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As cast-iron range cookers were brought into common use, it became standard practice to build a dividing wall to split the fireplace into two separate fireplaces, thus allowing access to the clome oven, as well as providing a space of the correct dimensions to fit a Cornish range or similar. Bricks were the most common building material for ...
Chimney jambs similarly project from the wall, but they do so on either side of the fireplace and serve to support the chimney breast. [3] The interior of a chimney breast is commonly filled with brickwork or concrete. [4] The construction and appearance of a chimney breast can vary according to function and style. English and American builders ...
The wall thickness of the octagon at its bottom ranges from 64 inches (1.63 m) (≈ 6 feet) at the center of a side to 102 inches (2.59 m) at each vertex. The rest of the chimney is a slightly tapering cylinder with a top inside diameter of 60 feet 2 inches (18.34 m) (≈ 60 feet) and a wall thickness of 22 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (0.57 m) (≈ 2 feet ...
A chimney pot is placed on top of the chimney to expand the length of the chimney inexpensively, and to improve the chimney's draft. A chimney with more than one pot on it indicates that multiple fireplaces on different floors share the chimney. A cowl is placed on top of the chimney to prevent birds and other animals from nesting in the ...
The Median Wall was a wall built to the north of the ancient city of Babylon at a point where the distance between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates decreases considerably. It was believed to have been constructed during the latter part of the reign of Nebuchadrezzar II and to have consisted of baked brick and bitumen, [1] with centre of the wall being packed with earth.
The English chimneypieces of the early seventeenth century, when the purer Italian style was introduced by Inigo Jones, were extremely simple in design, sometimes consisting only of the ordinary mantel piece, with classic architraves and shelf, the upper part of the chimney breast being paneled like the rest of the room.
Articles relating to chimneys, architectural ventilation structures made of masonry, clay or metal that isolate hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator or fireplace from human living areas.
Back (fireback)—The inside, rear wall of the fireplace of masonry or metal that reflects heat into the room. [21] Brick trimmer—A brick arch supporting a hearth or shielding a joist in front of a fireplace. [21] Chimney breast—The part of the chimney which projects into a room to accommodate a fireplace. [21]