I too have wired up my house over years or renovation projects to it. Documentation was a pain (something that is a kitchen today may not be a kitchen later, and I don't want to label connections to it with the word Kitchen) so I came up with a numbering system for the rooms in my house. Since I'm in a rowhouse, I only need to worry about two of the three dimensions. The first number is the floor, the next number is how far back into the house the area is, the last number is the type of space
Each area of the property in the house is numbered X-YZ
X = Floor number 0 = Basement 1 = First Floor 2 = Second Floor 3 = Attic 4 = Roof
Y = Section of house (going from front to back) 0 = Front Yard 1 = First series of rooms 2 = Middle Series of rooms 4 = Back series of rooms 5 = Back porch
Z = Sub rooms 0 = Main Room area 1 = Closet 2 = Closet 3 = Bathroom 4 = Hallway 5 = Hallway 6 = Other 7 = Other 8 = Other 9 = Stairs
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I too have wired up my house over years or renovation projects to it. Documentation
was a pain (something that is a kitchen today may not be a kitchen later, and I don't
want to label connections to it with the word Kitchen) so I came up with a
numbering system for the rooms in my house. Since I'm in a rowhouse, I only need to worry
about two of the three dimensions. The first number is the floor,
the next number is how far back into the house the area is, the last number is the type of space
Each area of the property in the house is numbered X-YZ
X = Floor number
0 = Basement
1 = First Floor
2 = Second Floor
3 = Attic
4 = Roof
Y = Section of house (going from front to back)
0 = Front Yard
1 = First series of rooms
2 = Middle Series of rooms
4 = Back series of rooms
5 = Back porch
Z = Sub rooms
0 = Main Room area
1 = Closet
2 = Closet
3 = Bathroom
4 = Hallway
5 = Hallway
6 = Other
7 = Other
8 = Other
9 = Stairs