1- I didn't know that sprinklers detected smoke. 2- The misnomer of all sprinklers going off at once has been propagated by Hollywood and Doritos. 3- OF COURSE there will be more water damage than fire damage when a sprinkler goes off!!. They seem to forget how much fire damage would occur had the sprinkler not been there.
> Sprinklers cause unintended damage. Statistics from the Virginia Fire > Incident Reporting System show that 76.8 percent of all fires in > Virginia from 2000 through 2008 either did not spread or were confined > to an object or a room and contained. But when sprinklers detect smoke > they set off every sprinkler in the house, not just in the room where > the fire is occurring. In many homes that suffer a fire where working > sprinklers exist there is more water damage to the home than fire > damage. > > > > > > However, that does not offset the increased costs charged for > potential water damage and flooding. In most cases sprinklers go off > in areas of the home where fire is not occurring, causing more claims > for water damage than fire damage. Virginia insurance agents say this > drives the cost of insurance higher for people who have sprinkler systems. > 1- Show me truly "affordable" housing and then you may have an argument. > > > Sprinklers will harm efforts at providing affordable housing statewide. > According to an August 2006 survey of home builders done by the > National Association of Home Builders' Research Center, the average > sprinkler system costs $2.66 per square foot to install in a new home. > For the average home size considered to be affordable housing in > Virginia - 1,800 to 2,200 square feet - the maximum cost would be > approximately $5,850. In the Richmond area, about 710 families lose > the ability to qualify for a new home mortgage with each $1,000 > increase in the price of a new home. Mandating fire sprinklers would > keep more than 4,100 families from being able to buy affordable housing in the Richmond area. > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
