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Because these single family homes are ATTACHED, and for this example are greater than 8,500 <br />SCl. ft. the new ordinance would require them to be sprinklered according to NFPA 13D. <br /> <br />Singlc Family Homes built to the IRC, not attached. <br /> <br />The only provision for the common everyday one and two family home is that if they are 8,500 sq. <br />ft. total gross area or more, they need to be sprinkled. They can be a hundred feet tall but when <br />they hit the 8,500 sq. ft. mark, sprinklers are needed. THERE IS NO HEIGHT REQUIRMENT <br />UNLESS TIIEY ARE ATTACHED for R3. <br /> <br />R2 <br /> <br />more than 20 sprinkler heads. <br /> <br /> These row homes are back <br />to back homes. They look the same <br />in the front as they do in the back. <br />The ones in the middle only have <br />one side open to the exterior. <br />Because of this, they had to be built <br />to the International Building Code. <br />They are over 8,500 square feet <br />total gross area which requires <br />them to be sprinklered. These have <br />a "dog house" that houses a <br />common water pipe and <br />connections for the fire suppression <br />system. NFPA 13 requires them to <br />have a FD connection, horn and <br />strobe, and monitoring if there are <br /> <br />Water connection, horn and stobe. <br /> <br /> <br />