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<br />and at least two feet and six inches above the rfdge of a peaked rocf, an~ <br />if rising above the roof to a height equal to more than six times tJ~~eir <br />thickness shall be properly anchored. <br />If the Board of Trustees deem any chimney unsafe to any adjoining or adjac- <br />ent building, said chimney shall be carried up four feet above the extrsDe <br />height of said building; and if an extension of iron pipe is deemed 'cunsate <br />by said Board, such extension shall be of brick or terra cotta pipe. <br /> <br />Fireplaces. <br /> <br />All fire places or chimney brests wbere ll~ntels are placed, except <br />as provided for patent chimney. fireplaces, VJhet}ler intended for ordinary <br />fire places or not, shall have trimmer arches to support the hearth arches <br />and shall be of brick, stone or burnt clay or concrete, at least 20 inches <br />wide measured frOl:ll the face of the chir~ney breast and their length shall <br />not be leas than the width of the chirnnGY breast. ~ood centers shall be <br />removed from under trimGer~ches and no timber ~lall be placed under any <br />fireplaces or hearths. Hearths shall ba of brick, tile or stone. <br />IT'ireplaces s1'::all have arched heads '.7i th an iron ar::ihed bar over tb.e top <br />of the opening and not less and .& inch by zt inches, turned up at the <br />ends two inches in each side of a chi~1ey breast, so as to make a perfect <br />bond 1tlr ar ch. <br />All fireplace openings Wllere furred -.d th v!ood on the face" shall be <br />surrounded .by a brick rim 8 inches vJide projecting 4 inches, bounded into <br />brickwork. The fire backs and jambs of all fireplaces shall not be less than <br />8 inches thick, of solid masonry. <br />\1hen a grate is set in a fire place a linir.g of fire brick at least <br />Z i~ches thick shall be added to the fire1:ack unless soapstone, tile or <br />cast iron is used, and filled soJ. idly behind wi th firepl~oof lJ;laterial. lIo <br />mantel or other vIood work shall be exposed back of a summer pie ce; the <br />iron ,:fork of tt'1e summer piece shall be placed a3ainst the brick or stone <br />Yfork of the fireplace. no fireplace shall be closed vii t'h a ':Jocden foreboard. <br /> <br />27 <br />