Random Pipe - Has anybody seen this?

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Random Pipe - Has anybody seen this?

Author: Bnowell34 (CA)

I have an elbow pipe coming from the upper wall, approximately 6 inches below the ceiling in my bathroom. The pipe is not capped and appears to be a backflow or air vent pipe. Recently, water has started coming from the pipe, at a slow drip, but appears to be getting worse. I am not sure what the pipe does and more important, what it is leaking. More info: the pipe is above the right hand dual vanity sink, the wall the pipe is running through backs to a cupboard, the pipe does not extend through the cupboard so must be running from another area. The building is a condo built in 2003. Thanks for you help!

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Re: Random Pipe - Has anybody seen this?
Author: Wheelchair (IL) Might be for a vacuum breaker. If not in use, cap it. Best Wishes
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Re: Random Pipe - Has anybody seen this?
Author: bernabeu (SC) ask the seller of the condo it was there when you bought ============================================== "Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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