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Masonry chimney an impending earthquake disaster We paraphrase his comments: Masonry chimneys are perhaps the most urgent earthquake hazard in older homes. The problem is that they're likely to fall in even a modest shake. A rule of thumb is that brick chimneys extending more than 1 1/2 times their ...
Read more on San Francisco Chronicle Spring Home Maintenance Checklist Chimneys. If you have a masonry chimney, check the joints between bricks or stones. Have any fallen out? Is there vegetation growing out of them? Each signals water infiltration. Also, look for efflorescence—"a white calcium-like deposit that ...
Read more on BobVila.com Putting a decorative gas log into an old fireplace Q: I have a house built in 1969 with a brick fireplace that we put a gas decorative insert in and changed the decorative fireplace door. There are now large gaps between the masonry work, brick and the door. This is not an insert — just a decorative ...
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