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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10,2022 | HILLTOPVIEWSONLINE.COM
Water leaks in North St Andre, affected residents relocated to Teresa Hall
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Residents who experienced leaks in their apartments were promptly relocated to Teresa Hall while the university focused on fixing the issue. Kyle McDaniel (left)
moved what belongings he could from his apartment to a temporary housing location in Teresa Hall as his friend Lizzie Hetzel (right) helps out.
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Isabel Garcia places improptu bins in her apartment entryway to stop the leaking water from spreading
farther. Several pieces of the ceiling peeled off from the damage above, littering the floor.
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own facilities team, ServePro,
a fire and water restoration
company, came to campus to
support water remediation.
" Maintenance is doing their
best,” Montheral said. “They’ve
been awesome.”
Isabel Garcia, a resident in an
affected room, noticed the wall
above her apartments exit door
was swollen that morning.
“It slowly began to bubble then
burst,” said Garcia. “Then the
lights started leaking water.”
Water damage now riddles
the hallway, bathroom and
bedrooms of Garcias apartment.
On Friday, Feb. 4, students
reported leaks in the North St.
Andre Apartments to resident
assistants and directors. Affected
residents were temporarily
“The water came through the
ceiling, even through the fire
detectors,” Jay Montheral, a
resident in an affected room,
said.
In November 2018, the same
apartment complex, formerly
known as the Pavillions, flooded
after a pipe unexpectedly burst.
Students affected were relocated
to East Hall, hotels across
Austin and West Campus near
the University of Austin.
Around 2:30 p.m. on Friday
afternoon, Residence Life
released a statement over email
to residents regarding the
ongoing situation.
“Please be assured that we
are currently addressing the
situation and are actively
assessing the function of other
coils to avoid any other burst,”
the statement said.
Hilltop Views reached out
to ResLife and the St. Andre
resident director Tyler Rhoads
for additional comment but
was referred back to the above
statement.
In addition to St. Edward’s
water coming out of the ceiling,"
resident Kyle McDaniel said." It
was slowly coming through, but
it was a ton of water. My clothes
and bedding were completely
soaked and my laptop got wet. I
don’t really know the full extent
of the damage, but there’s only
so much you can do.”
According to Willi Chavez,
grounds manager of facilities,
the cause of the leak was a burst
air conditioning coil on the roof
of the north side of St. Andre.
The coil is aluminum and
likely froze due to the weather,
causing it to expand and burst.
The leak affected rooms on the
fifth, fourth and third floors of
the north side.
Residents of St. Andre are
encouraged to reach out to the
resident assistant on call at 512-
342-4100 or call the University
Police Department with
emergencies at 512-448-8444.
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Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 2022, newspaper, February 10, 2022; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1590790/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting St. Edward’s University.