Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-04-15
OBSTRUCTION AND INSTALLA-
TON OF CHIMNEYS AND
FLUES
"A Fable for Builders

last Summer a Good Citizen of |
1 certain town not over a hundred |
.,,lss from most Everywhere, built
wooden house for a Woman and |
,or children. He built the Chimney
!, Prick because he had to- The |
chimney was able to stand alone, so
10 did not have to prop it with Wood. |
& mt the Floors of the house would |
not Stay Up without props. The
nood Citizen saved dollar by using
me Chimney as support for the |
4 uoors. He nestled the ends of the |
n rloor Joists nicely in the brick of |
n me Chimney He covered up the |
lob and got his money. The Rains
all and the Winds blew in the most
4 piblical manner, and Winter came |
8 ,tter its fashion. The Chimney set
Mad a little; and there was a tiny |
I crack. One morning the Woman |
4 yoke up with Fire all about her. |
I She tried to get to her Children. If !
" n1e RUt W IASLA III OhC ISNCl AnC"
4 The Good Citizen who built the |
{ house was Not Arrested for Man
I Slaughter. He is building Other |
I houses of the Same Kind for Other |
| Women and Children. He is making
! bis Living by it,"
Chimneys and flues are used to |
4 carry off smoke, flame, heat and |
l gases of combustion into the open
air. Flues that permit flame to es-
\ cape through cracks do not function |
| properly To make any chimney per-
| fectly safe would require but little !
4 additional first cost. Yet defective |
| Chimneys and flues are among the |
most frequent causes of fire. Of all |
| the dwelling house losses by fire,
l ia per cent are due to defective |
L chimneys and flues.
Have you ever noticed brick chin |
I reys supported by wooden bracket? |
\ II your chimney does not continue |
n hNNu iOd6h LhC SlOuho AiOOl SOu
can feel sure it is supported by tim
Der bracket. Can you not appreciate |
\ the danger? Most houses settle a |
n little in time which causes cracks to |
develop in the chimney. The chin
aey should by all means support it
4 self
Notice the tops of some of the |
brick chimneys in the neighborhood. |
Long cracks have developed in many |
1 giving the effect of a blooming flow
er That chimney has neither suffi-
Gent thickness nor proper cement
4 mortar.
When the stove or furnace in your |
home has been burning for some |
time, rest your hand on the brick |
chimney near the first floor above
the installation. If the chimney is
Vneomfortably hot it should be ex-
amined for something is radically |
| wrong, The chances are that the |
chimney is not thick enough.
Ii you are having a house built, |
don't let the contractor slap in any
Find of chimney he sees fit to in
stall. Specify definite precautions
and see to it that he carries them
cut, The following are some of the
more important precautions to OBJ
serve
l. All chimneys should be built
rom the ground up, on firm foun-
dation.
4 2 Never build a chimney wall
less than eight inches thick, unless
Is lined with fire clay.
g. Portland cement mortar
aould be used up to the first floor
aad above the roof.
T. Do not run floor joists or
woodwork into chimneys, nor allow
WOOD castings, lathing or Turing
within two inches of chimneys.
IL the stove pipe must pass
through combustible partition, in
aail perforated metal guard.
When the stove pipe extends above
'ne roof keep it securely guyed. A
lumber of such flues have been no.
uCed locally. The guys have rusted
anu broken till the flue resembles
'a elongated letter of the alphabet.
II Your brick chimney has stove
ppe connection not in use, block 1t
WIN metal thimble. Don't cover
we thimble with a picture as was
'Ound in one case badly charred.
avoid long stove pipe extensions
ABOVE all, remember that metal
''O'e pipes frequently get red hot
guard all surrounding woodwork