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Back Gutter:A flat lead gutter, about 125mm wide, formed between the back of the chimney and the slope of the ro...
Back-to-Back:Term used to describe the construction of two fireplaces when the back wall of the recess is common ...
Chimney Breast:Internal projection of brickwork built to contain a fireplace recess and flue at ground floor level ...
Chimney Head:Entire terminal of a chimney; the terminal is commenced with a series of corbels to form projections...
Chimney Pot:A terracotta funnel, of various shapes and sizes, designed to terminate a flue and improve the effic...
Chimney:The brick structure enclosing a flue, or flues, which extends above roof level. A chimney stack may ...
Constructional Hearth:This concrete sub-hearth forms part of the structure of the building and supports the heating applia...
Coring:A craft process used when square section (9 inches x 9 inches) flues were formed in brickwork and li...
Fireback:Unit, made of fireclay or refractory concrete, set in the recess of the chimney breast to form the b...
Flaunching:The weathering on the head of a chimney that helps to secure the chimney pots; made from a 1:4 mix o...
Flue Liners:Liners built to form a flue, in a chimney breast and chimney, which resists the products of combusti...
Front Apron:A sheet lead weathering, in the front of a chimney, that lays over the roof covering and dressed up ...
Gathering:Inward corbelling above a fireplace recess to reduce the opening to the size required for the flue. ...
Jambs: The piers (not less than 200mm thick) that support the chimney breast and form the sides of the fire...
Parging:Application of a coat of lime mortar used to form a smooth internal lining to a brick flue; care nee...
Stepped Flashing:A strip of sheet lead cut to form steps up the sides of a chimney, parallel to the pitch of the roof...
Throat:The sloping reduction, in width, immediately above a fireback to form the start of a flue. This may ...
Withes:Dividing walls that separate flues in a chimney breast and chimney; these short walls must have a mi...