Electrical rough-in photos, before the drywall closes
Electrical work has a hard deadline that no other trade has: the day drywall goes up, everything you installed becomes invisible. Every home run, box height, and staple is behind a wall until someone cuts it open. A rough-in photo set is the difference between knowing where a circuit runs and guessing.
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What electrical crews document
The shots worth taking, and why each one matters later.
Rough-in before drywall
Wall-by-wall coverage of home runs, box placement, staples and drill points, shot before the wall closes.
Panel and subpanel
The panel open with the schedule legible, so circuit numbering is on record and not just on a sticker that fades.
Service and grounding
Meter base, service entry, ground rods and bonding — the parts inspectors always come back to.
Inspection sign-offs
Rough and final inspection tickets photographed with the job, not left in a truck.
Device counts by room
Receptacles, switches and fixtures per room, which settles change-order questions about what was actually installed.
Trim-out and finished work
Final devices, plate alignment and fixture installs at completion.
The arguments this record settles
Every one of these comes down to whether a dated photo exists.
- A plumber's screw hits a cable and the rough-in photo shows exactly where your wire ran.
- The owner insists more can lights were in scope — the rough-in count says otherwise.
- A remodel two years later needs to know what's behind a wall, and you can pull the photo in seconds.
- An inspector questions grounding that was already buried, and you have it dated and photographed.
A day on a electrical job, on the record
The same two artefacts every project builds up: what happened today, and what still needs fixing.
A daily log from this trade
Second floor rough-in complete
All bedroom and hall circuits pulled and stapled. Boxes set at 16in, switches at 48in. Home runs labeled at panel — schedule photographed. Two extra receptacles added in the primary bedroom at owner request, noted for change order.
Crew members post updates with photos straight from the field, so the entry lands on the day the work happened.
Punch items that come up
- Missing blank plate — hall junction box
- Reverse polarity at kitchen island receptacle
- Label subpanel circuits 12 through 18
Each item carries before and after photos, so completion is visible without another walkthrough.