For most of the brothers currently living in house, the bathroom renovations were often a faraway dream. Brothers can be frequently heard complaining about the lack of functionality or cleanliness in their bathrooms, wondering how the money set aside for renovations will be budgeted, and explaining to non-brothers the posited extravagance of the future bathrooms, but many including me are still taken aback that the renovations will be starting in a week and a half!
For a sense of the current state of the house's bathrooms, I've collected a few pictures below.
The bathtub of the 3rd North bathroom is fully functional, but contains some residues that bear witness to previous stories involving murky water and a clogged drain (for details ask Chrisantha).
The sink lacks a plug for its p-trap and so is currently out of commission.
The toilet is fully functional (!). A brother a few years back saved The Tiger from the renovation of a different bathroom, and hopefully it gets saved again.
Chrisantha adds that the bathrooms of the house have undergone a steady degradation and hopes that this complete renovation will both renew the bathrooms and stop the cycle.
The scale and depth of the upcoming renovations is indeed historical--it will the most substantial work we've done to the building since ADPhi moved it. After this renovation, no more will contractors working on tiling the 3rd front bathroom find beneath the floor layer after layer of tile and linoleum. To brother and current house RA Andy Huang, the depth of the upcoming renovations mean much more than just shining up the exterior. He like everyone else is looking forward to the new bathrooms and hopes that episodes of leaking pipes and wet floors and ceilings, now pretty common, will soon be a thing of the past. His only regret is not being able to enjoy the new bathrooms for more than a couple months!
For a sense of the current state of the house's bathrooms, I've collected a few pictures below.
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| 4th Front Bathroom |
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| 3rd North Bathroom |
Most of the bathrooms are in much better shape than the two above, but as brother Chrisantha Perera says, virtually every aspect of every bathroom is somehow or sometimes suboptimal. Chrisantha lives in the 3rd North hallway, which fortunately for him is probably among the first bathrooms to be redone. But in the meantime, he lives across from a bathroom with many (nonsexual) stories.
The bathtub of the 3rd North bathroom is fully functional, but contains some residues that bear witness to previous stories involving murky water and a clogged drain (for details ask Chrisantha).
The sink lacks a plug for its p-trap and so is currently out of commission.
The medicine cabinet works, but the back board is always on the move downwards and frequently needs to be fixed. The orientation of the mirror also inconveniently doesn't allow for shaving in the shower.
The toilet is fully functional (!). A brother a few years back saved The Tiger from the renovation of a different bathroom, and hopefully it gets saved again.
The scale and depth of the upcoming renovations is indeed historical--it will the most substantial work we've done to the building since ADPhi moved it. After this renovation, no more will contractors working on tiling the 3rd front bathroom find beneath the floor layer after layer of tile and linoleum. To brother and current house RA Andy Huang, the depth of the upcoming renovations mean much more than just shining up the exterior. He like everyone else is looking forward to the new bathrooms and hopes that episodes of leaking pipes and wet floors and ceilings, now pretty common, will soon be a thing of the past. His only regret is not being able to enjoy the new bathrooms for more than a couple months!
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