gringosgarage1
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I recently purchased a very large building that was once a retirement home and multiple other things throughout it's life. we purchased it as a residence due to our large family and the ability to do more with the building than just live in it. My question has to do with sprinklered vs non sprinklered. There is a wing of the house that is 3 levels counting the basement. two levels were once a 25 bed retirement home. the building is separate from the main part of the house by a 6'x 7' metal roll down fire door and each floor has one. the building is 12" thick block and brick, and the floor and walls are concrete including all collumns and supports. interior walls are wood built with 1/2" sheetrock and 3/4" plaster concrete mix over the top;. we want to put the wing back into service for air b and b and or future bed and breakfast. we are not making any alterations to the existing rooms except paint and new updated fixtures. what are the requirements for sprinklers. currently each floor has 6 rooms so 12 total 6 bathrooms and a couple storage closets per floor. The 2nd story has fire escapes in place and double doors. the main floor has 3 exits two outside and one back into the main part of the house. hallway is almost 8' wide and exit doors are 6' double doors in and out. looking for direction