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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting PP.  I faced a similar dilemma but our ceilings were definitely too low for a box (prob 7' ceiling).  We ended up rerouting the pipe so it was higher  at a cost of $2k (!!)  I did NOT want to do it-- I thought it was a waste of money and would have been happy to just paint it white and be done with it, but DH wanted to.[/quote]

OP here.  Thanks.  Our ceiling is actually 7' as well.  I think we can make a very small box -- one foot wide, projection down only 5 inches.  Did rerouting the pipes make a big difference visually? I can't picture whether it will in our case -- i.e. Whether a small box will be a big improvement over just painting them white.  That's why I am curious about the resale aspect of this.[/quote]

Ours was a different situation bc the room was unfinished and there was this one pipe that was lower than everything else in the ceiling for some reason.  Had we not rerouted the pipe, they would have just finished the ceiling off at the higher point and left the pipe out and painted it white (which would have been fine with me!)

I will say that there's another part of our basement already finished that has a soffitt that probably has plumbing in it (it was like that when we moved in).  It does look a little strange to have this random box on the ceiling (probably similar height to yours-- a few inches), particularly bc the basement ceiling is already low.  OTOH.....it's a basement.  It's a finished space and looks 1000x nicer than most of the basements I've seen.  I can't imagine that this soffitt will affect resale at all.

In my case, DH is sort of anal about details so he wanted to reroute the pipe.  At the end of the day, I think we were totally fleeced by the plumber and could have gotten it moved much more cheaply (although not for cheaper than building the soffitt).

I would google or look on houzz for "basement soffits" and see what you think of the pictures.  [/quote]

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