Under ground storage tank/well

[matto]

Recent inspect-

Having an issue/ brain freeze. The home was built in the 1800's there has been several remodels since then. I am loking at a 1.5" galvanized pipe approx 2.5' from the foundation floor. Is this consitant with an undeground storage tank. There is also a 4" cast pipe close to that location that has been filled with concrete. I am suspicious because there is a newer concrete slab over that area. The well appears to be older and in a different location but newly moved. Need help in determining.

Thanks,

Matt

[Robert Jones]

Matt,

do you have a pic? is the galv pipe on the exterior of the home? Was there one or 2 pipes in the same area? Normally with below ground oil tanks, there are 2 pipes, one is the fill and the other is a vent.

[matto]

I do have a pic of the piping and I do understand that there needs to be a fill and vent but I do not know why just on gal pipe to the exterior. It is below grade. Could this be an old water feed to an out building? Confused.

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[Robert Jones]

Am I looking at the basement wall? Could there have been an above ground tank in the basement that has been removed and that was an old fill pipe? To big for a water feed.

[matto]

Yes it is a basement wall.

[Richard Moore]

2½' seems too low for it to be a fill pipe for a tank in the basement and also seems high for a feed in from a buried tank outside. The 1½" pipe would be the right size for a drain though (as would the approximate height). Any indication that they used to have a sink or the laundry in that area?

[Tom Raymond]

Around here it was standard practice to separate grey water from the septic system until the late 60's early 70's. It is likely you are looking at a grey water drain that has been abandoned.

Tom

[MTL_Inspet_Man]

Correct me i I am wrong but oil piping would usually be black iron and not galvanized.

But I still like Tom's answer best