Masonry Magazine December 2015 Page. 24
CHIMNEYS
NOTE: SOME BUILDING CODES SPECI FY THIS DIMENSION�CHECK LOCAL CODE
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brick units and adjoining mortar joints, "bug holes" in mor�tar joints (where mortar doesn't completely fill the joint), badly cracked or spalled brick, and other openings, such as those that may have been created by fasteners used to attach wires or antennas.
Sloped or projecting surfaces, such as those created by cor�belling or "racking;' impede the flow of water and increase the
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'~ ' TYPES OF ANCHORS:
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amount of contact time water bas with the masonry. Often, such features also are the site of separation cracks and exposed core-boles ofbrick units. They can, therefore, be major coo�tnbutors to water permeance in the masonry.
Mortar joints play an important role in the water resis�tance of brick masonry. For chimney construction, only the concave, vee or compacted grapevine joint should be used.
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A VAILABLE T HICKNESSES: F INISHES:
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' 1. STONE A NCHORS 5. B UCK ANCHORS ~ 16 GA. ~ J1 GA. ~ S TAINLESS S 1'EEL
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S TRAP ANCHORS 6. D OVE TAILS ~ 14 GA. ~ 10 GA. ~Miu G ALVANIZED
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S CREW ON ANCHORS 7. B ENT P LATES ~ 12 GA. ~ 3/16" ~ H OT DIPPED
~ 1/4 "
4. D OWEL A NCHORS 8. ANGLE CLIPS G ALVANIZED
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9. B EARING P LATES Au. T RJCKNESSES A VAJUBLE
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