A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 137
sure tosmoke. This may be obviated, when the chimney is notcarried high enough, by using a hood having two open sides.Hoods are unsightly in their appearance, and their useshould be avoided when possible. 331. Chimneys were formerly pargeted, as it was called;that is, the partitions, or ivithes, of… … Fig. 94. MASONRY. 127 best material to use. This is not affected by heat and willprevent sparks or air passing through the cracks, and alsoincreases the draft. When an iron or fireclay tile pipe isused, pargeting is unnecessary. 333. During the building of a chimney, pieces of brick andlumps of…
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