> Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
> > "model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I guess
> > the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
> > the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
> > including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
> > Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well. >
> Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
> In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
> firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
> inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
> trigger controlled nozzle).
> Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
> a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
> The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
> known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
> Ken
Rural homes need fire suppression far worse than urban homes, since volunteer fire departments are rated only ISO 5/9, with the 9 for houses not near urban water supplies. Insurance companies these days are starting to ask that expensive McMansion built in rural areas have sprinkers.