Exhausting a bath fan through a waste vent pipe?
I am installing an exhaust fan in my upstairs bath. An easy and close by exhaust source would be the existing plumbing vent.
Can I tee into this vent without worrying about odor problems in the bath? I would tap into it just below where it goes through the roof. The existing vent is close to the peak of the roof. I would guess that down drafts which might push gases back towards the exhaust fan wouldn't be much of an issue. Even if there were down drafts, the closeness of the tee to the vent opening should mean that it was fresh air being pushed back. Also, the fan has a flap valve which should keep air from coming back in when the fan is off.
I would also plumb the exhaust fan pipe so that it had enough slope coming into the side of the tee to prevent rain from finding it's way into the fan.