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Wha are these things on my wall?

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Naz2009 · 05/11/2022 02:02

Hi, moved into our new home on Friday and wondering, what are these two things on my front wall.
Please see image and guid me. Thank you.

Wha are these things on my wall?
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Notacompetitiveundereater · 05/11/2022 02:04

I think the little black thing is for a pulley rope for washing,

Naz2009 · 05/11/2022 02:06

I thought the same thing about the black round thing and then thought why right at the front door of the house.

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inappropriateraspberry · 05/11/2022 02:10

The black thing looks like an old wiring connection/junction box. I remember seeing them along school walls! The brown thing looks like some sort of vent?

Naz2009 · 05/11/2022 02:17

Funny you mention school

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inappropriateraspberry · 05/11/2022 02:18

Is it an old school?

Naz2009 · 05/11/2022 02:18

@inappropriateraspberry funny you mention school. My house is right opposite a school.

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BasiliskStare · 05/11/2022 02:21

The brown thing looks a bit like a vent for something - does it join on to anything inside ?

Namechangenumber23 · 05/11/2022 02:21

Couldn't tell you what they are but there was a caretakers house on site of my old secondary school (built 1950) and it had the wooden thing outside the front door.

Naz2009 · 05/11/2022 02:22

@inappropriateraspberry I just googled it. School is fairy new. Opened in 2016

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inappropriateraspberry · 05/11/2022 02:23

They are pretty common, not only in schools! Being close to a school has no relevance! How old is the house?

Namechangenumber23 · 05/11/2022 02:23

The black thing looks like it's missing it's housing / cover, as in something should attach to it

stopringingme · 05/11/2022 02:31

The brown item does the front drop down and reveal a keypad if so it is a keysafe.

The black item is it some sort of button ? Maybe a doorbell.

Naz2009 · 05/11/2022 02:31

Thanks ladies. Figured the brown thing out. It's hood for a air vent.
Still don't know what this black thing this.

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Naz2009 · 05/11/2022 02:35

@stopringingme there is a key safe on the wall next to the front door. I would never known what that was. Luckily the sellers left a note with instructions and pin. So I figured that out.

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Naz2009 · 05/11/2022 02:36

@Namechangenumber23 my thoughts exactly.

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inappropriateraspberry · 05/11/2022 02:36

Is there writing on the black thing?

custardbear · 05/11/2022 03:18

We had a water meter thing on our wall that looked like that black thing.
Air vent cover is the other thing

Notacompetitiveundereater · 05/11/2022 03:21

honestly, there is a second part to the black thing, it’s for a washing line, it basically hooks over it .

Naz2009 · 05/11/2022 03:22

@custardbear this house also has a water metre. I've never had one before. But I did take reading yesterday and my metre is located in the downstairs guest WC

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The4teddybears · 05/11/2022 03:25

Do you have a water meter. ??

I think the little black thing allows the water company read your water meter from outside your property .

Naz2009 · 05/11/2022 03:55

@The4teddybears yes I do ☹️
That explains it then. Thank you so much. Now I just have to figure out my hot air heating system.

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sashh · 05/11/2022 04:36

The black thing is your water meter. At least the bit they use to read your meter.

I only found that out when I opened my front door and almost walked into a 6ft male.

sashh · 05/11/2022 04:38

Sorry I replied without reading the post from @The4teddybears

The brown might be an old phone or cable connector.

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