What is this pipe outside my kitchen extension in my back garden?

[Amysdiy]

Any ideas what it’s for and why it might be there?

 

[Amysdiy]

I though mains gas comes through the front of the property

 

[CountryFan]

No photo

 

[Amysdiy]

Hello again! Sorry photo attached.

 

[Amysdiy]

Maybe i should have posted in in my other post. I wonder if the pipe is connected to that corroded pipe somehow. Reminder of pipe in photo

 

[Murdochcat]

If it’s the one coming down the wall it’s a cable

 

[Amysdiy]

But it’s copper pipe

 

[Amysdiy]

Maybe not clear from photo but definitely copper

 

[CountryFan]

Hello again! Sorry photo attached.

That looks like armoured cable

 

[CountryFan]

But it’s copper pipe

Can you trace it to anywhere?

 

[Amysdiy]

I will investigate more and get back, but I have a feeling that when the kitchen extension was built long before I bought it, they may have routed the gas pipe outside along the side of the extension. There is around a 20cm gap between my extension and the neighbours extension and has been piled with shingle up to the damp course. My feeling is that I may find the pipe along there and it comes round the corner under the ground and in through the kitchen wall as in the photo. What I’ve just realised is a few years ago there was a hole coming out the wall which was probably for ventilation as there are gas pipes running behind my kitchen units. I filled it up not knowing what it was for but think now it should have been left for ventilation in case of a leak. Have included a photo of the gap between the 2 extensions which shows a weird gap at the end.

 

[noseall]

Hello again! Sorry photo attached.

That looks like an old waste pipe.

 

[Amysdiy]

It does doesn’t it but when in prod the end with a long stick it feels solid