What is this pipe and can I move it?

[Fatgeekyman]

Setting up a laundry area and there is a large iron pipe that has been capped. My guess is that it is sewer? It is in the way of putting my washer/dryer in the preferred location. Wondering if it is possible/recommended to recess it back towards the wall?

 

[cowboy73]

You probably could eliminate it. It likely part of the vent stack as large as it is. The real way to tell would be tear out the drywall to see what is really behind it.

 

[8man]

Looks like an old cast iron sewer pipe to me. You should be able to remove it, so long as it is capped.

 

[Fatgeekyman]

woohooo, thanks, i'll do some exploratory drywall demo to find out.

 

[The Cobbler]

by chance, is it an old drier vent ?

right, do some exploratory inspection

 

[Cyberbear]

This looks like an identical situation I once had. The large pipe was the drain for the washing machine, and I did recess this drain and capped it to prevent serer gasses from entering the living space.

 

[The FIB]

Looks like a 3 inch, could be a cleanout.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

If that sink drain is 1-1/2" you're going to need to use that capped off cleanout. Your washer has to drain into a 2" minimum.

Tommy

 

[gregtwojeeps]

The way my old eyes are seeing it, the chrome hose bibs and the sloped 2 in. drain pipe under them ...are for his existing washer. I agree with the others, the 3 in. is probably a cheaper version installed of a 3 in. clean out. jmo

 

[sixty4]

Looks like someone had roughed out for a sink at one point. I would be more concerned with the gas line open ended, plugs are cheap insurance.

 

[pmiranda]

Looks like a cleanout. I'd trim it back closer to the wall and put an easy-to-use cap on it.
Actually I'd open the drywall, verify that opinion, cut it back inside the wall and bring a plastic end out maybe 1" proud of the wall with a plastic screw-in plug so anybody could use it in the future. I'd also want to put in new ball valve shutoffs and a nicer washer drain.

 

[brownbagg]

sewer cleanout. just make it come out the other side of the wall, out side. there no water in it

 

[csp]

sewer cleanout. just make it come out the other side of the wall, out side. there no water in it

So you assume that's an outside wall. Same old brownbag that used to post on the Jeep boards I see....

 

[IronMyno]

You probably could eliminate it. It likely part of the vent stack as large as it is. The real way to tell would be tear out the drywall to see what is really behind it.

Definitely vent pipe

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