American Heating & Plumbing Co. v. Grimes

Appellant was the contractor for the installation of the equipment constituting the gas heating system in a new auditorium building for the Leland Consolidated School District. Among the units installed was a large Pitts-burg heater located within the curtain wall on the side of the stage. This heater was a heavy cast-iron instrumentality finished with aluminum bronze, and its dimensions were approximately 3% feet high, 28 inches wide and 31 inches deep. The proof is to the effect that in installing such a heater within a wall the heater must be insulated from the wall by noncombustible…