# What's this for???

**URL:** <https://forum.nachi.org/t/whats-this-for/6422>\
**Category:** Plumbing Inspections\
**Created:** [August 9, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/whats-this-for/6422 "2006-08-09T04:12:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mmorgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mmorgan](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mmorgan)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/whats-this-for/6422/1 "2006-08-09T04:12:02Z")

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Any ideas what this is for? It is under the home on the commode drain line.

Maybe the plumbers had some leftovers they wanted to get rid of??

![SV400132.JPG](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/3/0/30d577effe5f32efd9587ec9c27d9c2a316d42cf.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![jpope](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jpope/32/59425_2.png) [@jpope](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jpope)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/whats-this-for/6422/2 "2006-08-09T04:46:05Z")

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Looks like a sorry attempt at an island (or high loop) vent.

And the AAV is serving what?

This system is fubar and needs some correctin’.

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**Author:** ![ppendley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@ppendley](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ppendley)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/whats-this-for/6422/3 "2006-08-10T15:19:34Z")

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Mike,

It looks as though that pipe is in the crawl space…Did you map it out? Im curious to know what it is connected too.

Paul Pendley  
Premier Property Inspections

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**Author:** ![jeffghooper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jeffghooper](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jeffghooper)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/whats-this-for/6422/4 "2006-08-10T21:24:32Z")

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How far away is the nearest vent, VTR? We used to do that when we were pressure testing, and then would later connect the vents.
