Some time ago, the cover plate of the fire sprinkler on the ceiling of my second floor was knocked loose and fell off. This happened because my son fell on the third floor and accidentally hit the spot where the second-floor fire sprinkler was located. I knew nothing about this kind of thing and was really worried that water would start spraying out immediately! I quickly reached out on Yelp to several licensed fire protection service providers, hoping someone could help reinstall it as soon as possible. Leon from Central Fire Protection & Services was the fastest to respond--within ten minutes! I asked Leon if he could come quickly to help me replace and install it because I had to go out the next day. Leon asked me to send him photos and a short video. After reviewing them, he reassured me that there was no need to worry, that it wasn't a big problem, and told me to just contact him again after I got home. When we returned from our trip, I contacted Leon right away. Leon patiently and thoroughly guided me online on how to choose the correct new cover plate, how to purchase it, and explained that once I received the parts, I could actually install it myself. Even after receiving the new part, I still insisted on having Leon come install it, since I'm not a professional. But Leon kindly and carefully walked me through the installation step by step. Finally, with Leon's help, I successfully installed the new cover plate! I was so happy--not just because Leon provided all this guidance for free and never tried to take advantage of me, but also because through Leon, I learned something new myself. Now, with immense gratitude, I'm writing this review to give Leon the highest praise for his professionalism, honesty, dedication, and his willingness to go above and beyond. I recommend Leon to all my friends. I myself work in professional consulting, and Leon's values completely align with mine: not putting profit first, but putting truly helping others first! It's because of people like Leon that our world becomes a better place. (Oh, and even when I insisted that Leon give me a quote earlier, the service price he offered was extremely reasonable.) Thank you, Leon! read more

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I needed a 5 year inspection for a commercial warehouse, Leon was responsive and very professional in his approach, something sorely lacking now and refreshing to encounter. He had to interact with my tenant, I did not need to be there, payment was easy. If you need anything done with sprinklers, I would strongly recommend him. read more

I accidentally went too far when drilling a hole in my wall and sprung a leak from the fire sprinkler pipe. Leon answered right away and came over really quick. I can instantly tell he was a true professional knowing what to do right away and completed the fix in a very timely matter. He is also a very kind person and offered sound advice for drying out the affected area. I also ended up paying less than the initial quoted amount. Great guy, great service! read more

Very responsive, very professional. Leon was great, personable, and highly competent. He was available the following morning. He arrived a few minutes before the scheduled time. Used shoe coverings, communicated the work to be done and completed as promised. I highly recommend his work. read more

Leon is very helpful, easy to work with, came on time as promised, finished the job efficiently. read more

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Leon responded within minutes to my quote request and said he was available to come out next day. He answered all my questions while quickly and cleanly repairing a leaky fire sprinkler head in my living room. Leon was efficient and fair. Certainly will call again if the need arises! read more

Leon is genuinely fabulous. This company has been so much nicer to work with than the other that we were initially talking to. He is super thorough and also very patient with my scheduling constraints and changes. For my sprinklers he did an amazing , thorough job and was very clean with his inspections: also very thorough with instructions to make sure we don't end up with a suprise leak. We will definitely be using him when we are ready to replace our sprinkler heads. Also appreciate the honestly of what's involved with our old/large project. read more

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This is the third time we called Leon for Emergency! We had water main pipe leak twice and then a sprinkler head leak. The system was installed by previous house owner so we had no idea what to do with the issues. Leon picked up in no time and showed up within 30 minute with solution. Leon is our lifesaver! I wound not hesitate to call them if you have any issue. read more

The previous reviewer obviously has a better luck. When I called for our plate fell off, I was told "too small a job. Sorry, can't help you". read more

Wanted to do a safety check on our sprinkler system and Leon was fantastic! Walked us through the inspection and gave us great advice on things to check and when to consider changes. Great knowledge and great care for a new customer and now a customer forever! read more

I contacted them about week ago to a take look my fire sprinkler system and they finished everything in one week. If you're looking for someone who can do your fire sprinkler system I would love to recommend them. They finished up my project very fast with high quality materials without any problems and they passed inspection there. Their price was fair comparing to other companies read more

Great experience, quality work, highly recommend! The prices were very fair and both the leak repair and sprinkler system testing went smooth. read more

Central Fire Protection installed sprinklers system in my house. Central Fire helped us with preparation of the Sprinklers system plans and submit them to the county for approval. My builder loved working with them and I feel safer knowing how well the system was installed and passed all county inspections. Recently, I needed their help with my system and they responded so quickly, explaining everything about my set up. My friend used them 5 years ago, I used them this year and plan to work with them anytime in the future. Great and knowledgeable people with quick response time. I couldn't ask for anything more. Thank you! read more

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Our home builder over-tightened a spacer when installing a ceiling sprinkler head and it developed a major leak after a few years. I called Leon and he ordered the replacement part at his supplier and gave me simple instructions to fix the issue myself. Wow! This saved me $750 and only took a few minutes to fix. Only a company (and team) with remarkable integrity would offer free advice and call in a part order instead of charging for a quick service visit. This is why Leon has a 5 star average on Yelp and Google! read more

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Our HOA mandated the replacement of all recalled fire sprinkler heads. Leon of Central Fire Protection & Services came highly recommended, so after getting the run-around by a larger company (Sta**omm), which took several phone calls and lengthy phone discussions just to finally have a quote a week later, I sent him a message. Leon immediately responded to every text message I sent, only asking for pictures of the markings on the spares of the recalled heads found in my garage, and he gave me a no-fuss quote. He ordered the parts, and he scheduled the work within the same week. This afternoon, he arrived early, set up his equipment, and was very understanding about my concerns for potential drywall damage and dirt stains (my ceilings are non-glossy bright white, so smudges and breaks are almost impossible to fix). Leon said 3-4 hours for my unit (3 stories, 14 heads total), including draining the system, head replacement, vacuum testing, and re-pressurizing the system, and he was done at the time he promised. Not a single drywall break, not a single smudge, and he kept diligently cleaning up after himself. Did I mention that he was about 20% cheaper than the big guys, too? Two thumbs up, five stars, and a big Thank You! read more

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Leon responded promptly in the morning to my late night yelp request for an estimate, scheduled a same day appt, showed up slightly early, carefully removed and replaced the broken sprinkler head without breaking the pipe using several specialized tools. Highly recommend and would call him first for anything related to our house fire sprinkler system. Knowledgable, fast, and efficient service to get the job done right! read more

Efficient , responsive and prompt ! Responded quickly and got the job done .Highly recommend

I cannot recommend Leon and his company enough. We had a large project in our house, and after suffering from a bad GC and his terrible subs, Leon came in to save our massive renovation project. He had great comms from the very start, a clear proposal, and was super timely in his execution. Made corrections on his own when he saw issues. His team was on point and on time - always. Over the past more than one year of working together, I even came to seek his advice on other things--just a great guy doing great work. P.S. I had quotes from four other fire protection companies. He was not just reasonable but the only guy that I instantly felt like he knew his stuff cold. read more

My house has a water leak from ceiling. We found out it is the fire sprinkler in the attic is leaking water and contact Central Fire. Leon is very responsive, he gives us the quote and also scheduled to check the issue the next day morning. He fixed the leaking within 15 mins and stay for 10 more minutes to check for the water after reopening the valve. Leon is very professional and also friendly to work with. I will definitely recommend Central Fire to anyone who needs the fire protection service in Bay Area. read more

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Punctual, showed up on time as expected, repair took about 10minutes. Cure time was a a few hours. Recieved a 30minute heads up that they were on the way back to do a pressure check. Pressure test was successful, assisted in resetting our fire alarm. Great, fast, and friendly service All members wore face masks and protective booties while on premises. read more

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Leon was super easy to work with. From our initial call, onsite inspection/quote , everything was as discussed. Arrived on time and final price was within our original quote. Quality work with reasonable prices. Highly recommend. read more

Leon helped us on a Sunday! His day-off! We had a very bad fire sprinkler leak. He was punctual and arrived right on time. He is very knowledgeable in his craft. He did an extremely thorough Job fixing the leaking fire sprinkler. He is very knowledgeable and fun to talk to as well. He charged us exactly what he had quoted over the phone. He is our fire sprinkler go to expert for life. Thanks Leon! Give him a call if you need help - You will not be disappointed. read more

We were in need to relocate a few sprinklers, so I shopped around at a few places and Leon gave us the best quote. I don't even want to mention some of the ridiculous quotes I got from other companies. The day of a visit Leon came on time, answered all the questions and did a great job! All was done as promised and on time and to our satisfaction. He is now my go to guy for all the fire protection services and equipment. Highly recommend! read more

Leon and his crew did a good job for our Foster City school. From the design to construction till final inspection, he's very professional and supportive for all the testing and collaborating with the other contractors. So thankfully we passed the inspection! Thank you! read more

I had an issue with a sprinkler head on a Friday night and Leon was super fast to respond and came out the very next day. They put in a spare head so I could get my water back on without waiting. While they were here, they noticed I was missing a Fire Sprinkler box with spare heads that is needed as part of code (and also allows for an easy fix in the future). So they ordered the correct head, sprinkler box with spare heads, and a 1" shutoff valve per my request. They came back on Monday to put the correct head in, installed a 1" shut off valve and sprinkler box with heads. Now in the future I can turn off the sprinklers without shutting down the whole house and I have a spare head I can change myself in minutes. Leon takes pride in his business and followed up to make sure I was happy with my service. I had a couple issues and he worked to resolve them and make sure I was happy. Their team was knowledgeable, friendly and did quality work - albeit they do charge an absolute premium for that trifecta. Make sure to get price quotes up front and make sure you're good with the prices and you should be good to go. read more

Leon is professional, punctual and courteous. Really easy and pleasant to work with and did an excellent and clean job on my water flow detector / switch replacement. Great end to end experience from initial call to service completion! read more

Leo made a effort to make us happy with our sprinkler system. Installed a low profile hidden sprinkler heads. Great job.

On a small weekend project, we used our stud finder to drill a drywall screw into, alas, the Fire Sprinkler System pipe. A small but powerful stream of water gushed out the wall and we had to shut off the main water supply to the house. We found Central Fire Protection on Yelp with rave reviews. We sent description and a picture. Leon, the owner, was fast to reply. Communication was responsive and clear. Leon himself was out here in no time - on a SUNDAY morning!!! Relaxed, reassuring, having all parts and equipment to mend our mishap, he quickly attended to the problem. Being first time home owners, the situation was extremely stressful for us. Leon took his time to explain options and consider our preferences. He worked quickly (not hastily), calm, clean and organised. It was impressive to watch. We hope to never experience a Fire Sprinkler System emergency, but we are at ease, knowing we found Leon and Central Fire Protection to turn to in our time of need. Responsive, pleasant and fair. Letting a stranger into your home, especially in a stressful situation, is not a comfortable feeling. We found Leon to be friendly yet respectful, knowledgeable and professional while open to explain, listen and take into consideration the customer's preferences while insisting on his professional integrity. We HIGHLY recommend Leon and Central Fire Protection! read more

Great service same day, great quality work. Would use them again for fire sprinkler service

great services tendered: Arrive on time, and professional with courtesy. Price charged as quoted. read more

Our fire sprinkler suddenly started leaking in our house spilling water all over. It was after business hours and Leon came to our rescue within an hour of calling! He was very professional, showed us where the actual cracked pipe was after having to cut into our ceiling due to no attic access, as well as educated us on how to stop a leak in the event it ever happened again. He even waited around to make sure the pipe was dried and worked. Central Fire will be our first call if this ever happened again. Thank you! read more

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There is a reason why you see all these five star reviews! Leon is responsive, respectable timely, and knows his job! He's fast to respond in an emergency situation too. This is one contractor I'm definitely putting in my contacts! Thank you Leon! read more

During yesterday's high wind and rain one of my fire sprinkler heads suddenly began dripping water non-stop. I called Central Fire Protection and Services at 10 AM on Sunday, and Leon advised it may only be a roof leak. He also explained over the phone the cost of a diagnostic (verifying that it wasn't a sprinkler head problem) and the price of a replacement (if it was). I didn't want to risk the case of a total head failure so I requested he come by. He arrived by 1:30 PM, climbed into the attic, and discovered that fortunately the leak was from the riser, not the sprinkler. It was well worth having Leon come over, saving uncertainty and aggravation. Leon certainly knows his craft. read more

Leon is responsive, professional, does high quality work, and gets it done quickly. I reached out to Leon for my house fire sprinkler upgrade project, and he is amazingly fast! He drove the progress all the way from submitting plans, updating it according to city comments, resubmitting to get the permit, finishing the work within the same day, scheduling an inspection and passed it. I highly recommend Leon for any fire sprinkler related projects. read more

I am so grateful for their help. I reached out via Yelp to ask them to check on an outside fire alarm that seems to keep ringing (on the outside wall of our house) and was flagged by our HOA. Leon was very helpful and offered to stop by to take a look quickly. It ended up not being the fire alarm that was the problem, so he gave me some good tips and direct me in the right area to fix. He didn't even charge us for the time he took to come by, and even though we didn't end up needing his service, it shows us what a great business he runs and we will definitely keep his shop in mind whenever the need arises. read more

Had an amazing experience with Leon when he relocated a sprinkler line for me. He was very professional, knowledgeable, and responsive. Look no further. This is you go to company!! read more

Our fire sprinkler on the porch of our HOA building was corroded due to salty air. Called Leon at Central Fire Protection and Services to see if he could do a replacement. He responded promptly and asked for pictures. Once he saw how corroded, he let us know we may need pipe replacement too. He provided a reasonable quote and we scheduled the job. Leon arrived, assessed the sprinkler and pipe in person and was able to replace the sprinkler without cutting into ceiling. He also pointed out our original gauges needed replacement, which he was able to replace same day. He was professional, very fast and did a great job. I highly recommend this company. read more

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Leon and his associate were very knowledgeable, honest and professional. Very reasonable price for the service they provided. I highly recommend them. They replaced the check valve on our fire sprinkler system riser which was causing a lot of water hammer noise. Did the repair in 30 mins. Very satisfied customer. read more

Leon was awesome. He was incredibly responsive, explained everything before he did the work, and walked me through all the potential scenarios. I'd call Leon for any fire suppression needs at my home. Overall, just a terrific experience. read more

My dad moved into a new building for his work and needed to get his sprinkler system and fire extinguishers serviced. I shopped around at a few places for him and most were unable to service, too expensive, or too far. The owner that answered the phone gave me a pretty good estimate on what kinds of costs we were looking at. He was very punctual and did all the work himself fast and efficiently. He also went above and beyond and drilled and hung some new signs and safety measures for us. The end total was a little more than what we had expected but he was so kind to allow us to split payment and post date a payment too. I would highly recommend these guys for your next fire extinguisher needs. read more