RESTROOMS AT THROOP: IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED 
		by David S. Lawyer    3nd revision June 1996
WOMENS:
1. Find old screen (a folding partition so others don't see you naked)
   or possibly buy another one.
2. Cover spot where the electric heater was with picture (or install
   new heater (see below).
3. Install door bumpers for toilet booth doors.
4. Heat problem: While there is a ceiling electric fan-heater, there
used to be a much hotter wall electric heater operating off the 240
volt 3-phase.  The ceiling one is only 120 volts.  There is also
forced air heat supplied by a vent on the N. wall.

For a number of reasons, it's desirable to have independent (such as
electric) heat in the Womens restroom: 1. The existing vent opening is
on the upstairs heating circuit and thus just to heat the womens room
the entire upstairs gets heated.  Thus independent heat will conserve
energy even thought electric heating is relatively inefficient.  2. It
will enable this room to be warmer than other rooms so that women may
comfortably change clothes, baby diapers, etc.	3. It will prevent the
smelly restroom air from being pumped into the rest of the building by
the forced air ventilation system.  This happens if the windows are
closed and the forced air flows out to the rest of the building thru
the doorways and under the doors.  When the blower (for the upstairs)
in the basement is off, air from the restroom may get sucked into the
vent (flow reversed) and smelly restroom air gets recirculated to the
rest of the bulling.  (Note that the mens restroom has no forced air
vent in it, but it has other ventilation problems.)

Fixes:
   a. Reinstall an electric heater.  (Easy since wiring exists) 
   b. Install a gas wall heater.  (Hard since no pipes or vents, but a
      gas heater is much more energy efficient than electric heat)
   c. Install an exhaust blower to exhaust air to the outside.
      Then heat would enter from the rest of building under the doors
      or thru a vent opening in a door.  The temperature may be too
      cold using this method since the restroom would be slightly
      colder than Throop Hall and/or the kitchen.  Cutting a vent
      opening in the kitchen-to-womens door might bring warm air from
      near the range into the womens rooms, along with possible
      kitchen odors.

MENS:
Ventilation Problem:  There is no force-air vent here but heat is not
needed since this is an interior room with no outside walls or windows
for heat to escape thru.  Also, air (and heat) enter thru the vents
(installed in 1996) in the doors provided air is flowing up the vent
duct which exits on the flat roof near the tower.	

When the sun has been shining on the roof for a while, this duct (runs
thru the attic) gets hot.  The hot air rises creating ventilation
flow for the mens room.	Even at night the duct is likely to be warmer
than the outside air, resulting in air flow upward.  But unfortunately
in the morning, the situation may reverse with the duct being cold
from a cold night while the sun heats up the outside air faster than
it does the vent duct.	The result is at best no air flow and at worst
a slight reverse air flow.  Should an electric blower be installed?
Two problems are: 1.  Noise of the blower (the sanctuary is on the
other side of the wall) and 2. The duct is rectangular with little
space in the wall for a blower.

BOTH MENS & WOMENS:
1. Conserve water in toilets by 1. new toilets or 2. use kits for
water conservation.  One such kit has been installed in the womens
room.