Plumbing rough-in and under-slab photo records
Plumbing gets buried faster and deeper than any other trade — under slabs, inside walls, beneath finished floors. When a leak turns up, the question is always what was installed and how, and the answer is usually unavailable. A photo taken before the pour is the cheapest insurance on the job.
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What plumbing crews document
The shots worth taking, and why each one matters later.
Under-slab and underground
Line routing, bedding and connections photographed before the pour, with a tape or landmark in frame for location.
Rough-in in walls
Supply and DWV runs, fittings and strapping before insulation and drywall.
Pressure and leak tests
The gauge in frame with a readable reading, dated, so the test is evidenced rather than asserted.
Valve and cleanout locations
Shutoffs, cleanouts and access panels, so nobody is opening walls to find them later.
Water heater and equipment installs
Model and serial plates, venting, expansion tank and connections at install.
Fixture set and finish
Final fixtures and trim, with the surrounding finish shown undamaged at handoff.
The arguments this record settles
Every one of these comes down to whether a dated photo exists.
- A slab leak years later, and the pre-pour photos show the line ran nowhere near the crack.
- Another trade drives a fastener through a supply line that your rough-in photo documented.
- An owner claims the water heater was already leaking on install — the plate and connection photos are dated.
- A callback over a cleanout nobody could find that your photo locates in a minute.
A day on a plumbing 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
Under-slab rough complete, ready for inspection
DWV run for both baths and kitchen, bedded and graded. Test riser capped and holding at 10 psi — gauge photographed. Landmarks shot from the garage corner for locating later. Ready for inspection tomorrow morning, pour scheduled Thursday.
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
- Reset loose escutcheon at guest bath lav
- Insulate hot line in unconditioned crawl run
- Return to verify gauge holding before Thursday pour
Each item carries before and after photos, so completion is visible without another walkthrough.