UNDESIRABLE TYPES 



FIGURE 1 



A fireplace unit, whether portable or stationary, 

 with walls of concrete, is out of place in any 

 natural surrounding. The concrete fails to 

 weather sufficiently to produce any softening 

 effect and it disintegrates under extreme 

 changes of temperature (especially when 

 doused with water). 



FIGURE 2 



The hard and formal cut stone or dimension 

 stone should not be used in any natural setting. 

 Such fireplaces (well designed) may have their 

 proper place on some parts of private estates 

 and home grounds; but not in the forest. An 

 equally undesirable type of design is that 

 which exposes the fire-clay brick across the 

 front of the fireplace, as shown in figure 2. The 

 use of large grate bars, spaced so far apart 

 that the grill is not practical for cooking pur- 

 poses, should be avoided. 



FIGURE 3 



As stated elsewhere in this discussion, the 

 standard grate, without sides as shown in this 

 sketch, is only practical and desirable on pic- 

 nic areas which are intensively used, and 

 where the fire hazard is negligible. There is a 

 proper use for this grate, as shown in plate I, 

 figures 4,6B, and6C, andinplateslllandlll A. 



FIGURE 4 



An example of a "clumsy" fireplace, with an 

 unusually large fire box and a type of cobble- 

 stone texture which makes this feature exceed- 

 ingly undesirable. 



FIGURE S 



The stonework in such fireplaces is very "cold" 

 and unattractive. The firebox has no fire-clay 

 brick lining. The use of the lower grate is not 

 practical and the solid attachment of the grate 

 or the bars to the stone masonry causes un- 

 due damage because of expansion from the 

 heat. 



FIGURE 6 



This type is all chimney and no fireplace. It 

 has all of the undesirable qualities which could 

 possibly be introduced into a single unit. It is 

 more of an ill-proportioned chimney than a 

 fireplace. 



FIGURE 7 



An incongruous type of construction, with a 

 brick chimney and stone masonry sides, where 

 the stone texture is extremely unattractive 

 because of the regular courses of small boul- 

 ders, which create an unstable effect. 



FIGURE 8 



A monumental type of hreplace which would 

 "roast an ox" as quickly as it would broil lamb 

 chops. The top of the firebox (approximately 

 36 to 40 inches in height) is too high. The 

 stonework is much too fine in texture and the 

 entire massive effect is one which should be 

 avoided. 



FIGURES 9, 10, AND 11 



The "ice box" and the "oil drum" types are 

 to be avoided on every possible occasion be- 

 cause of their very inappropriate design. 



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