I inspect 100s of basements every year. Very few have moisture problems and none, none that I’ve been in were flooded. If you have a flooded finished basement quite frankly you have bigger problems than whether or not an outlet is gfci protected.
As for dropping appliances into sinks or tubs, I never have. Don’t know anybody who has, so probably not a real good reason to have gfci there either. But at least with the kitchen sink the probability is somewhat higher than having your basement flood.
I don’t know where you are located. Perhaps basements flood there a lot but general in areas where ground water and/or flood waters are prevalent you don’t put in basements to begin with.
Funny, but Oookay! Don’t tell the milk man, aka @manderson7
I would contact the NEC panel and recommend the GFCI requirement be stricken from the code, what a silly bunch! How dare them! Trying to force everyone to buy GFCIs so companies could rake in extra billions!
Codes are not retroactive, work complying with the code(s) in effect at the time does not need to be upgraded, if that were the case we would be razing buildings at every code cycle & rebuilding, any changes of course needs to comply with the adopted codes in effect at the time the work is done which could require upgrades.
Rollie is correct for the most part. There are sections that require gfi protection to be added like when a receptacle is replaced and the current code calls for gfi protection at that location. If a circuit is modified by more than 5 foot afci protection would need to be added.
Nothing’s wrong with asking here… AHJ are regular people, like the rest of us. AHJ enforce “minimum” standards, home inspectors can “recommend” above what the code calls or called for.
That’s true that they are regular people, but they are regular people who presumably have a particular skill set that home inspectors shouldn’t be expected to have; that is, knowledge of applicable building codes. As a code enforcement inspector, he ought to know the local requirements.
