Identify pipe

[thewickedpickett]

Hello

Can anyone help me identify what the orange covered copper pipe is in this picture on the right? This is an external garage where an old oil boiler has been removed for a gas combi elsewhere in the property. This pipe has always been there. Simply nailed to the wall. I had always assumed it was something to do with the oil boiler but now I’m not so sure.

 

[Nige F]

most likely the oil feed pipe - can you smell oil @ the end ?

 

[thewickedpickett]

I don’t think so but I’ll check again. I also pulled out a pipe that I assumed was the oil line. Much thinner and went to oil tank.

I’m wondering is it a pipe that’s been left since the house was built in 1996.

 

[Nige F]

That's an odd one then

 

[Madrab]

Given the way it's bent and twisted like that I'd question whether it is actually copper. Have you scratched the pipe to check that it isn't an old lead service pipe?

 

[Nige F]

I thought plastic coated copper ???

 

[thewickedpickett]

It’s copper. I think it might be a gas pipe. I’ve noticed other gas lines in the house for gas fires from a tank that look very similar to it. But I can’t work out why that would be ran to the garage and left like that with an oil boiler beside it as well