Editorial Articles

McElroy Adds Build and Price Internet FeatureMcElroy has added a build and price feature to its Web site, www.mcelroy.com. The feature...

Cleaner asked makers of cable machines for drain and pipe cleaning to tell us about their biggest, toughest, meanest cable machines.Here is...

Sewage erupting 18 to 24 inches above ground near Lake Union waterfront brought City of Seattle crews on the double. The spill...

In the infrastructure-heavy markets where municipal and commercial cleaner Russell Reid operates, business opportunities are plentiful. To capitalize, the company, based in...

From the time he was 10 years old, Kyle Baxter worked with his grandfather cleaning sewer pipes, often using an old pumper...

The economy in Alberta rises and falls with the energy sector. After almost 30 years in business, Perry Fish, owner of Electric...

In 1978, my husband took over a small septic system installation and maintenance business when his father retired. I was working part-time...

In some ways, the drain-cleaning business hasn’t changed in years. Drains and pipes still get blocked. Lines get inspected with push cameras...

Working on sewer and water pipes almost by definition means working in traffic at times. And accidents in which workers are hit...

Drain cleaners often charge a hefty premium for clogged-drain emergencies. Still, it makes sense to minimize such calls by educating customers about...

SewerVUE Technology Corp. has released a robot-mounted, in-pipe inspection system that incorporates CCTV with ground-penetrating radar (GPR). The SewerVUE Surveyor system accurately...

Huge numbers of Americans approaching retirement age have not saved nearly enough for their later years. The Federal Reserve reports that Americans...

I recently heard a best-selling author on a radio interview telling how he tackles his book projects. For every one of his...

For centuries, business contracts have been written on paper. Today, however, more and more contracts are formed electronically. The computer is quickly...

RIDGID Introduces SeeSnake Digital Adaptor The SeeSnake digital adaptor for the microExplorer inspection camera from RIDGID enables users to digitally record to...

Charlie Hall may call his sewer and drain-cleaning operation a “redneck enterprise,” but there is no smirking about the way he has...

Video inspection cameras are beautiful things to Frank Canora. His belief in pipe inspections led him to open Drain Visions LLC in...

Floor drains and downspouts backing up at a company’s training center near St. Louis, Mo., caught the attention of a general contractor...

One of the perks of being a drain-cleaning contractor is that every now and then, maybe only once in a lifetime, you...