xii AMERICAN HOMES AND “GARDENS 
October, 1911 
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CHIMNEYS AND VENTILATION 
OOD chimneys in private houses have 
received less attention from house- 
builders than almost any other single 
feature, and in a great measure we owe 
the coldness of our homes in winter to 
faulty chimney construction more than to 
poor furnaces and ranges. Mills, factories 
and general manufacturing plants are bet- 
ter equipped in this respect than the private 
home, for the good-working chimney is vital 
to the whole success of the former struc- 
tures. The manufacturer of steam or hot 
water plants, or of good coal furnaces, is 
fearfully handicapped when he comes to 
figuring on the warming of a house with 
an inferior chimney. He will perhaps name 
a relatively high figure for the installation, 
so he can put ina larger heating plant than 
should be necessary “for the space to be 
heated, or he may make the specifications to 
fit the case and trust that the fault will be 
attached to the chimney and not to his heat- 
ing plant. 
The most common fault of chimneys is 
that the Nues are too small, and the second 
fault lies in sharp bends and rough work, 
A thin chimney is generally bad, for the 
air inside is then easily cooled from outside 
contact, and this intereferes with the 
draught. lor ornamental purposes, many 
houses are built with the chimney on the 
outside of the walls. This is bad policy 
unless the walls are unusually thick, and 
even then there will be a certain waste of 
heat. Common sense and science should 
dictate the placing of the chimney as near 
the center of the house as possible, and then 
all the heat will be retained inside of the 
house, and not be allowed to escape out- 
doors by radiation. 
Before steam plants and modern fur- 
naces were invented, the old Colonial build- 
ers put their huge chimneys in the center of 
the buildings. The chimney was large, with 
thick walls, ample flues, and with scarcely 
a bend in it. The result was a fine draught 
in all kinds of weather. They were built 
for comfort, and not for ornament. 
We must, to some extent, go back to 
these early principles to get good working 
chimneys. So far as possible, the chimney 
should consist of a stack of flues, and it 
should be ample of size, and rear its head 
straight up through the center of the house. 
Architects are beginning to build in this 
way in many parts of the country, and they 
are not afraid of showing their chimneys. 
A number of years ago there seemed to 
come into fashion an idea that the chimney 
was something to be ashamed of, and there- 
fore it was hidden from view as much as 
possible. It was given such a low head and 
such narrow proportions that often it was 
scarcely visible to any except the rear side. 
The result of this was smoky houses and 
cold living-rooms. 
Latterly the chimney, both as a useful 
and ornamental article, has come into favor. 
It is being made an integral part of the 
building, so that its presence enhances 
rather than detracts from the general effect. 
Built in this way, there is no reason why it 
should not be designed to produce excellent 
results. 
No sharp bends should be allowed in the 
chimney, and smooth tile flues should be 
used. Rough flues favor deposits of soot, 
especially if the coal is of a bituminous na- 
ture, and this means frequent cleaning or 
poor draught. A chimney that does not 
draw well burns out in about half the time 
that one with a good draught does. The 
reason for this is that the soot which col- 
lects in it is laden with creosote from wood 
