Does anyone know what this pipe is for??

Larry Weingarten

...there was a sump pump hooked up there. Not many clues though. ;~)

Yours, Larry

CPyne

Does anyone know what this pipe is for?

Hi,

I have a copper pipe in my basement that rises up and goes out though the font of my house. Neither end is attached to anything and it doesn't look like it was ever soldered. I have no idea what this pipe is here for. Can anyone shed any light on this?

The two theories that I've been told are... A). It's a vent that the gas company can check in case there's a major leak inside. . Something to do with a generator that used to be there. (note generator switch box next to the main panel.)

Any ideas??


Thanks
Charlie

jeff_51

have no ideas,

but since it isn't doing anything, get rid of it. Prolly some future project that never got done

Bob W._3

An escape route for field mice? A future sump pump drain (not that one would drain the water next to the house)? A very small cold air supply? Maybe an intercom to the engine room.

David Sutton_6

no idea on the pipe ..but

i like the dish set and coffee mugs and the chafin dish ooooooh 6 qts thats nice, just picture that with some nice swedish meatballs and egg noddles yummmm

Mark_60

It could be a supply to a sprinkler system that someone planned to put in.

[Deleted User]

My guess...

The nat gas gensets I've seen require higher pressure gas to operate. I suspect it's a regulator vent that was serving the genset.

Just my edumucated guess.

ME

Liberal Lenny

Drain

Must have had an old laundry tub with a shell back pump, if not in use remove it and plug the hole.

Weezbo

it looks like a designe\" Feature\".:

These are a special type of plumbing for anomalies. you cant find enough anomalies unless you really look for them. Generally they have to be piped as is...you really have no choise in exactly How they appear or when,thing is though ,you can generally find where there is one plumbing anomaly , there is usually another. in some ways these are safety features also. often the inspectors have a clear idea in their minds whether or not the anomalies meet code You cant argue with them on this matter.

at best it is part of the "natural Ventilation system." you may have two more of these in your home, on the oposite side of the house. one out the roof and one through the wall.at least that is what supra logic would dictate.

the only other thing it Might be is a Fathom pipe...

no one these day can fathom pipe like that though...that is a long lost art.

*~/:)

Patchogue Phil_29

irrigation

I agree with Mark. Right near the water main makes it a likely supply for a lawn sprinkler system not yet installed.

CPyne

Thanks

Thanks everyone. Consider it gone!

joe c_3

my guess

to let fresh air into cellar/ or/vent any gas buildup on floor out.

JohnNY

I don't know what the pipe does, but I'm pretty sure
I know what it doesn't do: vent gas in any way.

My guess? A sump pump was going in that corner.

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mp1969

Mystery Pipe

Of no significance, will provide insect and bacteria source if not sealed. I would remove,patch the hole and recycle the copper at a salvage yard.

Mp 1969

Al Corelli

I've seen this a time or two.
Mr. Fixit wants to have a generator in the basement. You guessed it, Gasoline generator IN the house.

He attaches a RUBBER hose to the muffler of the genset, and thinks all is well. He does not have to go outside in the storm to gas up the genset.

Yup. true ingenuity at work.
Keeps the gene pool clean.

Bob W._3

We had a young woman painting/staining her new home here last year. Generator was in the garage. Someone shut the garage door as it was getting cold outside. A couple of young children lost their mom.

CPyne

The people who owned this house weren't the brightest bulbs so I wouldn't put ANYTHING past them. They also tried to "fix the place up" by re-grouting the bathroom and patching a leaky faucet flange with duct tape and some goopy-caulk-[I don't know what, stuff].... After that they then poured all the left overs down the drain. (there was a lot of left overs.). The house was vacant for a year, so it hardened up and clogged every drain in the house. We got a bargain on the price, but I had to cut out and replace a lot of pipe in order to get things flowing again. Dumb-Asses!

Thanks
Charlie