Editorial Articles

When an employee is injured or experiences a near miss, perhaps you have asked yourself: Why did he do that? What was...

American eagles, exploding toilets, poker hands, elephants, chess pieces, even plumber caricatures. That’s what we got after asking cleaners last December to...

Putzmeister Names Service Engineer, Telebelt SpecialistTravis Nonn has been named technical service engineer for the customer support group and Les Ormond has...

It can be a chore getting access to drains and pipes in remote locations. The K-1500G sectional cable machine from RIDGID travels...

It can be a chore getting access to drains and pipes in remote locations. The K-1500G sectional cable machine from RIDGID travels...

An 8-inch terra cotta sewer was failing in the Town of Newburgh, N.Y. The mainline ran beneath the middle of Neversink Drive...

Remember Aesop’s Fables, the stories with morals that our parents read to us when we were children? Through these and other tales,...

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technology was originally designed to help people identify or navigate to locations, defined by latitude and longitude, on...

Seeing a Pipe Wrench Plumbing service truck driving around Knoxville, Tenn., is the visual equivalent of getting hit with, well, a pipe...

Joe Simonetti knows it’s not enough just to sell the customer a good steak. The buyer has to hear it sizzle. Simonetti...

As the owner and only employee of Arnie’s Plumbing and Sewer Cleaning in New Ulm, Minn., Arnie Schweiss gets up at 3...

There there are people, there is conflict. It affects us all. The failure to communicate effectively, or to communicate at all, is...

At 5:16 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 13, 1981, an explosion in downtown Louisville, Ky., hurled a passenger car into a railroad overpass...

Commercial clients expect a high-level of service, and that demands quality equipment. Southern California Jetting and Plumbing Co. steps right in with...

Just for fun, try searching the Internet under “mistakes investors make.” You’ll find articles that list 15 mistakes. Our four. Or 18....

Fatalities from trench collapses continue to occur despite Occupational Safety and Health Admin-istration (OSHA) standards that specify sloping and benching, shoring, and...

It’s a story we hear often: a reader calls or writes us at Cleaner to report on trouble with a competitor who...

A 6-inch sanitary sewer and 4-inch production line drain at the Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory in San Leandro, Calif., were backing up. Plant...

To sign or not to sign. That really is the question for many operators, wondering whether to work under a written contract...