Bathroom Trolls

Some things you just never want to see.

Oops, too late. This is the under-floor of the second-floor bathroom. This used to be our main/favorite bathroom, largely because it was next to the kitchen and on the same floor as our bedroom. The former is what doomed it: it was adjacent to the kitchen and therefore got caught in the plumbing-and-electrical overhaul.

We're happy to be redoing this bathroom because it was such a mess before. Cramped and crowded, with a funny layout, we knew its time with us would be short. Once the builders removed the vanity and shower, they found a bit of dry rot, so the floor came out as well. This is a view of where the bathroom floor was, looking down onto the first-floor ceiling.

I gotta say, those are some beefy 2x12's. That's also some ludicrous plumbing, if you ask me. We found unused gas and water lines in here, plus the now-familiar rusted iron waste pipes. It's hard to tell what this room used to be, but it probably wasn't always a bathroom, and it certainly didn't always have the plumbing routed the way it is now.

I'm particularly amused/horrified by the twisted drain pipes under the sinks and shower. You can see it here in the upper-right corner. The proverbial plumber's nightmare. What a tangle.

That will all get simplified as we move the shower to the opposite end of the room (away from the door, thank you) and swap the two sinks to the opposite wall, while the toilet moves a few feet to under the window. We should end up with the same number of fixtures (that's important) but better organized. And with plumbing that's not all rusted out.