I am engaged in a "friendly" and somewhat public debate with a realtor in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia area on the use residential fire sprinklers. He has been educated by the home builders anti residential fire sprinkler material and has been convincing others not to support the proposed code changes to the IRC.
The two arguments he is focusing on are: 1. Installing a residential fire sprinkler would require different water (more expensive) lines and water meters 2. It is difficult (or impossible) to use a water softener in tandem with a residential fire sprinkler system without having to add a second incoming water line and water meter These concerns seem way overstated, especially the second since the water softener could simply be installed to the domestic supply without affecting the fire sprinkler water supply. Does anyone have any experience with the first concern about secondary water lines and meters being needed? My understanding is that this would rarely be needed only under special circumstances, but I wanted to check before posting my rebuttal. Thanks, Ryan J. Smith ResidentialFireSprinklers.com - Your Voice in Home Fire Protection http://www.ResidentialFireSprinklers.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
