CHIMNEY STACK: A group of flues in the same chimney.
CHORD: Top or bottom member of a truss.
CINDER BLOCK: A building block made of cement and cinder.
CHIMNEY STACK: A group of flues in the same chimney.
CINDER BLOCK: A building block made of cement and cinder.
CIRCUIT: Closed wiring or conductor through which an electric current can pass.
Chimney Cap Ornamental stone, concrete or metal edging at the top of the chimney stack that protects the masonry form the elements and improves the draft in the chimney.
Flaunching - Cement mortar filler round the top of a chimney stack
Flue - Tube conveying smoke or fumes from fireplaces or appliances
Flush Door - Door with completely flat faces ...
Apparently a door had slammed downstairs which caused the air to go gushing up the chimney stack. This in turn had caused the fireplace to back fire into the room, the chimney catching fire and everything that was in it's reach.
One example of this is that very few ordinary developer houses have regular chimney stacks - as many houses so rarely have traditional open fires these days, a traditional chimney is not essential.
Typically, step flashing is used along the edges of the chimney stack. Leaks often occur at the chimney when flashing fails.
furnaces are connected with the same chimney stack, the damper takes the form of a sliding plate in the mouth of the connecting flue, so that the draught in one may be modified without affecting the others.
FLASHING
A thin strip usually of lead or zinc used to cover roof joints to prevent leakage (eg to chimney stacks).
FLAUNCHING
Smooth contoured cement mortar around the base of chimney pots.
A winch is lowered down the flue and attached to the nose cone of the new flexible liner, which is pulled up through the flue and attached at the top of the chimney stack.
WITHE, WYTHE: Pertaining to a single-width masonry wall in a building or home. The partition dividing two flues in the same chimney stack.
 See also: Chimney, Room, Water, House, Heating
  
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