Filling this void space underneath kitchen cabinet?

[adamt11]

This old pipe is located behind my oven and goes through a space underneath a kitchen cabinet.

The cabinet always has a musty smell despite being regularly cleaned. Meanwhile the cabinet on the other side that doesn't have a pipe running underneath it has no smell.

I was wondering if I could fill the space underneath the cabinet with a filler to try to eliminate the unpleasant damp and musky smell. Or remove the old pipe and then fill the space.

 

[Notch7]

Get rid of the pipe then fill with mortar or if you like just get a can of foam

 

[Feck]

That is a gas pipe that has been capped off. You need to get a Gas Safe engineer to move it.

 

[adamt11]

Thanks. Any idea what might be causing the musty smell under the floor?

 

[Rodders53]

Musty smell will be damp and/or lack of ventilation / air movement.

Damp from cold wall/floor and condensation or another reason. Water leak from an appliance. Damp bridge through a wall. etc.,.

That is a gas pipe that has been capped off.

Nope. It's a bayonet fitting for a gas appliance such as a cooker. It may be live, or not.

It does need investigating / checking by a competent person if it's not wanted before removal (and the OP is not renting the property when Landlord permission may be needed).