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Thanks, so that's yet another thing they screwed up on. Maybe codes were different 40 years ago. Still wondering if the putty thing was a standard way to do things then or not.

And here is the original problem caught in mid-drip.. the white PVC pipe originally connected to the cast iron drain with some kind of putty...

So I'm remodeling my laundry room and diagnosing a leak in the wall behind the washer/dryer. It turns out the condensation line from the furnace (1/2" pvc) was connected to the cast iron drain pipes with some kind of putty? It was no longer even connected and this must have been leaking back...