{"id":55656,"date":"2011-04-29T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=55656"},"modified":"2011-04-29T13:45:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:45:47","slug":"chimney-can-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/04\/chimney-can-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Chimney: Can You Identify Purpose of this Plug?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In investigating ants, i saw some dirt coming from this sewer-like cap about 3 feet off the ground.  Took out my wrench and &#8220;unscrewed&#8221; it, but it just fell out.  The hole is filled with dirt\/sand\/brick chips.  <\/p>\n<p>Previous owner&#8217;s contractor did renovations, but i&#8217;m perplexed as to why fill this with sand and what is the purpose?  Should I clear this out and cement this over?  Why would they leave the cap when parging the chimney?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In investigating ants, i saw some dirt coming from this sewer-like cap about 3 feet off the ground. Took out my wrench and &#8220;unscrewed&#8221; it, but it just fell out. The hole is filled with dirt\/sand\/brick chips. Previous owner&#8217;s contractor did renovations, but i&#8217;m perplexed as to why fill this with sand and what is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-55656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chimney"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/04\/chimney-can-you\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Chimney: Can You Identify Purpose of this Plug?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/04\/chimney-can-you\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/04\/chimney-can-you\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Chimney","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"slopemope"}],"creator":["slopemope"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2011-04-29T13:22:04Z","datePublished":"2011-04-29T13:22:04Z","dateModified":"2011-04-29T13:45:47Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Chimney: Can You Identify Purpose of this Plug?\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/chimney-can-you\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/chimney-can-you\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Chimney\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"slopemope\"}],\"creator\":[\"slopemope\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Forum Archive\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2011-04-29T13:22:04Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-29T13:22:04Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-04-29T13:45:47Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/brownstoner.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","print_hed":"","photo_gallery":[],"print_subhed":"","print_slug":"","syndication_thumb":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55656"},{"taxonomy":"districts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=55656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}