ASTM C1283-03

Standard Practice for Installing Clay Flue Lining

SCOPE
1.1 This practice covers the minimum requirements for installing clay flue lining for residential concrete or masonry chimneys.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values stated in parentheses are for informational purposes only.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Feb-2003
• ICS: 91.100.15 - Mineral materials and products
• Technical Committee: C04 - Vitrified Clay Pipe
• Drafting Committee: C04.20 - Methods of Test and Specifications

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM C1283-02 - Standard Practice for Installing Clay Flue Lining
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM C1283-03e1 - Standard Practice for Installing Clay Flue Lining
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C315-07(2021) - Standard Specification for Clay Flue Liners and Chimney Pots
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 1283 – 03
Standard Practice for
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Installing Clay Flue Lining
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 1283; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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1. Scope C 896 Terminology Relating to Clay Products
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C 1184 Specification for Structural Silicone Sealants
1.1 This practice covers the minimum requirements for
installing clay flue lining for residential concrete or masonry
3. Terminology
chimneys.
3.1 General—Terminology C 896 should be used for clari-
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
fication of definitions in this practice.
as the standard. The values stated in parentheses are for
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
informational purposes only.
3.2.1 chimney connector—tubular unit or pipe used to
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
convey products of combustion from a heating or cooking
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
appliance to the chimney.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
3.2.2 flue—passageway within a chimney through which
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
products of combustion are conveyed.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
3.2.3 flue liner—manufactured tubular nonloadbearing fired
2. Referenced Documents clay unit, normally used for conveying hot gases in chimneys.
3.2.4 masonry chimney—vertical structure constructed of
2.1 ASTM Standards:
brick, concrete, concrete masonry units, or stone, which
C 24 Test Method for Pyrometric Cone Equivalent (PCE) of
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contains one or more flues, and conveys products of combus-
Fireclay and High Alumina Refractory Materials
tion from a heat source or cooking appliance.
C 27 Classification of Fireclay and High-Alumina Refrac-
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3.2.5 smoke chamber—section of a fireplace above the
tory Brick
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throat and below the flue, which is an area of transition from
C 55 Specification for Concrete Brick
the shape of the throat to the shape of the flue.
C 90 Specification for Loadbearing Concrete Masonry
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3.2.6 thimble—manufactured tubular nonloadbearing fired
Units
clay unit normally used to connect the chimney connector from
C 99 Test Method for Modulus of Rupture of Dimension
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an appliance through the wall of the chimney to the flue.
Stone
C 129 Specification for Nonloadbearing Concrete Masonry
4. Footings and Foundations
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Units
4.1 Footings for masonry chimneys shall be constructed of
C 170 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Dimension
4 concrete or solid masonry at least 12 in. (305 mm) thick, and
Stone
2 it shall extend at least 6 in. (153 mm) beyond the face of the
C 199 Test Method for Pier Test for Refractory Mortars
foundation or support wall on all sides. Footings shall be
C 216 Specification for Facing Brick (Solid Masonry Units
3 founded below frost depth on natural undisturbed earth or
Made from Clay or Shale)
3 engineered fill. In areas not subjected to freezing, footings shall
C 270 Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry
3 be founded at least 12 in. (305 mm) below finished grade.
C 315 Specification for Clay Flue Linings
4.2 The foundation shall be placed, with respect to adjacent
C 652 Specification for Hollow Brick (Hollow Masonry
3 structures existing or anticipated, to minimize the possibility of
Units Made from Clay or Shale)
damage by construction operations or by transmission of
additional loads to the supporting soils.
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C04 on Vitrified 4.3 Concrete footings and foundations shall conform to
Clay Pipe and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C04.20 on Methods of
local building codes.
Test and Specifications.
4.3.1 In the absence of a local building code, concrete with
Current edition approved February 10, 2003. Published June 2003. Originally
a minimum 28 day compressive strength of 3000 psi (21 mPa)
approved in 1994. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as C 1283–02.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.01.
shall be used.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.05.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.07.
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C1283–03
4.4 Where a chimney or fireplace is added to the outside of 5.9 Openings in the flue liner for chimney connectors shall
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