Splish, splash — crash?
Yes, I've shown this before. Pity me!
is better than nothing. Just not by much.
Let’s take a tour!
At some point, mildew just wasn't worth worrying about
This looks very much like the tub surround when we moved in, but that version had regular drywall behind it. The previous owner was the sort of Man Who Explains Things whom Rebecca Solnit writes about, and he was too busy explaining that warm air rises to mention that we should keep an eye on the ceiling of the second floor bathroom, which would soon be damaged by seepage. We thought about redoing the bathroom then, but we didn’t. I’m sure we had a good reason, even if I can’t think of it now. Instead, we just had someone retile over cement backer board.
Tub and ceiling fixture from the master bedroom awaiting its doom. Note corner splashguard that was supposed to keep water from running onto the floor.
I suppose we can’t blame the previous owner for the floor of the master bathroom, which was peel-and-stick tile over plywood. As long as no water ever got on it, it would have been fine. Instead, the plywood and the floor beneath it both rotted.
Floor damage
The bathroom also had a storage cabinet tucked in the sliver of space under the shed dormer. It didn’t hold much, which is probably just as well, because it wasn’t really finished and dumped a fine layer of black powder on everything. If you view a bathroom as a place of cleanliness, you might not like that feature.
What it lacked in practicality it made up for in ingenuity, I guess.
Window jutting into bathtub = more rot.
Warm air rises, water rots wood, showers spray water.
Medicine cabinet. Keep, or replace with the Chenowith?
The line running down from the corner was from my attempts to lay out a spot for the linen cabinet. Mercifully, the flash is concealing my tired, sweaty, post-move-out self.
Radiator, described by our preschooler as “all cracked up.” It’s being replaced by a radiator/towel warmer that is both shiny and functional.
