Anyone know what these pipes are for??

RichD1 · 16 Sep 2020

Just replacing joists and flooring and came across these three pipes set in the fire base. One is capped off but they others go in at least a foot.

Does anyone know what they would have been for?

I've got any idea that they would have been air vent to the fire place but can see no exiting point. I don't think the hearth slab had ever been replaced but who knows.

House is circa 1928ish.

Richard

sircerebus666 · 16 Sep 2020

Connections for an old back boiler?

RichD1 · 16 Sep 2020

Thats a good suggestion but the original house had a coal boiler in the kitchen. We found the original hearth for it whilst re-fitting the kitchen.

Richard

jaymin · 23 Sep 2020

yep, looks like old back boiler

KenGMac · 23 Sep 2020

Best guess? an old back boiler set up.

What does the back face of the old hearth look like? is there a slot or horizontal gap?

As for the concrete slab in the Kitchen that you have uncovered, could that have been a base for a larder? or similar?

Ken

bernardgreen · 24 Sep 2020

RichD1 said:
but the original house had a coal boiler in the kitchen

This might have been a stand alone stove for heating just a pan of water. Used only to heat water for use in the kitchen

RichD1 · 24 Sep 2020

The kitchen definitely had a coal fired boiler as there was a chimney above it coming out the roof which has now been removed.

Cant tell what was in the finback as I think the original had been removed back in the 60's by previous owners.

Intriguing though.

Richard

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Anyone know what these pipes are for??

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