Found an exposed 2" vent pipe (not connected) to anything, in the corner of the shower stall in the master bathroom. Previous owner has no idea what it was connected to. Any ideas of what it was used for?
Photos would help.
Cheers
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Besides photos, did you follow where it went? Did it exit to the home exterior? Did you see it in the attic? Follow up with that information too.
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Static ventilation I suspect.
Older building?
And way more information about the property.
Or everything…
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I lost a set of keys and not sure the last place I had them. Does anyone know where I left them? A bit of a jerk comment, but it is really asking the same kind of question.
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This one is easier than the OP… Most likely where you left them. 
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I’ll pile on with a somewhat “jerk” comment. It sounds like it is (was) a vent pipe.
(Sorry in advance.)
Obviously, it’s some kind of vent pipe. However, it’s positioned right in the corner of the shower tub stall and looks like it used to be attached to something.
Doesn’t make any sense why it would be in the tub. ??? See attached photo.
Did it go up through the roof? Or was it a drain at one time for something above? What was at the top of it? Was it capped at the top? Where did the to terminate?
My WAG is that there was a remodel of some type and it was abandoned.
I see A/C secondary drains terminated over tubs, and I’m not sure why you described it as a “vent pipe”.
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From my perspective, it appears to be much smaller than 2". What was above? An attic? Air handler?
I’ll second that.
No offense, but that photo tells us almost nothing. What kind of residence? What is above the shower?
For instance, in stacked condos/apartments, it is common to see an AC condensate drain going into the shower of the unit below.
This is in a manufactured home. I’ve inspected over 1,500 manufactured homes and have NEVER seen a vent pipe stuck in the corner of a shower unit. Note: It DOES NOT exit thru the roof. It just goes into the ceiling,
NO attic. Previous owner says it was there when they bought the house and didn’t ask.
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You know, sometimes we just scratch out heads. We all have some nutty stories. I just tell my client, “It doesn’t help anything, but doesn’t hurt anything. You can leave it if you like, but somewhere down the road when you are selling, you’ll be revisiting this if you leave it there.”
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