Step 9: Rough In

August 2018

I have never been so excited to see exposed wires in my life! 

UPSTAIRS MASTER





So the next step was the "rough in" phase of the electrical, plumbing and HVAC. They put in the shell of these things first and then will finish them after the walls go in. 

Just a few pics, because at this phase, pictures of every room is kind of ridiculous.


ELECTRICAL

on the left - electrical boxes and recessing lighting fixtures
on the right - a huge spool of electrical wire


Because the ceilings are so low in the downstairs and that was the one thing we couldn't really fix, we did all recessed lighting in the whole downstairs (and we raised the ceiling in the addition):



wooo-hoo light switches!


Actually, what amazed me in this phase was that they had us do an electrical walk through of the whole house, talking in detail about not only what fixtures we wanted where, but exactly where we wanted all of the outlets and light switches. This is honestly not something I would have ever thought about, but it was so fascinating to think... "When I walk in the room, I want the switches here because I'm right handed" or "I don't want an outlet there because it would be behind the couch," etc. The most interesting one was deciding where to put the outlet in the downstairs master bath... because of the way the door opened, it would have either been behind the door or in a really awkward place in the very middle of the wall, so we decided to change the way the door opened. Mind-blown. 


fuse box in the mudroom:




PLUMBING

the new master bath: if you remember, this is kind of where the old plumbing was in the middle of the dining room, but it is now moved back about five feet, from the location of the old bathroom to the new bathroom.


"rough in" for the toilet and the sink in the downstairs master bath:


plumbing for washer/dryer!!




HVAC

Upstairs master HVAC vent


I was absolutely blown away by how much of the attic is taken up by HVAC now. Our old house was one story and only had HVAC underneath the house. I was not at all prepared for how much ductwork would be in the attic. Good news? Less space in the attic to hoard stuff!!




HVAC pipe on the left (regular plumbing on the right)


downstairs air return (under the stairs)



So, after insulation and drywall, they will come back and finish off all three of these things - put in the actual light switches and outlets, put in the vents, connect the plumbing, etc.


NEXT: Step 10: Blessing the House



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