Strange pipes coming from the walls of rehab

[Glen Beringer]

Hi all, This is my first post on BP after listening to just about every one of the podcasts. As a way of an introduction, my name is Glen and I am relatively new to real estate investing but have jumped right in, buying two properties last year. I buy properties in wilmington, Delaware primarily for rental. I currently live in my first purchase that I have been renovating, and will convert it to a rental upon completion (and when I have the cash to buy another property). I only invest part time- and rely on my career as a CPA/anti-money laundering consultant for my living expenses. I am in the process of rehabbing the second house (a 1923- 3 bed 1 bath) now and have come across threaded and capped pipes in each of the upstairs bedrooms and hallway about 4 feet off the ground. I pulled back the carpets to see if there was a return pipe (as if there was an old radiator line) but there was nothing. My thought is now that this may have been old oil lamps or something. Just wondering if anyone has ever seems this. I didn't see any of the pipes coming out in the basement so I believe they are not live anymore. I am probably just going to hacksaw them out of the wall. I'll post pictures assuming I can figure out how to :-) Thanks! Glen

[Steve Babiak]

If it is an older house, those were probably gas supply pipes for gas lights that would have been on the walls.