Steve, Do you have or have a website I can get this matrix from?
On 8/21/07, Steve Leyton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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) > -- 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)
