As a plumber and drain cleaner who’s grown his business from one truck to 34 employees and 32 service vehicles in the last 12 years, Matt Mertz is the kind of businessman who knows an opportunity when he spots one. So it was a no-brainer for his company, Matt Mertz Plumbing in Pittsburgh, to expand into pipe lining services.Why? For starters, his company — established in 2004 — was already repairing and replacing residential lateral lines. Secondly, the master plumber was literally handing money to other local companies by hiring them as subcontractors to do trenchless repairs he wasn’t equipped
