What is the most current single family residential requirements for smoke detectors in NFPA 72? My latest copy of NFPA 72 is 2002. It seems in 2002, that the only requirements are one in each bedroom, outside each bedroom, and on each level includeing basement. Any changes in more recent NFPA 72? Thanks for your input.
Help with Residential Smoke Detectors
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barbeer
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I do not recall any changes, that book however is not in front of me.
slick 50
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I never heard of needing one outside of each bedroom.
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According to the IRC you only need one in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms, not necessarily one outside of each bedroom.
IRC (International Residential Code) section 313.2 also regulates the placement of smoke alarms for single family homes.
R313.2 Location. Smoke alarms shall be installed in the following locations:
1. In each sleeping room.
2. Outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms.
3. On each additional story of the dwelling, including basements but not crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split levels and without an intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level.
Chris
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