Here is a rough breakdown of the house in question:
- A one floor home built in approx. 1960s or 1970s
- A full basement, unfinished
- A full attic with blown in insulation
I have been removing some bulkheads in the kitchen that look very similar to this:
I discovered a single, small run of 1.5" copper piping jutting out. The problem is that this copper pipe appears to go from the basement up to the attic for absolutely no reason.
This appears to be the waste water pipe, going directly up from the basement to beneath the kitchen sink – however, it seems to keep going up behind the wall.
The house has no history of dramatic changes or updates, certainly not anything involving a waste pipe being required in the attic.
The only clue is that almost all the copper water supply pipes in the house did something similar – supplying to the spot where they were needed, then running further up the wall a foot or so to be capped off. I believe this was a method for relieving excess water pressure. However, this pipe is a waste pipe, and seems to go much higher – all the way to the attic.
Does anyone know why a waste pipe might run much further up the wall than needed?
Best Answer
As OP noted in a comment, this is a 1.5" copper vent pipe. He found it poking through the roof.