New Hampshire House Hears Bills to Stop Home Sprinkler Mandate Today

The New Hampshire House is holding hearings on two bills today that would prevent the state from requiring sprinklers in homes.

The bills would stop the state from enforcing amendments to building codes that expand requirements for sprinkler systems.

Last month the Building Code Review Board voted to require sprinklers in every newly constructed single- and two-family homes and town houses starting in 2012.

The requirement could cost several thousand dollars depending on the size of the home

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• January 12, 2010 at 2:30 am

  NH Agent says:

  Rural Home you are so right! Let's hope NH legislators see that they are taking away the "Live Free or Die" State and are replacing it with "Live By The Rule of Law or Die" St... read more
• January 12, 2010 at 1:24 am

  Rural Home Insurance says:

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• January 12, 2010 at 12:45 pm

  Granitehead says:

  told you all it wouldn't fly once the legislature got wind of it ...... probably a great idea from a safey standpoint, but in a state where "donorcyclists" do not have to wear... read more