DoRight

There is a value to a human life. Like it or not it is not an infinite worth. If it were infinite we would all spend every penny we have to build nuclear bomb proof homes, because even if there is only a one in a hundred billion chance of our homes being bombed we would LOGICALLY have to insure against the risk becuase teh potential loss is infinite. This is a formof handicapping, as in race betting.

Now in the case of house fire, the odds of being killed in a house fire WITH smoke detectores is probably well over a million to one. Therefore if you built one million homes with sprinkler systems at a cost of $2000 per home that would imply the value of that human life would be $2,000,000,000, yes with a B.. This assumes the sprikler system saved the life. And yes sprinklers would also save property. Then again the water damage would probably be as bad as the fire. And as someone else mentioned, accidential discharge would be a disaster in and of itself. The likelihood of such an accident would clearly be greater than the risk of fire.

The idea of residential sprinkler systems is just plain stupid. Not saying you can't put one in your home, knock yourself out, and while you are at it build it bomb proof.

The rest of us can be smart and put $50 into smoke detectors, a proven means to save lives.

Dreamcatcher: I am not sure if you are just and angry mean man, or just not capable of reading, or both. Your response to another poster was totally uncalled for or again you are not capable of reading. Your two degrees appear to be wasted.

If you were capable of reading/comprending you would understand that the other poster's reference to foam being essentially air was in reference to it's ability to hold a fastner in shear. Hanging a cabinet in foam without the suggested plywood backing would be essentially hanging it in air. Of course for you to understand this you would have to understand shear, which you obviously don't because in your response to the issue about shear you referenced it's use as a underlay for concrete flat work (not a shear application).

I could go on but you have already confirmed the pointlessness of going on with your arrogance and incompetence.

Sometimes I think we have made things way way to complicated. For some this is job security, afterall if we did not changes things daily what would these writters write about and how would they make a living. Say what you will, but many houses built with an interior poly, unfaced FG batts, and insulation boards/corner bracing, work very very well. Just a fact, even with 2x4 framing. Make a few more changes, like 2x6 on 24 oc, window and door headers built into the rim joist above .....

All this furring, rain screen, exterior interior foam ....... adds head aches, labor cost and yes rot in some cases. A little air exchange saves alot of time, money, and head aches.