Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future

Running his own business was not part of Colin Luttrell’s plan only a few years ago, but now after a period of rapid growth, he has a strong vision for the future of his company

Apr 17, 2024 | by Ken Wysocky |

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Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future — Mark Fry, Colin Luttrell, and Nick Iachetta pose in front of the company’s fleet of vehicles.

Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future

Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future — Colin Luttrell and his wife Saige.

Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future

Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future

Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future

Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future — Colin Luttrell says one of his favorite parts about the job is communicating with customers. “When a frantic customer calls with a problem, I love talking them down and troubleshooting plumbing issues over the phone,” he says.

Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future — Colin Luttrell uses a RIDGID K-50 sectional machine to snake a drain as Nick Iachetta looks on. A RIDGID SeeSnake camera follows to confirm the drain has been cleared.

Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future — Mark Fry and Colin Luttrell set up equipment on a job. “I like to have good equipment — things that last,” Luttrell says. “I’m reinvesting profits into the business all the time. We’re big on quality service and I buy equipment that helps us provide that quality work.”

Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future

Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future — Nick lachetta uses a RIDGID toilet auger.

Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future — Colin Luttrell and Nick lachetta use a RIDGID FlexShaft K9-204 machine to clear a drain.

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In 2021, longtime plumber and drain cleaner Colin Luttrell was just about to move with his family from New York to North Carolina, where he planned to eventually become a firefighter and do plumbing jobs on the side. But instead, the accidental entrepreneur — who was doing small side jobs at the time, working out of his wife’s Mazda SUV until it came time to move — decided to stay in Rochester and capitalize on growing demand for his services by establishing Colin the Plumber, a drain cleaning and service plumbing company.“I never planned on starting a company,” Luttrell says. “But

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