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Articles relating to chimneys, architectural ventilation structures made of masonry, clay or metal that isolate hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator or fireplace from human living areas.
A chimney cowl or wind directional cap is a helmet-shaped chimney cap that rotates to align with the wind and prevent a downdraft of smoke and wind down the chimney. An H-style cap is a chimney top constructed from chimney pipes shaped like the letter H. It is an age-old method of regulating draft in situations where prevailing winds or ...
A clome oven (or cloam oven) is a type of masonry oven with a removable door made of clay or cast iron. It was a standard fitting for most kitchen fireplaces in Cornwall and Devon. [when?] [1] The oven would be built into the side of the chimney breast, often appearing as a round bulge in the chimney. This bulge was the masonry surrounding the ...
A chimenea (UK English) [1] or chiminea (US English) [2] (/ ˌ tʃ ɪ m ɪ ˈ n eɪ. ə / CHIM-in-AY-ə; from Spanish chimenea [tʃimeˈnea], in turn derived from French cheminée, "chimney") is a freestanding front-loading fireplace or oven with a bulbous body and usually a vertical smoke vent or chimney.
A masonry oven, colloquially known as a brick oven or stone oven, is an oven consisting of a baking chamber made of fireproof brick, concrete, stone, clay (clay oven), or cob (cob oven). Though traditionally wood-fired, coal-fired ovens were common in the 19th century, and modern masonry ovens are often fired with natural gas or even electricity.
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, tall chimneys were built, at the beginning with bricks, and later also of concrete or steel.Although chimneys never held the absolute height record, they are among the tallest free-standing architectural structures and often hold national records (as tallest free-standing or as overall tallest structures of a country).