We want to add a set back 4th floor addition on top of an existing 3-story house (not landmarked) as we gut reno it. It’s a 2-family, and we’re keeping it that way, so basement level is slightly below grade (that’s where rental would go). We recently learned of new code that requires you put in a sprinkler system throughout house when you add addition, but it seems sometimes you can get out of it. I know this has been discussed a bit before, but it’s confusing since I know of houses with additions finished as recently as last 1-2 years where this requirement was no imposed. Any tips on how to get a waiver? It’s a deal-breaker for us! And if you do get a spinkler system does that mean you’re dealing with lots of headaches (ugly aesthetics, potential leaks, etc.). Would love advice since we have to decide on whether to go for addition or not – thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We want to add a set back 4th floor addition on top of an existing 3-story house (not landmarked) as we gut reno it. It’s a 2-family, and we’re keeping it that way, so basement level is slightly below grade (that’s where rental would go). We recently learned of new code that requires you put…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49669,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-55652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building_code"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/04\/sprinklers-for-1\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Sprinklers for Addition?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/04\/sprinklers-for-1\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/04\/sprinklers-for-1\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Building Code","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"realestate"}],"creator":["realestate"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2011-04-29T11:50:00Z","datePublished":"2011-04-29T11:50:00Z","dateModified":"2011-04-29T11:50:25Z"},"rendered":"