No chimney shall be started or built upon a beam, wood or floor, the brickwork in all cases to start from the ground with proper foundation. In no case shall a chimney be corbeled out more than three inches from the wall and in all cases corbeling shall consist of at least five courses of brick, the corbeling to start at least three feet below the bottom of the flue.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-670
Additional regulations as to chimneys
1962 Code SECTION 47-1234; 1952 Code SECTION 47-1234; 1942 Code SECTION 7504; 1932 Code SECTION 7504; Civ
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