Sometimes you need to ask a lot of questions before allowing somebody to perform the task that you’re hiring them for.
I found this out the hard way when it came to my hairstylist one day.
I thought that I was visiting someone who knew how to handle my very delicate hair… Only to walk away with half of the hair missing from the top of my head. After that, I always asked for the professional credentials of anyone who worked in the cosmetic industry before I let them ruin my appearance. Well, apparently I should have had the same level of professional inspection before I allowed a heating, cooling, and professional ventilation technician into my house. I was always of the opinion that heating and cooling equipment was relatively easy to service and maintain. If you called the local HVAC repair shop and requested for a routine inspection or repair appointment, they were going to get the job done for you. I never knew that there were different degrees of heating and cooling workers or air quality control dealerships. I found out the hard way that not all heating and cooling technicians are the same. After my air conditioning system had been diagnosed and maintained by a certified indoor air quality control specialist I noticed that my indoor air quality was actually decreasing. My energy bill seemed to be getting higher somehow. I took a look at the heating and cooling company who I had hired a few weeks before and noticed some strange credentials for their team of HVAC technicians. Namely, several of them had obtained their official HVAC certifications online.