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Thanks everyone. Those gas pipes are on my mind now as I have no idea if they are live or have been chopped at the meter. I cant actually tell at the meter because the pipes (if any) are under a cement floor. (I only have one pipe coming out the ground into the meter and this must be the...

Thanks. Yes those pipes are old gas pipes that are capped at each end. The other dissappears towards the gas meter. I dont know if they are live or dead, I only discovered them when I was taken out my kitchen.

Couple more pics of the hole cleaned up. Im thinking of filling with sand then capping it with an inch of cement on top just in case access is needed in the future.

Also there is no chance on this earth Im sticking my hand down there - there'll be snakes, huge spiders with claws, & everything down there

No, no draught whatsover. Ive been here for 10yrs and didnt even know there was a hole there. Although on the other side of the wall its against is the drain for sink/washing machine etc, so the hole must be at the back of that

Thanks John Thats a relief, looking at it, it now looks like a sheath ( i was worried it was a plastic pipe just simply pushed onto the copper pipe) I can use anything that is best to use. Is spray foam that expandable foam?

Hi Im ripping out all of my kitchen and amongst many odd things Im discovering, this is one of them. A big hole in the floor directly under the kitchen sink unit. Coming out of it is the water supply pipe that bends out the top and appears to be made of a tough hard plastic. Its then...

Thanks for all the replies. To clarify the pipes are on opposite walls in a pretty square(ish) kitchen. The bottom two pics are on the same wall as the gas meter (in a different room) and located in a corner leading out the property. The top two pics show the pipe...

Hi Im ripping out my kitchen and have found these two capped pipes sticking out the wall about an inch. Both are about 10" from the floor. There is nothing on the other side of each wall that service them (outside wall and living room) House built in the 1950's