Jack,
I don't know about down there, but common sense never enters the
picture up here. What sells is a fancy washer and dryer, not a
sprinkler system. Given a choice, most building owners would not put
sprinkler in, unless they've had a fire, it's required by Code or
they can recover the cost in insurance savings.
At 02:18 AM 4/26/2007, you wrote:
John
Is that only me not getting it or are we (in Australia as well as USA and
Canada and New Zealand,....) missing the "common sense"?
1- The cost to sprinkler a house is comparable to a carpet upgrade, from
cheap-end to reasonable-average carpet, perhaps $2-3 per sq ft? Or upgrade
appliances from average to better. With respect to what this couple of bucks
per sq ft can do, the cost is more than acceptable in my book.
2- Smoke detectors are a great invention, extremely cost-effective to detect
the fire at incipient stages and (hopefully) wake-up everybody to a timely
evacuation. Haven't seen any that douse the fire, control its spread or put
it out yet and been in this line of business for 25 years!
3- All building codes aim at the absolute minimum requirements, "luxury
items" like running hot water, air-conditioning etc are not required to
comply with the codes, but hey, haven't seen many houses without these
luxuries as well.
Hope I am not alone thinking like that.
Cheers from Downunder
Jack Kilavuz
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Subject: RE: National Association of Home Builders is orchestrating a
majoropposition campaign against residential fire sprinklers
Facts about Sprinklers from the National Association of Home Builders
The home building industry is dedicated to the safety of the communities in
which they build.
That's the reason why the National Association of Home Builders supports
programs that encourage the installation and maintenance of smoke alarm
systems in all homes.
Home builders have a vested interest in the safety of their products both
during the building process and after the house becomes someone's home.
Whenever changes are proposed to the building codes that govern how homes
are constructed in each community, the home builder acts as a consumer
advocate. It's the home builder's role to make sure that these proposals are
necessary and that they are cost effective before they are adopted so that
homes stay affordable. For each $1,000 added to the price of a home, another
250,000 potential home buyers are forced to remain on the sidelines.
Home builders would never diminish the important role that cost-effective
building codes play in providing for occupant safety and health; in fact,
new homes are safer than ever. However, as a society, we cannot afford to
deny needed housing for the sake of new requirements without proven
benefits.
While they should remain an option for home owners who choose them, fire
sprinklers in single-family homes are expensive to install, can be difficult
to maintain and do not represent a cost-effective safety improvement over
smoke alarm systems. For that reason, NAHB does not support measures to
mandate their use.
http://www.smokealarmswork.org/firesprinklers/index.html
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