A Quick Guide for Adding Sprinklers to Historic Structures

摘要

Historic designation, by its name alone, implies, at the least, that a designer is going to approach such a project differently from a typical project. In the state of Florida, historic designation also means the particular facility is protected by local and state historic regulatory agencies from requirements of building and zoning rules that may alter its appearance. Adding sprinklers, clearly, will alter appearances. But such structures still require fire-protection and life-safety systems to meet the intent of state and local statutes. For example, Florida requires automatic sprinklers in all non-historic hotels three stories and higher.