That McMansion in Phoenix taught me to stop trusting blueprints

I showed up to this new build in Scottsdale last month and the plans showed a standard 8 foot ceiling for the basement. Turns out the architect had the elevation wrong by 2 feet, so all my sensor wire runs were too short by a mile. Had to splice every single zone because the drywall was already up and the homeowner was breathing down my neck. Do you guys actually check every single measurement before you cut wire or am I the only one who got burned like this?

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irisg5714d ago

Oh wow, two whole feet off? That's not even a small mistake, that's a full-on disaster waiting to happen... I can't believe the drywall was already screwed in before anyone caught that. Must've been a nightmare trying to fish those wires back through after the fact. I always double-check the elevation marks against the actual slab now, learned that lesson the hard way on a low-voltage job a few years back. Splicing every zone like that just adds so much extra time and headache, especially when the client's watching your every move.

kim_patel8914d ago

Bro my buddy had this exact thing happen on a new build. He swears the blueprints showed the boxes at 48 inches but someone wrote 24 on the slab. They didn't catch it til after the rock was up. Had to cut out a whole section of drywall and run new wire through the attic. The GC was so mad he made them eat the cost of the sheetrock repair.