I think the intent of NFPA is to provide a provision for an owner to do their own work. I believe this is especially true when it is the owner's home. I also think this is exemplified in the simplified calc method described in NFPA 13D. You'll also find simplified load calcs in NFPA 70 (NEC) for SFDs. It's been over 2o years since I was in California but when I worked for Santa Cruz County our attitude was to issue permits for nearly any work to an owner. Sprinklers wee never an issue for SFDs during my tenure in the late seventies but we did require an engineer stamp on structural stuff that was beyond the span tables, etc. of UBC. I seem to remember that the UBC d'jour even had a comment about a man's house being his castle. If I were the Duke of Redondo I'd allow it and want to know exactly who supplied water info, extra particular during plan review and extra diligent about inspections.
On 8/4/07, Owen Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If an owner/builder draws the plans, has a friend do the calculations, and > installs the system himself, does the AHJ have the right to require the plans > and calculations be stamped by an engineer? I know the owner/builder is not > required to have a C16 (California lic.) so why would he be required to have > the engineers stamp? > > Thank you for your input. > Owen Evans > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman at home.... _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
