highlighting with bold is mine)
Originally Posted by
Bruce King
To make a very long story long, here is part of the current rule:
(d) Written reports required by this rule for pre-purchase home inspections of three or more systems shall include a separate section labeled “Summary” that includes any system or component that:
(1) does not function as intended or adversely affects the habitability of the dwelling; or
(2) appears to warrant further investigation by a specialist or requires subsequent observation.
This summary shall not contain recommendations for routine upkeep of a system or component to keep it in proper functioning condition or recommendations to upgrade or enhance the function, efficiency, or safety of the home. This summary shall contain the following statements:
Is it just me, or does the part in bold in (1) contradict the part in bold in the last paragraph?
Seems to me an easy way around that "shall not contain" "recommendations" is to do what I have always said before - do not "recommend" installing GFCI protection, instead, simply state "GFCI protection is missing at ... ".
Now you can put it in the summary, and, let the others worry about whether or not is should be, may be, is not allowed to be, or can be, 'in the summary. You, the HI, should not really care "when" GFCI protection was required where and a what point in time, just simply state that there is no GFCI protection installed (based on current nationally recognized standards), thus "GFCI protection is missing" at those locations.