Editorial Articles

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...

Everyone knows parts of the United States and Canada have two seasons: winter and road construction. Your employees can easily become upset...

A neighbor down the street is an attorney, a sports lover, and all-around good guy. He’s also, I learned quite some time...

NLB Releases Accessory Catalog, Updates Online QuotingNLB Corp.’s new waterjet accessory catalog features field-reparable lances and rotating nozzles, rotary hose devices and...

There’s no question that an industrial vacuum loading rig is a major investment for a cleaning contractor. By the time the buying...

When an inspection reveals a fracture in a property owner’s sewer line, the last thing a technician wants to do is wait...

Industrial vacuum systems have been part of cleaners’ fleets for decades, used for a host of tasks from cleaning sewers, catch basins...

At first glance, the 1997 Grand Cherokee Limited that EcoClean uses to transport inspection gear looks like a classic case of killing...