A treatise on architecture and building construction . 33. During the building of a chimney, pieces of brick andlumps of mortar will drop down in the flue; therefore, a holeshould be left at the bottom, with a board put on a slant tocatch the falling mortar. After the chimney is topped out,the board and mortar can be removed and the hole bricked up. Where bends occur in the flue,openings should be left in the wallto clean out any pieces of brick ormortar that may have lodged there. 233. Fig. 94 shows verticaland horizontal sections of a doublechimney running through fivestories, with fireplace
A treatise on architecture and building construction . 33. During the building of a chimney, pieces of brick andlumps of mortar will drop down in the flue; therefore, a holeshould be left at the bottom, with a board put on a slant tocatch the falling mortar. After the chimney is topped out,the board and mortar can be removed and the hole bricked up. Where bends occur in the flue,openings should be left in the wallto clean out any pieces of brick ormortar that may have lodged there. 233. Fig. 94 shows verticaland horizontal sections of a doublechimney running through fivestories, with fireplaces on each section a-b shows the way thechimney is topped out and thearrangement of the flues. Thefireplaces on the diff^erent stories,and the run of the flues are shownat c-d^ e-f, g-h^ andj-k; l-m showsthe sectional views of the rangechimney in the kitchen. The fluesare shown as 8 in. X 13 in., as afford-ing a better draft than 8x 8 fluesfor open fireplaces. If stoves are tobe used, or if the space is valuable,8x8 flues may be FIREPLACES. 334. Fig. 95 shows a sectionthrough a fireplace with an ash flueleading down to the cellar. Theback of the fireplace is often constructed of firebrick and gS»8aSSiRK^S^«SSi«V*SEl Fig. 95. 128 MASONRY. § 7 brought forward as shown at a, and an iron damper arrangedas shown at b, to slide back and forth, to regulate the ^ is shown the chimney flue, in this case made 8 in. X 12 in.;d is the facing of the fireplace, which should project 4 inchesbeyond the outside brickwork of the chimney breast, so asto bring the grate forward into the room, the height of thisopening or facing above the hearth being usually 30 inches;e shows the tile border to the fireplace opening, and f, themantelpiece. The bottom of the fireplace has an opening init, covered with an iron cover g, to let the ashes down throughthe ash shaft //, into the ash-pit in the cellar, shown at/. Thisash-pit has an iron door k for the removal of the ashe
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