The Detroit times., 1911-02-20


s5 sss; p. prs Walls al s,Ns AR9 %aiI,
around shaving pits or bins must
be OF solid masonry construction
and n not more than six CD feet
above the grade those walls may be
eight go Inches thick. Otherwise
they must be at least twelve uO
Sec. rs. VENEER BUILDINGS
Outside OF the IRE limits, frame
dwellings may have n four Cd inch
brick. stone or concrete veneer fac
No such veneer building shall be
built within the fire limits.
Such veneer buildings shall be
limited AZ TO height and width and
other conditions. as required for
frame buildings I'm Article vi. or
this Ordinance.
The outside basement walls OF all
veneer buildings shall be or solid
masonry and not less than twelve
G2) inches thick.
Sec. 2s. FURRED WALLS AND
CHIMNEYs. In all walls or chin
neys furred with wood. the brick-
work between the ends OF the
beams shall project the thickness
OF the Turing beyond the inner
face OF the wall for the full depth
Sec e. JoIsrs AND BEAMS
ANCHORED. All joists and beams
above the first moor level shall be
,.Ish to all o walls n.,s and pier,
less size than three sixteenths
(S-is) inches by one and one-half
GiaI inches by twenty-four CAD
inches long and spaced not over
six (six) feet apart
In mill construction every girder
and beam shall be anchored to all
walls and piers. and the inner ends
OF all girders and beams shall be
butted and tied together with
wrought iron straps OF not less
size than three sixteenths (S-l6)
inches by one and one-haif uihb
inches.
Wall anchors shall extend. at
least. within four 90 inches OF the
opposite face OF the wall
walls and piers with suitable
wrought iron anchors In similar
manner as required for girders and
beams.
Sec. rs. WALLS NOT TO BE
CARRIED HIGHER In no case
shall any wall OF a building be
advance OF any other wall. except
by written permission from the
Department OF Buildings.
Sec. 10. LUMBER AND TIMBER
IN WALLS IS PROHIBITED. No
lumber OF timber except inside
ONcI
or wood bricks not more than
eight (s) inches In length. shall be
built into any wall OF any building
as part OF such wall. Inside wood
lintels shall have masonry arches
over them. strips OF wood one
may be used for wall Turing.
No masonry walls or parts there
OF shall be carried on any wood
girders or beams. nor on any
wood Intel over an opening more
than seven lO feet wide.
ENTER CHIMNEYS. No wood
work OF any description shall be
built into the wall enclosing
smoke hus nor into q chimney
breast
Sec. 81. WINDOW AND DOOR
STILLS. All window and door stills,
excepting In frame buildings. shall
timbers either solid or built up.
used for door stills and having for
the full width OF the opening q
thickness Of not less than i've
inches. shall for the purpose or
this section be considered ineom-
bustible.
ARTICLE XVII.
ChimneyS-FirepIa
Section /. MATERIALS. CHM
neys IN AL puiioinBs Shall oe %
brick. stone. tile or concrete. Those
built OF plain or reinforced con-
crete. shall have proper fue lin
ings.
shall have not less than six and
one-half (sh) inches Of solid
of ali smoke Sues. or may have
four (D inches II the fiues have
Innings. OF vitrified crock or CO.
ment or other approved material.
from the bottom OF the fiuc to the
top OF the chimney. All such linz
ings shall be built In place as the
chimneys are constructed and shall
have ends made to fit closely to-
gether and be set In cement.
All joints or spaces between huo
Innings and the outer wall shall be
filled solid with masonry. The
sides OF all fiues shall have mortar
joints well filled and cut smooth
and fiues shall not be plastered on
the inside.
Flues intended solely for gas
heating or cooking appliances and
which cannot be used for smoke,
may have a tile pipe with socket
joints. set In cement and the tie
resting on a masonry foundation
with no bearing or bracing sup
ports above foundation.
When such tile fues are wholly
or partially concealed In parti-
tions or where they may pass
through floors. ceilings or roofs.
the tile must be doubled or pro-
footed with heavy galvanized Iron
so that the tile fiues shall not come
within two CD inches OF any wood
work.
Chimneys subject to excessive
heat from steam boilers, smelling
furnaces, etc, snail be lined with
A. krl lot IN nlav fnr not
less than twenty-five (25) feet In
height measured from the bottom
OF the breeching opening.
Sheet metal smoke fiues enclosed
In vent fiues are prohibited.
The use OF metal pipes whether
single s; or double as chimney hues
Sec. .. MINIMUM AREA. No
chimney shall be constructed with
a smoke fiue having less than
sixty-four (6D square inches as
the area OF Its minimum cross Sec
stoves. may be twenty-eight (2S)
square inches as the area OF min
imum cross section.
Sec Z. WALLS OF CHIMNEYS.
The walls OF chimneys on the out
side OF fiues. for all furnaces, boil
ers, bakers ovens, large cooking
ranges, large laundry stoves, and
all similar apparatus, shall not be
less than eight (S) inches In thick
ness. Crock or cement hue lining
with socket joints and set In ce-
ment. may be substituted for
four 90 inches OF brick work
around fiues. Walls OF chimneys.
carrying fiues from smelling fur
naces, and high pressure steam
boilers and other apparatus or nigh
temperature shall be built double
with an air space between. The
thickness OF all chimney walls
shall be sufficient TO meet all or
the requirements of temperature.
direct loading and wind pressure;
Sec. 8. HEIGHT ABOVE ROOFS.
No chimney shall be less than four
feet above the parapet walls on nat
roofs nor less than three feet above
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