Fire safety - engineered wood

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Originally Posted by mlarson

Thanks Jeff. Good info.

I was not aware of these.

It was pure chance I saw them. I actually stopped to look at the CO detectors as mine are expiring this winter, and wanted to price and compare what is currently available, before I need them. The wireless smokes were featured on an end-cap display.

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by jjonas

It was pure chance I saw them. I actually stopped to look at the CO detectors as mine are expiring this winter, and wanted to price and compare what is currently available, before I need them. The wireless smokes were featured on an end-cap display.

I am also due for new detectors.

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Originally Posted by mlarson

I am also due for new detectors.

Now you have an excuse to check them out, and write the trip off as a business expense... research!

[Jeffery L. Haynes]

I was being nice with number 7......one does not have to be a genius to figure out that as much as what Nachi has to offer, very few of its members take advantage of the educational resources, instead many of them ask rudimentary questions of which they should already know or worse make asinine statements without forethought...... and I wont even go into the Certified Master Inspector (CMI) bs program but I digress.

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

Originally Posted by rshuey1

I am an ICC Certified Fire Inspector, which is my full time job. Of course I like the sprinkler systems. BUT, in a single family home? Not much sense as the 13D system doesn't really protect anything anyway.

Explain please.

[Marcel R. Cyr]

http://www.homefiresprinkler.org/nfpa-13d

The national installation standard for home fire sprinkler systems is NFPA 13D, Standard for Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes.
Compliance with NFPA 13D is intended to prevent injury, life loss and property damage. The standard requires at least 10 minutes of sprinkler water on the fire in its initial stage of development. That controls the fire early, giving residents the time to safely escape and the fire department time to respond. A typical home fire will be controlled and may even be extinguished by the time the fire department arrives.

See a Water Use Comparison

NFPA 13D only requires sprinklers to be installed in living areas. The standard does not require sprinklers in smaller bathrooms or closets, pantries, garages or carports, attached open structures, attics, and other concealed non-living spaces.
The local building authority where you build may have requirements that exceed NFPA 13D, so you’ll want to determine local requirements ahead of time.
Two common types of fire sprinkler systems are acceptable under NFPA 13D – stand-alone (or independent) systems, and multi-purpose combined (or network) systems.

http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/Ab...ookie%5Ftest=1

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

Thanks Marcel. Its in the vault.