Hello,
Does anyone have a guess what the mysterious chest built in the attic might be? I haven't dared to break it open and check yet. I also wonder if anyone might know what my insulation-covered iron pipe could be. I would like to remove both but don't want to tear into something I don't know if it serves any mysterious function.
Does anyone have a guess what the mysterious chest built in the attic might be? I haven't dared to break it open and check yet. I also wonder if anyone might know what my insulation-covered iron pipe could be. I would like to remove both but don't want to tear into something I don't know if it serves any mysterious function.
Image 1) passport
Image 2) feels like an open expansion tank for the heating system, possibly a remnant that may be out of operation. (If that's the case, there's a pressurized, often red, pressure expansion tank somewhere in the heating system, often at the heating source). Just take a look.
It's a good idea to keep an eye on these open tanks now and then. If they rust through, you'll have a small water damage.
Image 2) feels like an open expansion tank for the heating system, possibly a remnant that may be out of operation. (If that's the case, there's a pressurized, often red, pressure expansion tank somewhere in the heating system, often at the heating source). Just take a look.
It's a good idea to keep an eye on these open tanks now and then. If they rust through, you'll have a small water damage.
Sure. District heating almost always has a small expansion tank at the exchanger. Don't know if the tank is gone or if it's hidden under the insulation, but have they left some insulation and a non-pressurized pipe stub underneath? Looks a bit half-torn.P psu said:
Is it not possible to see under what is coming down from the chest? Thinking, for example, if you moved the kitchen and pulled out ventilation pipes from the new kitchen or from a bathroom? Otherwise, you'll have to check with the church records if you have any family in the area who were born but never buried 
Edit: I see that the planks on the side are end grain, which you probably won't find in the lumberyard, so they are probably quite old, and it's likely not a new ventilation pipe in there, just the neighbor's wife left then. RIP.
Edit: I see that the planks on the side are end grain, which you probably won't find in the lumberyard, so they are probably quite old, and it's likely not a new ventilation pipe in there, just the neighbor's wife left then. RIP.
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Is there a vent on the gable under the window?
But for f’s sake, don't open it when it's light!K katho75 said:
Or I also guess it's some form of ventilation encapsulation. And to defend my forum title, I think the "iron pipe" is a copper pipe if the picture isn't completely deceiving.
Under the chest is a bedroom (it's a bedroom on the original drawing too), the only thing in the ceiling as far as I know is a light, feels like an exaggerated construction to build in an electrical conduitT TypRätt said:Is it not possible to see under what comes down from the chest? Thinking like if you've moved the kitchen and extended ventilation pipes from the new kitchen or from a bathroom? Otherwise, you might have to check with the church records if you have any family in the area that is born but never been buried
Edit: I see that the planks on the side are end grain which you probably won't find at the lumber yard so they are probably quite dated and it's probably not a new ventilation pipe there, just the neighbor's wife left then simply. RIP.
Don't say that, now a bunch of nassar will come to correct you that the järnröret was an aluminum pipe and not a copper pipeAlfredo said:
What is that insulation material?