Occasionally I get so mad when I see advice online about hiring only “real professionals” for any service. I don’t care what some costly certificate says, people are capable of incredible things. For instance, my landscaper has been the best mechanic I’ve ever had. My community university Spanish professor was an amazing computer programmer as well as web designer. And now, I’ve found out that my swim instructor is halfway superb at heating, cooling, as well as air quality control equipment repair. I found this out by accident, on the afternoon that I woke up to find my AC unit wasn’t working. It was over 77 degrees inside my house with the AC unit supposedly running at full blast. I turned on every fan in the site, however nothing was helping with the horrible indoor temperature or air quality. I even tried to mess with the temperature control as well as AC unit myself for a few hours, before realizing the cooling machine was beyond my own abilities. I called the local Heating as well as A/C maintenance shop for an appointment. Then, I had to jet off to my swim lesson. When I arrived, I casually mentioned my cooling system struggle to my instructor, who gave to take a look at the machine in exchange for dinner. Next thing I knew, my AC unit was running again, as well as I canceled my professional Heating as well as A/C maintenance appointment. Sure, the cooling system always smells like cheese as well as it requires some persuasion to start once in a while. My energy costs are pretty high these days. But overall I guess I saved a lot of money.