ANDIRONS - Two pieces of metal designed to support firewood in a firebox.
ASH PIT DOOR - A door found in the floor of the firebox that provides access to the ash dump, through which ashes can be dumped into the ash pit.
ASH PIT - A storage compartment for ashes, located in the chimney base.
BREAST - The area located above the damper on the front smoke chamber wall of a masonry fireplace.
CHASE - An enclosure for a "Class A" or factory-built chimney which hides the metal chimney from view.
CHIMNEY - One or more passageways, vertical or nearly so, for conveying flue gases to the outside atmosphere
CHIMNEY CAP OR FLUE CAP - A factory-fabricated appliance that is installed on the chimney top to protect the chimney from water intrusion, birds, leaves and other debris.
CLEAN OUT DOOR - An door located on the exterior base of the chimney which provides access into the ash pit for the purpose of removing ash.
CREOSOTE - Chimney and stovepipe deposits originating as condensed wood smoke having three stages. 1st stage is soot, 2nd stage is lumpy and crisp, 3rd stage looks like roofing tar and is smooth as glass.
DAMPER - A moveable blade located in the throat of the fireplace. Designed to impede air flow into the chimney.
FACTORY-BUILT FIREPLACE - Metal fireplace components, fabricated in a factory and field installed.
FIREBOX - The area that contains the grate or andirons upon which the materials are arranged for combustion.
FIREBRICK - Heat refractory brick used in the construction of a firebox.
FIREPLACE - Hearth, firebox, fascia and chimney.
FLASHING - Sheet metal used to make a water-tight seal between the chimney and the roof.
FLUE - The passage in the chimney which moves the products of combustion up and out of the chimney top.
FLUE LINERS - Materials that add protection to the inside of the chimney, protecting it from intense heat.
GRATE - Raised grid-like metal structure where fuel is placed in the firebox.
HEARTH (INNER) - The floor of the firebox.
HEARTH (OUTER) - The area in front of the firebox opening which is constructed of non-combustible material.
INSERT - Factory-built, field-installed product consisting of a firebox assembly designed to be installed within or partially within the firebox of a fireplace. Such an assembly should be installed with approved stainless steel liner materials.
KINDLING - Small pieces of very dry wood that, when mixed with newspaper, will ignite fire logs.
LINTEL - The metal bar or other non-combustible material that spans the top opening of the firebox.
PARGING - This means to coat or to spread. Typically mortar parging is found in the smoke chamber of a newly constructed fireplace.
PYROLYSIS - Chemical alteration of wood, coal, or other combustible materials as a result of exposure to heat.
SMOKE CHAMBER - The section of a masonry fireplace that contains the smoke chamber walls and the smoke shelf and located above the throat or damper area and below the flue.
SMOKE SHELF - A shelf located behind a fireplace damper.
SPARK ARRESTOR - A wire cage that is installed on the chimney termination to prevent sparks from moving into the atmosphere.
THROAT - An opening just above a fireplace. The damper is usually located in the throat of a fireplace.
TOP SEALING DAMPER - A device installed on the chimney top which will impede the air flow.
CROWNWASH - Concrete piece on the top of a chimney which seals off the air space between the inner walls of a masonry chimney and the flue liner. It slopes away from the liner to shed water.
WYTHE - A wall of bricks that separates two or more flues in a chimney. Typically this is an unlined flue.
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