pipe in my linen closet

[Carvona]

Anyone have an idea what this may be to? It's in a linen closet in the master bath.

 

[havasu]

Clean out for the drains on the opposite side of the wall?

 

[gargalaxy]

Yes, that's a clean out and you need or replace the plug or use a clean out cover and plug the whole on the center (if you don't your wall will be worse with the water coming out)

 

[frodo]

either a clean out or your closet used to be a shower

unscrew the plug,,,see if that is a ptrap or not

 

[Carvona]

It seem to be leaking at the bottom when we put the screw back in.. any idea why this may happen or what they are connected to ?

 

[havasu]

That is sewer juice. You sure don't want that leaking in your closet. Try removing the cap, and give the threads a good cleaning. Re-install using some vaseline on the threads or if the threads are damaged, you may need to buy a new cap.

 

[Carvona]

Thank you for answering. Now it was showing a drip during the night when we were sleeping and nothing was being used... can this raise our water bill?

 

[havasu]

Not at all. Again, that is a sewer clean out. You sure want to contain that drip because it is not clean water though.

 

[frodo]

my bad, i was think the picture was of the floor. it is the wall ...opps

get some yellow #5 rectoseal pipe dope at the hard ware store put some on their LIBERALLY

and buy a different type of plug get one like this cap

so you can put a wrench on it

 

[johnjh2o]

Someone drilled a hole in that plug or there was a cover plate fastened to it with a screw.