Can you ID this hose buried in the ground

Leading away from the house in the front yard, back yard, side yard??? What is the blob in the middle? What is at the other end of where the hose is pointing, Mars, Venus, an outbuilding, street, etc. How about some usefull information!!!

Front yard. The blob in the middle is some kind of union but clogged with dirt. The hose disappears underground in the direction of the street. It's a residential development, not a rural area.

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Where's the water service? Was lot previously occupied prior to this residence being built.

I'd venture a temporary/prior water/gas service abandoned in place when final installed.

The image at the link is no longer there so can't tell much.

Again, details unprovided would help.

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Its it flexible plastic pipe and not garden hose, as someone said it might be some temporary hook up.

"Flax" wrote in

Looks like electrical conduit to me, but I'm not an electrician so I don't see that stuff often. Could have been temp electric service when the house was being built. Is it leading to anything electrical? Like a pole or a neighbor's house where they may have borrowed electric during construction?

When the house across the street from me was being built, the builder used my water and electric. In return, I got all sorts of favors like a couple cords of firewood, a plumbing repair, lawn fill, tree trimmed. It probably cost me $10 tops.

It's city water, not a well. I don't know about the history of the lot before the house was built.

It still works for me. Are you behind a proxy that blocks photobucket maybe?

None that I can see after I cleared away as much dirt as possible. Thanks to everyone for the info.

It just leads toward the street. It sort of points toward the water meter but it would have to take a left turn underground to actually hit the meter exactly. Maybe it is some old hookup that erosion has revealed. There are no wires inside and I can't believe anyone would leave a gas line in such a state, so I guess the only choice left is water.

Looks like an old corroded copper water supply line.

There is an area of my yard that gets lots of shade so the grass has departed. Today I saw the end of a hose poking out of the ground. I pulled on it thinking it was maybe a short piece of trash left over from when the house was built (in 1984) but this is a long hose buried in the ground.

It's leading _away_ from the house and the exposed end is cut and clogged with dirt. It's gray in color and about 3/4" diameter. There is no gas smell. I've lived here for 17 years and this is the first I've seen of such a thing.

Any thoughts on what it might be?

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Could this have been something for a pool? Intake or discharge?

Look up 'Call Before You Dig' and give them a call. They can ID it.

Could there have been a gas-fired yard light that has since been removed ? Any neighbors still around who are original owners to ask ?? I once owned a home in Ill. (1971) that had such, and I know it was removed sometime in the 80's.

Looks like a temporary electrical conduit used during house construction. When they finished, they yanked the electrical wires out and left the conduit as it was covered with soil and too laborious to dig up. Scrap what you can access and chop off the rest where it leaves your property. No big deal. =3D=3D

"Flax" wrote in news:g2ABo.130099$ snipped-for-privacy@en-nntp-05.dc.easynews.com:

All anyone here can do is guess, as they have been. My guess:

Looks like underground sprinkler hose??

"...gray in color..."?

Steve

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ts of shade so the grass has

That would get my vote. The junction fittings are consistent with gas rather than electrical conduit.