The Masters House

That’s right, I spent almost 3 hours  yesterday at the house filming and snapping pictures of the drywall-less walls of our house. The plumbing and the electrical have reached the point that they are ready to be inspected and covered up by insulation and drywall.

I took pictures of the house that we are in right now when it was in the same state but only concentrated on the plumbing in the case we needed any repairs. I kicked myself for not taking more pictures when I converted the formal dining room into a bedroom as I did not know when some of the electrical was. I had to climb around in the attic to figure it out.

This time around I not only took several pictures and angles of the same walls but video along with it. The issue with pictures a lot of times is that it can be difficult to know exactly what you are looking at. With video you have the progression from one place to another so you can see where things go. I figure that with the combination of the photos and the video that we should be in really good shape for any repairs and/or upgrades that we may want to do.

The part of this mini project that really made me saw WOW was how complicated the plumbing system is in the house. The difference between the new house and the one that we are in right now is that in the our present house (which is a single story) the majority of the plumbing is under the foundation. In the new house only the main water line is under the foundation, everything else is in the walls and in the ceiling/floor between the first and second floors. Also, we have more then double the bathrooms, water heaters, and air conditioning units so that adds to it as well.

I was trying to follow each pipe individually but gave up after the 3 pipes. The area over the downstairs bathroom is just a huge nest of red and blue flexible PVC pipes going all over the place. I ended up taking pictures which lying on my back of the first floor ceiling in several different places order to get a good "map" of where all these things go. The truth is, I hope I never need to break these photos out due to a leak. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

Going through the house like this also gave me the opportunity to really go over everything with a fine tooth comb. I noticed that one of the outlets that I paid extra for in the garage was not installed so I need to ask about that. Also, in several of the areas where faucets go (not all) there are extra pipes that are tee’d off then capped off. I am not sure what these are for but will be asking the foreman about them. I also discovered that the garage outlets are on the same circuit as the exterior outlets on the 3 different porches we have at the house. It is good to know that I won’t be knocking out the TV in the family room when running the table saw.

It was more work then I anticipated and I still need to capture the video and categorize the pictures but I think it is a couple of hours that were worth the investment. Years down the road I am sure that I will be happy that I took the time to catalog this.

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