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I live in the house I grew up in. My dad designed the second floor, an addition. He knows the skeleton of this house in a way I never ever will. He lives 50 mi
by donatj 3y ago
I live in the house I grew up in. My dad designed the second floor, an addition.
He knows the skeleton of this house in a way I never ever will. He lives 50 miles away now, but I still have him as an amazing resource about my house.
I wanted to run cat5 to my office on the second floor a number of years ago. "Oh just drill a hole in the floor right here in this corner, there's a void that goes all the way from the second floor to the basement." Sure enough.
What I want is the schematics that my dad has in his head.
- rootusrootus 3y agoBest thing I ever did when our house was built was go through the entire house the day before the drywall went up, and take many pictures of everything I could see. So now, when I want to do something, I know exactly what the framing looks like, where the water lines run, drains, electric, everything. It's very handy.
- brk 3y agoAnd with a cheap projector you can shine those pictures on the walls for X-ray vision. BTDT.
- rootusrootus 3y agooooh, now that's an idea I had not thought of. Thanks!
- acherion 3y agoI did the same, before our plasterboard went up, I went around with a video camera and videod everything (borrowed my brother in law's digicam). It has helped heaps!
- bombcar 3y agoIf you don’t want to do it yourself, you can hire a home inspector to do a pre-drywall inspection, and pay extra for full camera documentation. If they’re good, they’ll know what you want and they will also help the builder avoid callbacks. Many things are insanely easy to fix before the drywall is up. I also recommend that you do the same walkthrough, of course.
- lrivers 3y agoAs a dad, one of my very favorite things is when one of my offspring asks me a question I have a solid answer for. Probably, when you ask him this stuff, he glows inside.