From the housemother's living room -- looking up into 2nd and 3rd old bathroom -- up to the roof.
If you walk into the chapter house today, the most striking thing you will find would be standing in the housemother’s living room and looking up and you can see the roof. The floors in 2nd and 3rd old bathrooms have been removed to accommodate a new bathroom layout – which will include private shower stalls and finally fix the flooding issue in the housemother’s room and B1.
At least twice a year, the housemother’s room would ‘flood,’ or more accurately ‘rain’ from the ceiling, which then would drain into B1 – often times damaging contents in both rooms. For the past several years, the flooding was due to pipes going bad inside the walls – both plumbing and heating systems. These are costly repairs, as the plumber would have to make a hole to fix the issue – often times several holes to find the issue – then the wall or ceiling would have to be repaired. Thankfully, ‘moms’ Engelhard and the residents in B1 have been good sports over the years.
The radiators have been removed and recycled – along with the old AC equipment in the basement under the kitchen. This is making room for a new heating and air conditioning system to be installed over the next several months.
The walls are framed on 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors.
Mechanical, electrical and fire sprinkler rough-ins are scheduled to begin this week.
From the 3rd old bathroom — looking into the housemother’s living room.
3rd floor — from Room 300 — looking to the south.
2nd floor — standing by the south wall (Room 203) looking to the north (200).
Basement ceiling is down.
The few items left from the old chiller equipment.
This Old FIJI House 