We are looking at a house that we might buy, a 100 year old solid stone home. On both sides of the house, there are these pipes coming out of the ground, close to the house. They are about 2-3 feet tall and are candy-cane shaped.
I'm thinking they are venting pipes of some sort. The house has natural gas (no oil tanks as far as we're aware) and is hooked up to the city sewers and water (but might not have been in the past). Someone has suggested that they may be air inlets for a whole house trap? I just don't know why there'd be three of them if that's the case.
One one side of the house, there is one of them (see first pic below), on the other side there are two of them (sorry for the obscured pic). The house is quite wide, probably 60' wide, and the basement is above ground on the sides and back of the house (walk-out). Thanks!
I'm thinking they are venting pipes of some sort. The house has natural gas (no oil tanks as far as we're aware) and is hooked up to the city sewers and water (but might not have been in the past). Someone has suggested that they may be air inlets for a whole house trap? I just don't know why there'd be three of them if that's the case.
One one side of the house, there is one of them (see first pic below), on the other side there are two of them (sorry for the obscured pic). The house is quite wide, probably 60' wide, and the basement is above ground on the sides and back of the house (walk-out). Thanks!