Editorial Articles

A Florida contractor uses a thermoforming PVC alloy pipe to reline culverts without disrupting heavy traffic on a naval air base.

Three drain cleaning professionals look back upon the most challenging jobs their careers have brought them.

Some contractors like sectional cable machines. Others prefer drums. What matters most is to understand them — and to use them safely.

A New York contractor achieves his business growth goals by thinking beyond conventional wisdom and embracing management software.

Innovation continues in drum and sectional cable machines for drain cleaning professionals serving residential customers.

A record number of exhibits includes a variety of new technologies to enhance efficiency and quality in pipe cleaning, inspection and rehabilitation.

A team of twenty-somethings breathes new life into Red Lilly Plumbing and Heating, serving customers in the Hollywood hills.

It’s not enough to ask for the order. If you want to succeed in sales, you need to be sure you’re asking the person with the power to say, “yes.”

Pro-bono and charity work can help your business give back to your community — and can bring tangible benefits back to your business.

WJTA offers a hands-on course on working safely with industrial vacuum equipment.

Good quotations from famous and successful people can remind us how important it is to get up every day and do the best we can.

News from Federal Signal, Rooter-Man, USB-Duesen, Earth Too, RIDGID, and Stoneage.

To drain cleaner Allen Lewerer, quality service includes helping to keep marriages happy.

The systems include an integrated monitor and detachable push-rod reels.

Horizontal directional drilling and special pipe enable installation of a new water main along a busy highway while keeping traffic flowing to businesses.

A pipe inspection camera does duty in the follow-up to a mine disaster.

Contractors explore how the industry has changed and how those changes affect the way they operate their businesses.

Smoke and dye testing give contractors simple yet effective tools to help communities and commercial customers find system defects.

A local plumber finds that taking on a national drain cleaning franchise requires adjustments — in equipment, pricing, and approaches to dealing with customers.