How will a homowner comply with:
P2904.7 Instructions and signs. An owner's manual for the fire sprinkler system shall be provided to the owner. A sign or valve tag shall be installed at the main shutoff valve to the water distribution system stating the following: "Warning, the water system for this home supplies fire sprinklers that require certain flows and pressures to fight a fire. Devices that restrict the flow or decrease the pressure or automatically shut off the water to the fire sprinkler system, such as water softeners, filtration systems and automatic shutoff valves, shall not be added to this system without a review of the fire sprinkler system by a fire protection specialist. Do not remove this sign."http://publicecodes.citation.com/icod/irc/2009/icod_irc_2009_29_sec004_par030.htm
when performing a renovation or addition? How does a homeowner become a fire protection specialist?
Is the homeowner required to provide a manual to theirself?
And suppose on a renovation, the manual from the initial system states something along the lines of: "In case of repairs or additions, the owner shall call XYZ Sprinklers to make all alterations and repairs." Are you going to enforce that?
Can you enforce the tag at all since the code only states that it must be present?
If a code official reviews homeowner prepared modifications, does the code official become the fire protection specialist?
Like much of the Ick, it's not just bad code but it's poorly written as well.
P2904.7 Instructions and signs. An owner's manual for the fire sprinkler system shall be provided to the owner. A sign or valve tag shall be installed at the main shutoff valve to the water distribution system stating the following: "Warning, the water system for this home supplies fire sprinklers that require certain flows and pressures to fight a fire. Devices that restrict the flow or decrease the pressure or automatically shut off the water to the fire sprinkler system, such as water softeners, filtration systems and automatic shutoff valves, shall not be added to this system without a review of the fire sprinkler system by a fire protection specialist. Do not remove this sign."http://publicecodes.citation.com/icod/irc/2009/icod_irc_2009_29_sec004_par030.htm
when performing a renovation or addition? How does a homeowner become a fire protection specialist?
Is the homeowner required to provide a manual to theirself?
And suppose on a renovation, the manual from the initial system states something along the lines of: "In case of repairs or additions, the owner shall call XYZ Sprinklers to make all alterations and repairs." Are you going to enforce that?
Can you enforce the tag at all since the code only states that it must be present?
If a code official reviews homeowner prepared modifications, does the code official become the fire protection specialist?
Like much of the Ick, it's not just bad code but it's poorly written as well.