Roof Framing Around Chimney

A brick chimney requires special treatment in seismic areas.

Roof framing around chimney.

You will frame it following standard techniques for ceiling penetrations such. And the house hasn t burned down. The existing upstairs walls are framed up against the brick afik and it has been that way since the house was built in the mid 70s also afik. This article describes the fire clearances required for masonry chimneys.

If the chimney only had only one or two flues and was built in a wood frame house the chimney walls were built 8 thick as they passed through the roof. For wind resistance if the chimney. Nail 2 by 4 lumber between the top and bottom chords of the trusses flanking the bottom and top of the chimney. The distance between a brick stone concrete block or other masonry chimney and the nearest combustible material such as wood framing is an important fire safety consideration that must be respected.

Modern code makes it difficult to build chimneys with exposed masonry walls in contact with baseboards flooring and combustible ceilings. Typically uses 2x4 structural members sheathed with osb or plywood exterior building sheathing. Chimney fire clearance distances between masonry wood framing. Framing around chimney 01 12 2006 02 54 pm.

How to frame around a brick chimney above the ceiling. Properly framed and constructed the portion of the chimney chase that extends above the roof surface at a height to meet the roof clearance distances will not require extra bracing.