That's true, but the selected building code may give some guidance, or local amendments thereto. For example, if you're in the IRC, then technically there is no limit. But an R-3 (SFD) is limited in stories and when you put a full-sized sports complex into a home the includes gaming, bowling, basketball, tennis and aquatic center components (as I have seen on one project), or when they want to go to four or five split levels or three or four stories, then interpretively it's not necessarily an SFD. MANY states and municipalities now have policies, ordinance or code amendments that define where the cut-off occurs. In the Las Vegas area for example, they have a matrix of 13D, "enhanced 13D", modified 13R and modified 13 provisions for homes, based on gross area ...
Steve Leyton Protection Design & Consulting -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 5:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: large single family houses Unless there is a local amendment, there is NO SIZE limits on a 13D system. The largest I have heard of was a little over 200,000 SF. You'd think a little property protection would be of interest at that price line. Then again, maybe it was there weekend home and since their big house was in town, they could do without it if a fire happened. Roland On Aug 20, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Todd Williams - work wrote: > What's the latest poop on protecting large single-family > residences? It doesn't seem that 13D would be appropriate for the > structure, but I don't see anything in any of my Codes that would > modify it. > > Todd G. Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, Connecticut > 860-535-2080 > www.fpdc.com > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:Sprinklerforum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
