Roughing-In for Kitchens and Baths

Having the right or wrong rough-in dimensions on a bathroom or kitchen remodel can make or break a job. Chipping out tile, hacking out drywall, butchering a cabinet, or yanking on Romex are sometimes the only ways to correct poorly located rough-ins. Unfortunately, a bad rough-in usually remains undiscovered until near the end of the job, when the painter is finished and the tiler has collected his check. That’s when the plumber finds out that the shower wall mortar was floated too thick and it’s impossible to get the fixture knobs on. A tightly planned, twoweek bathroom remodel can suddenly expand to a three- or fourweek job — not good news to a client who has been living with one less