Simple Hard Work Drives North Dakota Drain Cleaner’s Success

Josh Burris puts in the time — and sometimes the driving mileage — to grow his 2-year-old drain cleaning venture in North Dakota

May 22, 2023 | by Giles Lambertson |

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Simple Hard Work Drives North Dakota Drain Cleaner’s Success

Simple Hard Work Drives North Dakota Drain Cleaner’s Success

Simple Hard Work Drives North Dakota Drain Cleaner’s Success — Josh Burris, owner of Unplugged Drain Cleaning & Drain Camera, is a one-man operation but is hoping to grow in the next few years into a four-person crew that can handle plenty of both residential and municipal work.

Simple Hard Work Drives North Dakota Drain Cleaner’s Success

Simple Hard Work Drives North Dakota Drain Cleaner’s Success — Burris uses a sledgehammer and crowbar to loosen a storm drain prior to jetting it. The drain had become clogged with ice so Burris used boiler-heated water to clear the blockage.

Simple Hard Work Drives North Dakota Drain Cleaner’s Success — Burris prepares to jet a storm drain. He uses jetting equipment from Jetters Northwest and Mongoose Jetters.

Simple Hard Work Drives North Dakota Drain Cleaner’s Success — Burris uses an Insta-Flo product to help unclog a bathroom drain.

Simple Hard Work Drives North Dakota Drain Cleaner’s Success — Burris inspects some of his jetting equipment.

Simple Hard Work Drives North Dakota Drain Cleaner’s Success — Burris cleans his company trailer at his shop in Dickinson.

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Being an entrepreneur can leave a person fraught with anxiety. Starting a business is risky. And even when a venture is successful and a company is established, owning and running a small company is plain old hard work. Josh Burris has experienced all of the above — though anxiety doesn’t seem to be much of an issue for the congenial business owner. His company Unplugged Drain Cleaning & Drain Camera in Dickinson, North Dakota, is 2 years old and thriving thanks to lots of hard work.Burris grew up around water pipes, laying and repairing them, and installing water appliances. His grandfather, Wayne

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