What is this galvanized pipe or what was it used for?
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That's an older downspout pipe, such as used to be used for gutters. What it was used for in that setting I haven't a clue, but I'd bet on a vent of some kind.Br. Jamie, osb
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Where is it located? If there was power to it I would guess exhaust fan
what is the termination look like? Does it have a damper/ flapper?Bob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
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Or it was above the stove and gave some gravity flow heat to the second floor.
Couldn't have been much. This was usually done with a thru the floor/ceiling register that would have heated the room above it for sure. You needed to leave the stairwell door open for return.0 -
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There's electric in that-thaire wall! See the knob holding the cloth insulated wire?
Edward Young Retired
After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?
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Back in the nineteen eighties, I went to fix a leak on a drain serving an entire bathroom group. Was the only bathroom in the house. Was a relatively nice place.
Pulled the lathe and plaster down and found that type of old downspout pipe for their main drain!? The customer wasn't ready for the bad news of having to change everything from the second floor to the basement.
When finishing up I asked the customer when the house was built. He said in the nineteen thirties.
I thought, later on, the things people will do out of desperation. This had not leaked for over fifty years.
This pipe was installed during the Depression and lasted all that time.
The above picture brought me back. Wow.0 -
Intplm. said:
Back in the nineteen eighties, I went to fix a leak on a drain serving an entire bathroom group. Was the only bathroom in the house. Was a relatively nice place.
Pulled the lathe and plaster down and found that type of old downspout pipe for their main drain!? The customer wasn't ready for the bad news of having to change everything from the second floor to the basement.
When finishing up I asked the customer when the house was built. He said in the nineteen thirties.
I thought, later on, the things people will do out of desperation. This had not leaked for over fifty years.
This pipe was installed during the Depression and lasted all that time.
The above picture brought me back. Wow.
Sounds better than Orangeberg,Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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I can't even imagine.....Intplm. said:@ChrisJ ....... Worked with that too. LOL.
Can you believe that the depression era folks who installed that downspout had tied it into a large tin can used as the closet flange for the toilet?
Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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