Originally Posted by
Bruce King
Jerry, I do not remember seeing your advice about not making the actual GFCI installation recomendation before, what is your reasoning on that?
It's all in the wording. Go back and re-read what I said.
If it is supposed to be there and it is not, it is "missing" ... right? ..., and, of course, "missing" items are written up ... right?
Not a "recommendation" but a "statement" - I.e., under the list of things which are wrong/bad/not-working/whatever-you-call-it and need to be corrected is: GFCI protection missing in bathrooms, kitchen, wherever. You are not "recommending" it be replaced, you are outright saying "install GFCI protection where missing".
It's all in how you word things.
True, all HIs can do is "recommend" ... as related to 'HIs cannot "require" anything be done or corrected, but ... HIs *can* state "the following items need to be done/corrected/replaced/whatever-you-want-to-call-it" and then list your items.
That's not a "recommendation", that's a "statement".
A lot of HIs state "I/we recommend the following" and then list their list, to me, that was never acceptable. I used 'the following are missing/broken/bad/not working and need to be ... '