thiago_sparks

Honestly the dry-cycle detail is the clue. Heat makes a failing element leak, and heat plus a little water in a box makes a GFCI unhappy. Look at your fitting first because it's free: dry the whole area, run a cycle with the kick plate off, flashlight on the connection. If it's bone dry and it still trips on heat, it's the appliance and the customer calls the manufacturer. Either way, nobody bypasses the GFCI.

Honestly I'm torn on this one and I'll say it. After Ida I had three customers with flooded basements, and every one was a tripped GFCI on the sump. I install it the way the code says, but I push the alarm and the backup pump hard, because a GFCI by itself is a bad plan in a basement that floods.

Honestly nail plates are the number one thing I see guys skip on remodels down here. Your boss knows better, he just didn't want to hear it in front of you.

That's a big win. That's how your name gets around. Sounds like a good boss, hang onto him.

Honestly that's a solid review. I've had guys walk in asking for five dollars more with nothing to show me. You showed up with a list. Keep adding to it every month and spring takes care of itself.