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...Twice Zumthor has designed small outdoor chapels, each of them a compact little hermitage for prayer and meditation - a kind of spiritual sentry box. The most recent of the two is the St. Nikolaus von der Flue Chapel, which stands in an open field near Cologne. Completed in 2007, it's a narrow, five-sided windowless space, nearly 40 ft. high, with an opening at the top to admit light and a single triangular door...
...first step is to install CO monitors in or near every bedroom in your home. Remember also to have your fuel-burning appliances inspected regularly by a qualified technician (once a year if you have an older model). Check fireplaces before you use them to make sure the flue is unobstructed, and don't use charcoal burners indoors. Finally, never start a car in a closed garage or other enclosed space...
...Traps were set and a flue damper secured after a bird was reported in the chimney of Claverly Hall room...
...either my roommate or I had ever been able to apply skills learned as Girl Scouts, and we reveled in the opportunity. We layered kindling and balled-up sheets of newspaper on the grate in elaborate crosshatch patterns; with fire tongs, we held burning sheets of newspaper in the flue to warm it and make the chimney draw better. But our fireplace did not represent merely an opportunity to practice fire husbandry; it was also the spiritual center of our room. In November we hung stockings from the mantle; in late February, as snowflakes eddied past our window and blanketed...
...fire appeared to originate in the exhaust flue of the stand-up broiler unit as a result of excessive grease build-up,” Higgins said. “The fire extended out of the duct work at the chimney connection and into the wood framing members in the basement, and into the walls...