Sprinklers in Private Dwellings from Firegeezer.com

If You Can't Trust Your Homebuilder, Who Can You Trust?

ON AUGUST 19, 2010, THE MAINE Building Codes and Standards Board met in Augusta and heard public testimony on the proposed new building code that would require residential sprinklers in new single-family homes.  Excerpted from the minutes we read:

Mark Patterson, President of Maine Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Maine. (MHBRA). testifies: "MHBRA is not in favor of making sprinklers mandatory due to the costs which are estimated to be between $4,000 – $8,000."

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ON JULY 1, 2011 THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD is reporting:

The fire broke out at about 9 p.m. at the home of Mark Patterson, co-owner of PATCO Construction, a residential and commercial construction company based in Sanford.

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The nearest hydrant was a half mile away, so Cushing ordered tanker trucks to set up a water shuttle. The roof collapsed and the second floor collapsed into the first, he said.

The house had no sprinklers installed and was a total loss according to the Sanford Fire Department.

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