Old iron gas pipe?

[SoccerMum1]

Hey all,

Having a kitchen renovation currently and this old pipe (looks to be an iron gas pipe possibly) is coming out near where the washing machine is gonna be placed.

Has anyone seen anything similar, and can this safely be removed or do the gas board need to do the works?

Thanks

Maybe an obvious question - what's on the other side of that wall? Can you trace (at least partially) where the pipe comes from?

What makes you think it's gas?

@MaybeSmaller other side is going through the wall, and down into the garden - only thinking it's gas as thats what the plasterer mentioned but he wasn't sure either

I would guess gas too. Get a heating engineer to come and have a look.

Looks like gas.

I’m not any kind of expert but I think it’s an old water pipe made from malleable iron . It looks like the wrong diameter for gas pipe .

I’d start by digging out the garden first two see where it goes. That might give you the answer before paying someone.

It’s gas - old water pipes were lead.

I had a very similar looking pipe in my kitchen when I was renovating and it was a capped off gas pipe which was still connected to the main gas pipe serving our street. I'm not sure if the laws and regulations have changed since then, but I had to pay the Gas Board to come and take the pipe out and seal everything properly. Didn't cost a fortune, but it took them ages to do the actual work.