Turin 60 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Looking at photographs of square (and circular) industrial chimneys I notice most have metal banding (steel?) around them, would this have been done from new to strengthen the chimney, or later in the chimneys life to overcome some apparent weakness? Your thoughts would be most welcome. John Bruce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted May 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2019 I would have thought (and I'm not expert here), that the banding would have been added after time, as a means of strengthening the top of the chimney, which is exposed to the most of the weather, and also to the nastiest parts of the dirt in the gasses coming up the chimney, which can be particularly hard on the brickwork. Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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