I should have my own thread with DIY questions!
As you're probably bored of hearing now, but I bought my house last year and am very, very slowly getting round to doing DIY stuff to it. The fireplace consisted of an old electric fire ,which I've just removed to open it up so I can put some decorative logs in place. (I have central heating, darling!)
Anyway, within the fireplace, there is a flexible gas inlet pipe, very similar to the below but mine comes in from a slightly higher height, Viewing from the outside, that pipe comes from under the floorboards in one of the recesses, presumably which leads off to the gas mains which come into the property in a tiny cupboard under my stairs.
However, just above this pipe (in the fireplace) are two more older looking (capped) solid pipes, but larger (1" to 1.5" diameter approx). They also run through the side of the stack but instead, they run up the side of the stack and through the ceiling. Both pipes have been very poorly "hidden" - boxed in with some scrap bits of wood and wallpaper hung by a three year old. The boxing itself doesn't reach the floor but starts about 5" up and then it doesn't reach back into the depth of the recess either.
I guess my question is:
Any fragments of reasonable advice would be very much welcome, although I do know that I'll probably have to get a gas engineer to come out ultimately. Cheers.
As you're probably bored of hearing now, but I bought my house last year and am very, very slowly getting round to doing DIY stuff to it. The fireplace consisted of an old electric fire ,which I've just removed to open it up so I can put some decorative logs in place. (I have central heating, darling!)
Anyway, within the fireplace, there is a flexible gas inlet pipe, very similar to the below but mine comes in from a slightly higher height, Viewing from the outside, that pipe comes from under the floorboards in one of the recesses, presumably which leads off to the gas mains which come into the property in a tiny cupboard under my stairs.
However, just above this pipe (in the fireplace) are two more older looking (capped) solid pipes, but larger (1" to 1.5" diameter approx). They also run through the side of the stack but instead, they run up the side of the stack and through the ceiling. Both pipes have been very poorly "hidden" - boxed in with some scrap bits of wood and wallpaper hung by a three year old. The boxing itself doesn't reach the floor but starts about 5" up and then it doesn't reach back into the depth of the recess either.
I guess my question is:
- Does anyone know what these two capped off pipes might be for if I already have a gas feed already coming into the fireplace as shown above?
- Was / is it normal practice for gas to be routed up and over like these two pipes have been?
Any fragments of reasonable advice would be very much welcome, although I do know that I'll probably have to get a gas engineer to come out ultimately. Cheers.