Closet Flange in Cold Air Return?

[Gregory A. Liebig]

My guess the HVAC Tech's didn't get along with the Plumbers. The pictures show the drain from the toilet in a 1st floor 1/2 bath running through a cold air return. I haven't run across this before. Home was built in 1998. Any suggestions?

[David A. Andersen]

If it leaks, it's a real "crappy" situation...

Unless this is commercial, codes never thought about it yet.

M has priority over P so if you call it, it's the plumbers problem.

[Gregory A. Liebig]

What about the "A" that designed it??

I thought about mentioning to seal around the PVC, but sucking a little basement air would be a whole lot better that plugging a potential water leak so I left it alone.

[Joe Funderburk, CMI]

It's uninspectable. How do you know the floor isn't rotted? Disclaim it.

The toilet sat on top of an air return??? I can't picture what the bathroom floor looks like. Got a pic?

[Gregory A. Liebig]

The floor was tile and the toilet was tight. No visual evidence of any problems. Noted in the report as acceptable with a note as unusual installation and sub-floor was not visible.

[James E. Braun, CMI]

May not be the smartest, but I think it is allowed.