masonry over fireplace

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    Removed masonry over a fireplace opening must I replace that?

    We wanted to update the look of our masonry fireplace and decided to remove all the red brick that surrounded the fireplace opening. This was a single course on either side and 3 courses supported by a lentil that is 8" over the fireplace opening. I'm having trouble interpreting the code as to...
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