Radford's brick houses and how to build them - a standard collection of new, original, and artistic designs for brick houses, apartments, stores and flats, garages, etc.; together with complete (14577184729)

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Title: Radford's brick houses and how to build them : a standard collection of new, original, and artistic designs for brick houses, apartments, stores and flats, garages, etc. ; together with complete instruction in the manufacture of brick and its practical uses as a building material selected and compiled by William A. Radford ... Every plan designed and executed by a corps of licensed architects of the highest professional standing, assisted by a staff of expert draftsmen. Over 300 designs and details.
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Radford, William A., 1865-
Subjects: Brick houses--Designs and plans--Catalogs Architecture, Domestic--United States--Designs and plans--Catalogs Trade catalogs--Architecture, Domestic--Designs and plans.
Publisher: The Radford Architectural Company, Chicago, Ill. and New York, N.Y.
Contributing Library: Winterthur Museum Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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SECT/OA/ FIG. 89. FIREPLACE CONSTRUCTION. Design for fireplace with brick mantel; plan and elevation showing best construction and arrangement for an openfireplace that will not smoke. At A is shown a form of construction for the arch above the fireplace thatis sometimes used; but it cannot be recommended as it is apt to cause the fireplace to smoke. Note air-spacebetween the brick chimney and the wood framing. Dotted lines show the fireplace flue carried across at an easyslant, to be carried up beside the furnace flue. These two flues must on no account be merged into one. RADFORDS BRICK HOUSES
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FIG. 90. FIREPLACE CONSTRUCTION, NON-SMOKING. Fig. a plan view showing both tile and brick hearth. Fig. b, vertical section through foundation, ash-pit, fire-place, and flue, showing construction and proper design to prevent smoking. Fig. c, front elevation of fire-place, showing arrangement of parts. AND HOW TO BUILD Til MAI 89 to cut in a cross-piece between the stud-ding, and on this build the extra brick-work with all joints well tilled withmortar. In all cases the thimbles shouldbe set at the time of building the chim-ney, being careful that all joints arewell filled and tuck-pointed on both supporting the hearth, use iron barsmade of !/> by 2-in. iron; and on this laybrick edgewise, leaving a space of 3 or4 inches for concrete on which to laythe tile hearth. The fireplace should belined with firebrick, with the upperpart of the brick slanted toward the top