Steven Hockstein Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 I found this in the floor of an attic. The house is a little over 100 years old. I first thought it was for an old toilet but there is no plumbing on this side of the house. There is no existing mechanical equipment anywhere near this. There is a bedroom directly below. The house has steam heat. Click to Enlarge 36.36 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 That's an old thimble. Gas space heater in the bedroom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Tom is probably correct, a stove pipe flange or thimble. See, all that CE makes your mind sharper. [:-graduat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Typical old style collar for a coal stove pipe passing through a floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjr6550 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 I have seen a few of them and recall seeing one with a stove still in place. I suppose if the chimney did not pass through that room they ran the stove pipe through the ceiling and connected to the chimney in the attic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 I have seen a few of them and recall seeing one with a stove still in place. I suppose if the chimney did not pass through that room they ran the stove pipe through the ceiling and connected to the chimney in the attic. It was also common practice to pass the coal stove pipe through a ceiling to provide a little heat to the space above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plummen Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 How bid is the hole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Hockstein Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Thanks for the responses. This site is a great resource for when I see something new to me. Assuming that it was for a stove pipe and the fact that the house was built with a steam heating system, I have to assume that the original builder installed it, but it was never used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjr6550 Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Where I see things like that the steam heat or whatever they have for heat typically came later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Where I see things like that the steam heat or whatever they have for heat typically came later. Yes. There were thimble like this all over my 1870 house. Most likely coal first. Gas lines were installed long after the house was finished. Boiler and baseboard heat in the 1980s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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