Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-11-25

or other purpose, or to remodel or
reconstruct any chimney, fiue or fire.
place in any building, unless such CHM
ney, fiue or fireplace shall be erected in
accordance with the following rules:
RULE 1.
Chmneys-All main chimneys in
frame buildings for fireplaces or furn-
aces shall be well and securely built
from the ground up and through the
building to point at least feet above
| fiat roof ard 2 feet above ridge of peak
roof of such building; the walls of Chin
Deys shall be of stone or brick, at least
inches in thickness (if fireplace is of
stone, same must be IL inches thick)
and, beginning with foundation. such
brick or stone shall be laid in cement
mortar up to the first floor, and thence
above to point where chimney pro-
trudes through the roof of building, the
brick or stone work may be laid in
good lime or fire clay mortar, and brick
work carefully bonded or anchored
together or properly capped; and from
and above the roof to top of chimney
| the brick or stone work shall be laid in
cement mortar. All joints shall be
struck smooth on inside except when
lined with burnt clay or terra Gotta
pipe. When two or more separate
fiues are provided in chimney, the di-
vision walls between fiues may be only
A inches in thickness. No fiue shall be
built of tile, terra Gotta, hollow cement
blocks, brick-on-edge, or metal, nor
shall any flue be started or built upon
any floor or beam of wood.
RULE 9.
Trimmer Arches-All fireplaces and
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arches to support hearths, the arches
to be made Of brick, stone, burnt clay,
or concrete and in length to be no less
than the width of the chimney breast,
the width to be not less than 20 inches
measured from face of the chimney
breast. All hearths shall be composed
of incombustible material.
RULE 8.
Chimneys and fiues in brick buildings
are required to be built under the same
rules as those prescribed above for
frame buildings except that the walls
of buildings when not less than l3
inches in thickness, may form part of
chimneys or flues.
RULE
At the completion of any chimney or
fiue they shall be properly cleaned,
rubbish removed, and fiues left smooth
inside before using.
RULE 5.
All fiues which shall be dangerous in
any manner whatever shall be repaired
and made safe, or else removed.
RULE 6.
The Inspector of Buildings shall ex-
anime and inspect such chimneys or
fiues hereafter erected, remodeled, or
altered.
RULE
The Inspector of Buildings shall issue
to the owner, architect, or builder of
each new, remodeled, or altered CHM
ney or fiue a certificate stating that the
said chimney or flue has been inspected
and found to be in accordance with the
regulations herein prescribed.
RULE
The owner, architect, or builder shall
upon receipt of the certificate referred
to in Rule pay to the Inspector of
Buildings a fee of 25 cents for each
certificate so issued. The maximum
fee to be charged for the inspection
of anv one building having four or more
flues shall be one dollar (S1.00)
RULE 8.
For the faithful and full performance
of his duties as herein prescribed, the
Inspector of Buildings shall receive as
full compensation for his services all
| lees Collected Dy MIN.
RULE 10.
1t shall be the duty Of each owner,
architect, or builder to notify the
Inspector of Buildings when work on
| any new chimney or fiue or repairs or
| alteration to an old chimney or flue has
started, and should the said owner,
architect or builder fail to notify the
! Inspector of Buildings until after its
completion, repair, or alteration, then
the said Inspector of Buildings is
authorized to collect double the amount
of the fee provided in Rule z above.
RULE IL.
Any person or persons, whether
owner, builder, or mechanic who shall
violate any of the rules of this section
shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor and shall be fined not more
than one hundred dollars ($l00.0 or
imprisoned not more than 80 days. Fifty
per cent. of any fine so collected shall
be paid to the Inspector of Buildings
when charges of violation are made at
the instigation of said Inspentor of
Buildings.
| Sec. Ia. No opening or doorway shall
be cut through a party wall of a brick
! building without permit from the In
| spector and every such doorway or
opening shall have top, bottom, and
sides of stone, brick or iron and shall
be closed by two sets of standard metal
covered doors separated by the thick
ness of the wall and hung to rabbetted
iron frames or to iron hinges in brick
or stone rabbets; doors not to exceed
ten feet in height by eight feet in
width, and every opening other than a
doorway shall be protected in manner
satisfactory to the Inspector.
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