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grate openings shall be supported by iron bars or brick arches. Fireplaces and grates shall be lined viith firebrick. Sec.168. BOILERS--BRTCK SElo No brick-set boilers for the generation of hot water or steam for heating or povier or any portable power boiler or steam engine shall be placed on any tivood or combustible floors or bearns. Sec.169. =ACES--BRICK SET. All brick set hot-air furnaces sha11 have two (2) covers, witn an air space of at least two (2) inches between them; tlle in- ner cover of the hot air chamber shall be either a brick arch of two (2) courses of brick laid on galvanized iron or tin, supported on iron bars; the outside cover,. wnich is the -top of the furnace shall be'made of brick or metal sLipport nn iron bare, and so constructed as to,be perfectly tight, and shall be not 1 ess tlian four (4) inches be].ow ar?.y combustible ceiling or floor beanis. A single concave iron cover may be used if ri idl? supported on the mar- gin and filled ?vith sand to a depth oi at least eight ?8) inches in the center and two (.2) inches at the edges on all sides. The ivalls oi tYie furnaces shall be built holloeg in the follovring manner;. One (1) irLner and one (1) outer wall, each four W inches in thi:ckness, pxoperly bonded together with.an air space of not less than two (2) inches betcveen them. All brick set furnaces shall be at least four (4) inches from all «oodwork. Sec.170. COI,D AIR BOXES. The cold air boxes of a11 hot air fw rnaces snall be made of inetal, brick or other incombustible iraterial, for a distance Of at 1 east ten (lp) feet from the furnace. ' . Seco171. RANGERS. gitchen ran.ges s3xa11 not be placed nearer than sig (6) inches to an.y partition made of wood or other combustible material, and if placed nearer than twelve (12) inches to the partition, shall be protected by metal shields not less than one (1) Poot h3gher thari the range, and in a•11 cases the floo=r`s -b.e protected witYi -metal shields one (1) foot larger eacr way tilan the rE nge, except where 'incombust'ible m.a;terial is used for the construction and finish of -these floors. ' Ranges without legs, supported on beams or floor construction of wood or other combustible material shall rest upon properly protected floors, not l-ess than three thicknesses of heavy asbestos the full size of range.and covered by one sheet of zinc. Sec a 172. I,AUNDRY, COOKING A:ND HEATING STOVES. ? aundry _ stoves on wood or combustible floors shall have a course of brick, laid on metal, on the floor under aizd extended twenty-four (24) inches on all sides of them. All stoves for cooking. and heating purposes, shall be properly supported on iron legs resting on the flocr and to be at least 12 inches from all lath and plaster or'woodwork; if'the lath and plaster or woodwork is prope-rly protected b.y ame.tal shield, then the distance shall be not less t hari six (6) inches. A inetal.shield shall be placed under and tweZve (12) inches in front oi the ash Pan of a11 stoges that are placed on wood f loors. Sec.173. GAS STOVE AND RANGES. All loiv gas stoves shall be placed on iron stands, or the burners shall be at least six (6) inches above the base of t he stoves, and metal guard plates placed four ?4) inc}ies belovT the burners, and all tvoodcmrk under them shall be covered tjrith inetal. Open gas stoves: shall be i solated in the same maianer as provided for stoves in Section 172a Ga.s rarges if properl.y air in- sulated tivitYiin themselves, shall be placed one (1) foot distant from all unprotec- ted woodwork or piastered stud partitions. , .