Editorial Articles

The Perma-Patch system from Perma-Liner Industries Inc. can repair sewer laterals with small cracks, holes or joint separations without excavation. Through an...

A maintenance crew at a large California marina was reinforcing the concrete seawall between the boardwalk and parking lot when they became...

In mid-March of 2007, a Minneapolis city employee was cleaning a sewer line in the northeast part of town. He was working...

When the job is too big for a portable jetter and not big enough for a high-powered truck-mounted unit, trailer jetters perform...

Anyone in the trenchless industry knows that cleaning a sewer pipe requires significant knowledge and expert safety skills. Without these ingredients, serious...

When the time came for Alan O’Neill and his partner to name their drain cleaning and plumbing company in Houston, Texas, in...

LMK Enterprises Inc. has received a U.S. patent for its CIPP lateral lining through a cleanout without the need for digging or...

A crammed, unorganized service truck is the bane of any technician. Wasting time searching for a part or tool and traveling back...

The Department of Public Works in the Village of Owego, N.Y., planned to reconstruct Spencer Avenue and needed the 24-inch clay sewer...

In the summer of 2002, two CIPP technicians, ages 25 and 19, were overcome by toxic sewer gas and drowned while walking...

There are many ways to repair leaks in concrete structures like sanitary and storm pipes, manholes and basins. One of the oldest...

Several years ago, employees at Kline’s Services Inc. in Salunga, Pa., felt more like ping-pong balls at times than drain-cleaning service technicians.“Our...

This feature in Cleaner reports noteworthy conversations that take place in Cleaner Discussion, an e-mail based forum for industry professionals sponsored...

Someday, David Currier Jr. hopes to drive a race car bearing the emblems of brands like Mountain Dew, Craftsman, and The...

Randall Robert Darr (Randy) November 10, 1965 to January 24, 1998.That inscription appears on the home page of Darr’s Cleaning Inc....

Manholes account for a substantial amount of infiltration to wastewater collection systems, and yet they are relatively cost-effective to remediate. Industry manufacturers...

Al Kulig takes a straightforward approach to business. He brings the savvy of a sales position to the operational challenges of tough...

Accounting is a foreign language to the owners of many service businesses. An accountant is far more than someone who prepares income...

Much of what goes wrong in the world or in business can be blamed on bad decisions. Yes, natural disasters and other...