I have a metal pipe that is capped showing on the outside of my house under my deck (brown, painted pipe, facing up in center of attached picture on the top). My basement is finished so I am unable to follow the pipe to its source from the inside of house. I am guessing it is a natural gas connection. Does anyone know what this pipe is? What would you use it for (if gas, future natural gas grill, fire pit, etc.)? Would you try to use the connection? Please excuse my ignorance.
What is this metal pipe connection on outside of house?
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hard to say just a guess maybe an old exposed plumbing vent that ran up the side of the house???????
mark3885
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Oil heat fill pipe to a tank in the basement about 50 yrs ago?
Thanks for the responses. The house is 42 years old (1978) in Salt Lake City. One thought I had is I am sure the house had a swamp/evaporatIve cooler installed at some point. Maybe this pipe supplied it with water at some point?
Jeff Handy
Pro Handyman, NOT A Pro Plumber
Impossible to evaluate without tracing the pipe to its source inside the house.
Either start cutting drywall, or forget about it.
Or, you could pull up some deck boards and uncap it.
You might get wet, might have live gas, might just have an old abandoned pipe.
Either start cutting drywall, or forget about it.
Or, you could pull up some deck boards and uncap it.
You might get wet, might have live gas, might just have an old abandoned pipe.
Mitchell-DIY-Guy
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Salt Lake City: unlikely a basement. If this was an oil filler line it would probably be a companion vent line near or next to it. Of course the dead giveaway would be the tank in the basement... Even when old and abandoned they are generally left in place.
I will say it does look like an oil filler line though!
Looks too small for a oil fill pipe, my guess is a gas pipe for a grill.
