Smokers

In brick buildings, the cornices are laid out by the assignment (chopping) of the several upper rows of masonry one above the other. If the brick is put across the wall (with a poke), then hanging a row is possible 6-10 cm, if along (spoon), then no more than 4-6 cm. For such masonry, a brick is chosen correct shape, one color and size, without cracks and damaged edges. To increase expressiveness in a brick cornice, various masonry options are used, combining smooth rows with “crackers” periodically protruding from the plane (pokes). In addition, if the brick in some rows is laying at an angle of 45 ° to the plane of the wall, you will get a gear masonry with a rib. In houses with walls plastered on the outside, a brick remote cornice is usually covered with a solution and placed (profiling) according to the template is made. Since such work requires certain skills, it is better to entrust it to the experienced plastering. Of course, a brick chimney can exist without any jewelry. But experience shows that the headman (smoke) is needed, if only so that the rain does not fall into the pipe. In addition, it serves the sparking. When arranging headlines, the experience of the past is often used, when the crowning part was made with a metallic with a trim of the leaf iron. Here you can come up with many design options in accordance with the taste of the developer. Selectors made using concrete parts or strip metal look more modern. The shape of the superstructures on the roof to ventilate the attic space – auditory windows – can be different: triangular, rectangular, arched, etc. D. Just like wooden pediments, they can be decorated with thread or linen a curly filler. It is important that the pattern of decorative processing of auditory windows is in a single style with the general nature of the design of the whole house.