Before I became an indoor air quality (IAQ) professional, I was a home inspector and used to teach adult education classes on home-buying in Cambridge and Brookline. Once I was asked to address home repairs. I submitted my outline for the course, which did not include electrical wiring. The program director requested I include this subject, as it had always been included in the repair course. Previous teachers had not been home inspectors, and based on all the electrical hazards I had seen on home inspections, I was fearful of teaching homeowners any electrical skills more sophisticated than ...
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