Radford's brick houses and how to build them... (1912)
William A. Radord · William A. Radford · leaf 130
gases from certaingrades of coal will frequently causethe sulphur and creosote ingredientsto run down the chimney into thesmoke-pipe, by this action causing itsrapid destruction. These products ofcombustion leave a dry deposit, whichhardens to the consistency of iron,clogging the dampers in the… … Fig. 126. A Common Cause of Poor Draft—Smoke--fipe Extending Too Ear into Flue Opening. clog up the flue. Pig. 125 illustratesthis, and shows by dotted line how off-set should have been made. Height in a flue simply governs ve-locity, having no effect whatever on thearea, which should be sufficient…
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