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Rule's repeal will jolt business, homebuilders say
Regional homebuilders expect new-home sales to increase since a state sprinkler system mandate was repealed this week.
They didn't say by how much they expect sales to grow, but the regulation that affected single-family homebuilders as of Jan. 1 already was helping to depress the market, builders said.
The mandate was added to the state's Uniform Construction Code in 2009. It required multifamily residential developers to include sprinklers in three or more attached units built last year, and singlefamily and duplex homebuilders had to include sprinklers in houses this year.
The Pennsylvania …
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