NFPA 13D, NFPA 13R, and Automatic Sprinkler Systems for Residential Occupancies Handbook Set (2010)

Get the "big picture" on sprinklers in homes in the NFPA 13D, NFPA 13R, and Automatic Sprinkler Systems for Residential Occupancies Handbook Set. Learn the latest facts about home sprinklers, debunk myths, and install systems correctly in single-family homes and residential occupancies with this powerful Set developed especially for residential system designers and installers. *The 2010 edition of NFPA 13D: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes. Get updated rules for every aspect of sprinkler design, water supplies, equipment, and placement. Major changes in this edition include a new 8-step prescriptive pipe sizing method (presented as an alternative to the hydraulic calculation method), and an expanded scope that includes inspection, testing, and maintenance. Text clarifies that "townhouses" can be protected by an NFPA 13D system. *The 2010 edition of NFPA 13R: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Residential Occupancies up to and Including Four Stories in Height. Revised and reorganized for easier referencing, this edition features separate chapters on sprinkler system installation, discharge, plans and calculations, water supplies, acceptance testing, and care and maintenance. New annex material helps you determine when NFPA 13R is applicable. *The all-new NFPA 13D and NFPA 13R: Automatic Sprinkler Systems for Residential Occupancies Handbook. You'll be the authority on home fire sprinklers equipped with the only source for complete 2010 texts of NFPA 13D and NFPA 13R along with valuable applications advice from sprinkler system authority Ken Isman, P.E., of the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA). This one-stop reference also presents new annexes, including an update on the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition and the latest information about residential fire experience and sprinkler use in the United States.