The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-27
CONSTRUCTION Of
MODEL FIREPLACE
Architect Gives Timely Point
erS to Prospective Home
Builders.
HOW TO PREVENT CHOKING
MUCH DEPENDS ON SIZE AND
SHAPE OF CHIMNEY.

How To construct a fireplace that viz
not choke up with SCOT and smoke Is q
perpleXing problem TO many homs5
builders. There are an endless numbss
Of different kinds Of firspIaces ana
chimneys, but not all are successful In
giving good outlet 90 the smoke.
Architect Arthur q. Clausen gives the
following interesting details concerniDs
the construction Of a fireplace that WIG
not choke:
TO divert the greatest amount Of heas
into the room, and still allow the smoke
70 escape up the chimney. Is not q
difficult problem if a few simple r1lIea
in regard 10 the construction OF the
chimney throat are followed and the
proper proportion between the size of
the fUe and the size of the frepIacs
opening maintained. In trying to OBJ
tain this result with the greatest econ-
Omy I'm fuel complications sometimes
arise with very annoying results.
First Of all, the chimney should %
built higher than the nearby roof ridges.
and there should be no tree branches
hanging over it 70 Tetsrd the draft.
There should also be a separate fiue foF
each fireplace. with no stove connections
into fireplace fues.
II the chimney ia built on the Outsids
of the house. having an outside wall ex,
posed TO the weather. there should be =
double wall at the back, having q two
inch air space This viii prevent ths
outside bTiCkwOTk from cracking when
the fireplace is being used during cold
weather. The unsightIy cracks so often
seen on the face Of an outside chimney
81 ara Ia he Of fVn -a7A
weather. when the fireplace is being
used, the brick work is expanding on
the inside and contracting on the OUT
side under the opposing influences OF
heat and cold.
Shape of Fireplace.
The shape Of the fireplace makes con.
siderable difference in the amount Oe
heat thrown out. Sprayed sides reflect
more heat into q room than sides that
are at right angles to the front and
back. An iron lining to the Fireplace
will also reflect considerable heat, Al
though il viii last only a year or two
without being renewed.
The back OF the fireplace should IN
cline forward, starting at a point a lit
tie over half way up the back OF the
fireplace. The brick arch, either fiat or
segmentai, with a sofit underneath OF
GDDuI AouI 4AIltCS. EiNLlS lLLlE surface
for the smoke to strike against and re-
fleet into the room. The throat, long
and narrow, should contract gradually
to the center until IL Is OF the same
width as the fiue at the center, and
from there it can be carried to either
side required, I'm order to bring 1t aIong-
side OF the fue coming from the base.
ment, should there be one.
In no case should the fiue arise direct-i
ly from one side Of the fireplace, since
this would cause it to smoke on the on
posite side. The sectional area OF the
throat and of the ftue, also, should BE-
one-tenth the area Of the fireplace open
Ing. For example, If the fireplace OPEN
ing is four feet wide and two and one-i
half feet high, the sectional area or the
opening would be ten square feet: this
divided by ten, gives a ffue tweivai
inches square, and the throat az itsi
opening would be three inches by forty-l
eight inches, both throat and fiue hav-l
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