Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-05-27

used. in which case four inches of brick
work may be omitted. The inside of all
brick hues shall be built of hard burned
brick, of standard size and OF good sharp
sand, and to have struck joints except
when lined with terra Gotta. All CHM
neys shall be topped out at least three
through any roof when opened at or within
six feet of the ridge. In every case the
chimney must be carried up and above
the ridge at least two feet. No chimney
in any building already erected or here
after to be built, shall be cut off below,
in whole or in part, and supported by
wood, but shall be wholly supported by
stone, brick or iron. and all chimneys in
any building already erected or hereafter
to be erected, which shall be dangerous
in any manner whatsoever, shall be re-
paired and made safe or taken down. No
wood Turing shall be used against or
around any chimney, but the plastering
shall be directly in the masonry or on
metal lathing. Flues or ranges and boil
ers. and other similar fues shall have the
outside exposed TO the height of the CELL
ing. or be plastered to the bricks or on
metal laths or on iron angles.
Arches, Hearths and Ranges
Sec. 9. All hearths of brick set ranges
and fire places shall be supported by
trimmer arches of brick, stone, iron or
concrete. The brick jambs of every fire
place or CRATE opening, shall be at least
eight inches wider han the opening, and
the backs of all such openings shall be at
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trimmer arches shall be at least eight
inches longer on either side than the width
of such openings, and at least sixteen
inches wider in front of face openings. No
brick-set or portable range, or heating
apparatus of any kind, shall be set against
a wood or lath partition, on wooden floors
all ranges and heating appliances set
against any frame wall shall be backed
up with at least four inches of brick work
at end and back, and said brick to set
against studding the full width and height
of range. If brick work is set in stud
ding, it must be carried up to the height
of chimney cock in back of the smoke
pipe, at least the full width of and height
Of the range or heater.
No stove pipe in any building with COM
bustible floors and ceiling shall enter any
fiue less than twelve inches from the floor
or ceiling, and in all cases where smoke
pipes pass through studding or wooden
partitions, floors or roof whether plastered
or not, they shall be guarded by either a
double collar of metal, with at least two
inches of air space all around, or by an
earth at least four inches of brick work
or held in place with metal fastenings.
Boilers
Sec. 10. No boiler to be used for any
steam or motive power shall be set an the
floor of any building unless same shall be
set on a cement or brick foundation. In
all cases where steam or hot water boil
ers are used, the furnace smoke pipe must
be at least fifteen inches below the bottom
of floor joists over same, unless such pipe
is protected with a metal shield or hood,
said shield or hood to be at least three
inches from the bottom of joists and the
pipe at least three inches below the shield
or hood to allow the free circulation Of
air above and below pipe.
Boilers and Furnaces
Sec. II. In all cases where hot water,
steam, hot air or other furnaces are used,
the furnace smoke pipe shall be at least hf-
teen inches below the joists or ceiling above
the same, unless said joists or ceiling shall
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plate suspended above the said pipe, with
at least three inches of space for the free
circulation of air above and below the
said shield, in which case the said smoke
pipes shall be kept at least six inches
from the aforesaid joists or ceiling, and
the tops of all urnaces set in brick, slate
or metal supported by iron bars, and so
CONSTRUCTED as to be perfectly tight the
said covering to be in addition to and at
least six inches from the ordinary cover
ing to the hot air chamber. The tops OF
all heating furnaces not set in brick shall
be at least ten inches below the joists or
ceiling, with a shield of metal plate made
tight and suspended below the said joists
or ceiling at least three inches, and ex-
tending one foot beyond the furnace or
all sides. No boiler to be used for steam
or motive power, and no furnace shall be
placed on any floor above the cellar fiool
unless the sam. is set on n"on-combustiblt
platform and in no case without a permit
from the Building. Inspector.
N Flue Pipes and Registers
Sec. ~. All hot air registers set in the
floor of any building shall have an oper
space of at least two inches between wood
work and the register and extending from
the under side of floor beams to top Of
joists, and the outside of this air space
shall be covered with a metal casing, made
tight on all sides. No metal f1ue, pipes OF
register boxes of a single thickness here.
after built in any building intended tC
convey heated air shall be allowed unless
same shall be wrapped with asbestos Gov
Iering, or covered with some other equally
non-combuStlble material, and the stud
ding about the inlet covered with metal
lie lath so as to be thoroughly fire-proof
Piling
Sec. 10. All buildings hereafter erected
on piling in said city shall nave piling O.
thickness as the Building Inspector shall
determine or approve at time of granting
the permit.
Fire Escapes, Stairways
Sec. IA. All stairways in apartment
houses, fiat houses, hotels and lodging
houses shall lead directly to the first floor
The location, number and construction o
all stairways shall be determined by tn
houses, fiat houses, hotels and lodging
houses over sixty feet in height, Their,
shall be provided for cases of emergency
: such number of fire escapes as the Build
ing Inspector may require. Stairways an
halls shall not be less than three feet il
z width. In buildings containing not les
, tndn thirty rooms the StalrWayS ana nall
shall be increased in width as may b
! directed by the Building Inspector.
: Stills
: Sec. Is. The stills of all houses or build
, ings, built on continuous foundation walk
: of three stories or less in height, and no
over twenty-eight feet in front or width
shall not be less than four inches by 81
inches, and in all buildings of a large
size and all buildings IN piling or pie
foundations as the Building Inspector shal
/ approve at time of granting of permit.
! JOists
Sec. 16. All joists for stairways an
! chimneys shall be framed out two inche
: in hickness. All joists supporting par
; %titions, and all headers and trimmers sha
= be doubled. The distance between a
!, joists shall not be more than sixtee
: inches from centre to centre if joists ar
used greater than two inches in thickness.
: they may be set not over twenty-fou
. inches on centre, and in all cases sha
be bridged in all spans exceeding eigr
feet with one row of cross bridging ar
> all spans exceeding sixteen feet shall hav
+ two rows of cross bridging. All f1oo
joists shall be of sizes as follows: Base
ment joist shall not be less than tw
inches by six inches, and in all spans eN