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    Default PVC pipe terminating in crawl space

    I am wondering if some one might be able to tell me what this goes to or what it is for. This is a 2005 built home the PVC pipe is below the kitchen area. I am not shure how to write it up or if I should even mention it.

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    Default Re: PVC pipe terminating in crawl space

    Yes you write it up. Simply say that you do not have a clue as to what it's purpose is.

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    Default Re: PVC pipe terminating in crawl space

    How about an over flow for a water heater. Is there a water heater in the kitchen?


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    Default Re: PVC pipe terminating in crawl space

    Well, they were so thoughtful that, when they installed the pipe, they push the insulation down with it. Nice.

    There is a brow stain at the end of the pipe and on the plastic below it.

    While I do not know 'what' it is, I do know that 'no pipe' is allowed to drain to the crawlspace.

    I really like those 2x4 studs right behind it, look just jammed up against a concrete footing and another 2x4 above it ... that 2x4 above it has little strength laid flat-wise like that, and what's to keep those vertical 2x4s from moving and falling out?

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    Default Re: PVC pipe terminating in crawl space

    Discharge from down-draft range fan? Not that it should terminate in the crawl, of course.
    You definitely want to include it in your report even if you have no clue.

    "There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception." -James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961)
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