhaust interlock and airflow verification
  • Booth filter condition and grounding checks
  • Detailed reporting on every system
02

Installation & Coverage Changes

New and relocated booths, with coverage matched to the equipment inside.

  • New booth and mix room system installation
  • Nozzle coverage recalculated when equipment changes
  • Alarm tie-in and supervisory monitoring
  • AHJ submittals and acceptance
03

The Whole Shop

The booth is one of several systems in the building. We service the rest too — extinguishers, alarm and sprinkler.

  • Service bay extinguisher programs
  • Building alarm and sprinkler ITM under the same agreement
  • Inspection reports for each location kept together
  • Multi-site dealership groups on one calendar

Service frequencies

Booth suppression follows a semi-annual cycle, and the building systems around it follow their own — we put the whole shop on one calendar. Contact us and we'll get started on a walk-through and estimate.

Common deficiencies

What actually fails inspection.

These are the three findings we come in contact with the most on booth systems.

Inherited a system?

We onboard systems installed by other contractors. First visit is an inventory and a condition report — priced, itemized, no surprises.

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01

Spray guns that keep running after discharge

When the system discharges, the spray guns have to stop. If they keep running, the fire is still being fed paint. We test that interlock at every service.

NFPA 33 §9.7

02

Filters loaded past their pressure drop

Overloaded exhaust filters are both a fire load and an airflow problem. We read the pressure drop across the filter bank and tell you when the filters are due.

NFPA 33 §10.4

03

Coverage that predates the current equipment

Booths often get new lines, new racks, new curing gear. Nozzle coverage has to match the layout in use, so we check it against what is in the booth now.

NFPA 33 §9.4

Common Questions

Automotive Spray Booths — questions we get asked.

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How often does a spray booth suppression system need servicing?

Semi-annually per code, including nozzle inspection and fusible link replacement, plus cylinder and hydrostatic requirements on their own cycle.

Will service shut the shop down?

Not usually. Booth suppression service can be scheduled around your operating hours — we strive to keep the booth in compliance without taking you offline for a day.

Does the booth system tie into anything else?

Typically the exhaust fan, the spray application equipment and often the building alarm. Those interlocks are tested at every service.

Do I also need extinguishers around the booth?

Yes, and the service bays around it as well. Booth suppression and the extinguisher programme usually run under one agreement.

We work on what's already in your riser room

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No rip-and-replace pitch on the first visit. We hold current manuals and parts references for every line above — when a system genuinely can't be maintained any longer, we'll show you why before we quote a replacement.

Spray Booth Fire Suppression in trouble right now?

Call 1-888-306-8430 — the line is answered around the clock by a technician who can access your system information and start guidance on the phone.