[HayZee518]

your electrician buddy ought to be taken into court and hung by his thumbs. YOU NEVER APPLY A GROUND BETWEEN A NEUTRAL AND A GROUND to make a gfci work. Matter of fact a GFCI will work WITHOUT the ground wire. It measures the current imbalance between the HOT and NEUTRAL. The fact that you can remove a baseboard and notch 2X4's is not only scary, but you weaken the structure by doing that. wherever you notch a beam or a stud so close to the surface you are required to put in "nail Plates" so that any wall finish's nails don't penetrate the cable's insulation. A book, nec code upgrade examples is pretty good if you want to spend the hundred or so dollars for it.