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stoves. The diagram, Fig. 52, shows three flues 

 in one stack or chimney. One is for the furnace, 

 another for the fireplace, and another for the 

 laundry stove. 



All chimneys should have broad footing 

 courses, which should rest on solid earth to 



Fig. 52. Three flues in the chimney, one of them leading from a fire-place. 



prevent settling. They should not be supported 

 by means of brackets (Fig. 53) or on the tops 

 of small cupboards attached to the wall. Chim- 

 ney walls of only 4 -inch thickness are not safe ; 

 if they be double, or 8 inches thick, the number 

 of bricks required are increased by more than 

 100 per cent, and the cost of the foundation is 

 also increased. The heavy walls are objection- 

 able by reason of added weight and cost, and 

 because of the room they occupy. The intro- 

 duction of fire-clay chimney lining makes it pos- 

 sible to construct safe chimneys with 4 -inch 

 walls. Then, too, the lining costs rather less 



