522 points
Clause 14. The Board consider that the damp proof course to be of real use ought to be above the level of the ground adjoining the wall, and not merely "above the level of the ground" as proposed.
Clause 28. This Clause should prescribe the requisite hearth in front of any chimney opening as well as the construction of the floor beneath the hearth.
Clause 43. The same thickness of chimney back as is prescribed in the ... would be requisite in ... of a fireplace in ... that the roof timbers of one building shall not approach nearer than nine inches to the timber or woodwork of another contiguous building. It is not sufficient that the roof timbers of one building should be nine inches from other roof-timbers.
Clause 39 does not appear to be sufficient to prevent danger from fire. The Board think that the length and breadth of fireplaces in walls ...
Clause 46. The Board consider that unless similar requirements to those specified in Clause 10 of their Model Byelaws with respect to New Streets and Buildings are also embodied in the proposed reference to the covering of the site with concrete, it had better be omitted, and the distance or space increased.