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Originally Posted by DavefromSt.Vital
I have lived in both types of apartments. The big issue is sound transfer, not sprinklers. In a wood building I have managed to burn several things on the stove and set off the smoke detector but never triggered the sprinkler. Hearing noise in all directions through wood was not fun. There are ways to mask noise, but that costs money.
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Yes, living in a 1912 era Winnipegesque three-storey walk up in downtown Toronto (rare here) was a charming experience that I enjoyed for 8 or 9 years, other than for the footsteps and creaking, which I don’t think I could endure as well at my current advanced age. With my rather large collection of books and paper collectibles, having sprinklers on the ceiling would cause me a bit of anxiety, even if most items are in plastic and fairly well protected. That is why I was thinking about this.