Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1869 — Stopping Leaks Around Chimneys. [ARTICLE]

Stopping Leaks Around Chimneys.

It is almost impossible to fit shingles so closely to the sides of a chimney as to convey all the water that flows down the side of a tall one beyond the lower edge, as shingles will continue to shrink and Bwell as the weather changes. During a driving storm, water often pours down the side of a high chimney-top, so that several quarts are often lodged on the wall over them. And many times during a protracted storm after every brick has absorbed as much water as it can contain, the rain that falls on the inside of the chimney will soak-through the bricks at the bottoiri, and damage and disfigure a nice wall. To prevent water soaking down through the botton when rain falls on the inside, let a bushel or so of clean sand be turned into the top. Sand will absorb water quickly, retain a large quantity, and allow it to pass off by evaporation much sooner than loam, mould, or clay. To carry the rain beyond the junction of the roof and chimney on the outside, cut out the mortar between two courses of bricks to the depth of an inch, insert a piece ,of tin or sheet-iron three inches wide, so as to make a shelving around the chimney two or more inches wide, and point the joint with good cement mortar. Then let the corners where the roof and chimney meet he covered with a daubing made of equal quantities of pitch and linserd-oil,or coal-tar and plastic slate flour, or a heavy coat of old paii t and paint-skins, made thick with platter o< Paris or gypsum. The tin shelving will carry off so much of t he ruin that the bricks beneath will absorb nearly all that would find its way below the roof. —lbarlh and Home. The individual who is contented with Jiis “ lot ” proves to be a real-estate owner

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