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William A. Radford · Radford Architectural Company · leaf 194
e and prevent good draught. Every chimney should rest upon asuitable foundation in the ground oron ample brick piers, which is prac-tically the same thing. If a chimneycannot be supported directly from theground, it should never be supported by wood, but by brick, stone, or ironof ample strength to… … Vertical Section of ApprovedFireplace. shrinks and the chimney settles unev-enly and cracks and because the warmthmay char the wood. A chimney should be straight andperpendicular. It should be so locatedin the first place that it will not benecessary to offset it, principally becausethe unequal…
