Re: Automatic fire sprinklers

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 10, 12:10=A0pm, "k...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<k...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:23:30 -0800 (PST), jamesgangnc <jamesgan...@gmail.=
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> >On Jan 10, 8:25=A0am, "Techvoid" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> "Dean Hoffman" <dh0496@in#&ebr^as^#ka.com> wrote in message
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> >> > =A0are now required in new Pennsylvania homes:
> >> >http://tinyurl.com/323syvr
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> >> good idea?
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> >It's not as expensive as it used to be. =A0There is a cpvc pipe that can
> >be used for sprinklers. =A0I don't think it's actually different, I
> >think they just made it orange. =A0But I'm not sure. =A0I got 8 sprinkle=
r
> >heads to put in the garage I'm building out at our lake house. =A0Picked
> >them up on ebay for about $5 apiece. =A0Idea came to me after some of
> >our friends almost burned down their house with a garage fire.
> >Happened while they were at home and they didn't know it until the
> >neighbor called them. =A0By then flames were rolling up the outside
> >wall. =A0$100k+ in damages and it barely got out of the garage into the
> >living space above before the fire dept put it out.
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> >I think you could do a whole house for a couple hundred in materials.
> >Not sure how much additional plumber labor but I would think you could
> >keep it under a grand total. =A0My grandparents house in missisppi built
> >in the 1920's had sprinklers located in on the ceiling in front of
> >each fireplace hearth. =A0Since there was a fireplace in every room it
> >amounted to a whole house sprinkler system.
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> Sounds like just more pipes to burst, particularly in a second home. =A0M=
ore
> nannyism for the government. =A0

Agreed, that kind of installation should be up to the builder or
homeowner