The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-12
AN ORDINANCE
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ever shall be repaired and made safe
or taken down.
Sec. 20. Hanging f1ues.-Hanging
lues (that is, for the reception of
stovepipes built otherwise than from
the ground) shall be allowed only
when built according to the following
specifications: The 1ue shall be built
four inches thick of the best hard
brick, laid on fiat side, lever on
edge, extending at least three feet
above the roof and always above the
comb of the roof, lined on the inside
with cast-iron, or fire-clay f1ue lining
from the bottom of the f1ue to the
extreme height of the flue, and ends
of all such lining pipes being made
to fit close together and the lining
pipe being built in as the lue is car
ried up. If the 1ue starts at the
ceiling and receives the stoveplpe
vertically, it shall be hung on iron
stirrups, bent to come flush with the
bottom of ceiling joints. All aues
shall have a proper and sufficient sup
port at their base, and in no case
Shall they be supported ever partially
by contact in passing through partl-
tons, ceiling or roofs. Flues not
lined as above shall be built from the
ground eight inches thick of best
hard brick, with the joints struck
smooth on the inside. The hues OF
every building shall be properly
cleaned and all rubbish removed and
the flues left smooth on the inside
upon the completion of the building.
Sec. 80. No StovepiPe to Pass
Through Wood; Penalty for Viola
ton Of This Section.-No stoveplpe
shall pass through any roof, window
or Notwithstanding, and no s%tovepipe
in any building with wood or combus-
tible floors, ceilings or partitions
shall enter any fue unless such pipe
shall be at least twelve inches from
such floors, ceilings or partitions, un-
less same is properly protected by
metal shield, in which case the dis
lance shall not be less than six inches
In all cases where stovepipes pass
through wooden partitions of any
kind or other woodwork, they shall
be guarded by either a double collar
of metal with at least three inches
air space and holes for ventilation or
by a soapstone or burnt-clay ring not
less than M inch in thickness ex-
tending through the partition or
other woodwork. If any chimney,
fue or heating apparatus on any pre-
misses shall, in the opinion of the
Inspector, endanger the premises,
the Inspector shall at once notify IN
writing the owner or agent of said
premises. If such owner or agent
fails for a period of forty-eight hours
after the service of said notice upon
him to make such chimney 1ue or
heating apparatus safe he shall be IL
able to a fine of not less than ten
dollars nor more than fifty dollars
for each day that the condition re-
mains uncorrected.
Sec. 81. Height of Chimneys for
Foundries.-Iron cupola or other
chimneys of foundries shall extend
at least ten feet above the highest
point of any roof within a radius OF
fifty feet of such cupola or chimney.
Sec. 32. Steam Pipes Not Placed
Within Two Inches of Wood.-No
steam pipes shall be placed within
two inches of any timber or wood
work unless the timber or woodwork
is protected by a metal shield; then
the distance shall not be less than
one inch. All steam pipes passing
through floors and ceilings or laths
and plastered partitions shall be pro-
tected by a metal tube one inch larg-
er in diameter than the pipe, and the
space shall be filled in with mineral
wool, asbestos or other incombustible
material.
Sec. SO. Hot Air Pipes and Regis
ters.-All heater pipes from hot air
furnaces, where passing through COM
bustible partitions or floors, must
be doubled tin pipes with at least l
inch air space between them. Hori-
zontal hot air pipes leading from fur
mace shall be not less than 6 inches
from any woodwork, unless the wood
work be covered with loose fitting tin,
or the pipe be covered with at least
half-inch or corrugated asbestos, in
which alter cases the distance from
the woodwork may be reduced to
not less than 8 inches.
No hot air pipe shall be placed in
a wooden stud partition or any wood
en- enclosure unless it be at least 8
feet horizontal distance from the
furnace. Hot air pipes contained in
combustible partitions shall be placed
inside another pipe arranged to main
tain half inch air space between the
two on all sides, or be securely cover
ed with half inch of corrugated as
bestos. Neither the outer pipe nor
the covering shall be within l inch
of wooden studding, and no wooden
lath shall be used to v the por-
ton of the partition in which the hot
air pipe is located. Hot air pipes in
closets shall be double, with a space
of at least l inch between them on
all sides.
Every hot air furnace shall have at
least one register without valve or
louvres.
A register located over a brick fur
mace shall be supported by a brick