Owen,
I was at a seminar this week where they said that the MA Building
Code might allow 13D systems in some 3 unit buildings in the next
revision cycle. It's in the proposal and comment phase and nothing is
cast in stone. There are a lot of 3 deckers out in this part of the
world, but here the FDCs would be every 75 feet
Todd.
At 11:23 AM 3/17/2007, you wrote:
Hello,
How many cities out there allow the 3 unit condo complex to have 13D
system in each unit. Meaning, each unit has its own 1" meter, riser,
and two head calculation? The middle unit has two hour walls from
foundation up through the attic but without the parapet. Redondo
Beach has hundreds of these kind of lots. Since 1991 this
arrangement has been allowed. If other cities have these kind of
buildings but don't allow the 13D how are they protected, 13R? If
Redondo did 13R they would have an FDC every 50' down many streets.
What is reasonable?
Regards,
Owen Evans
(former plan checker of 7 years, back on the rescue to finish 25
years (thank God) )
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Stonington, Connecticut
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