Thank you Dave (lightecho) for your comments. I just wanted to clarify my comment about "code" vs "standard".
I initially was looking for the NFPA standards to specify whether to use 13D or 13R for this project. However, they leave that question to the building codes, so I was looking in the...
This project is in Montreal so the applicable code is the National Building Code (Canada), as modified by the Quebec Construction Code. I am pretty sure that I can use the definitions provided in those documents to justify using 13D, possibly with some elements taken from 13R.
I was...
I am involved in the AS design for a townhouse project consisting of 24 units which will have independent AS piping for each unit. Each unit will have 2 stories and there will be 12 units side-by-side and another 12 on top of the others (i.e. there will be 4 stories with one unit on floors 1 &...