The 2025 Gift Guide for the Drain Cleaners in Your Life

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12.16.2025

Residential and commercial drain and sewer cleaning, inspection, and rehabilitation news for industry leaders

NASTT Corner: NASTT Offers High-Quality Trenchless Training

NASTT’s Good Practices courses and publications feature newly revised CIPP materials. Read more

Gen-Eye Fusion High-Definition Pipe Inspection System Offers Expanded Features

The new Gen-Eye Fusion from General Pipe Cleaners is a high-quality, high-definition camera system with a touchscreen keyboard, battery adapter for remote operation, and a durable pushrod. Read more

Sponsored by: General Pipe Cleaners

The 2025 Gift Guide for the Drain Cleaners in Your Life

It’s that time of year again. Here are some gift ideas for your favorite drain cleaner. Read more

Elevate Drain Cleaning with Smart Inspection Strategies

A thorough drain inspection not only identifies the source of a problem but also prevents repeat blockages, reduces guesswork, and helps you present customers with confident, data-backed solutions. Read more

Sponsored by: RIDGID

Diversification: How Roots Impact Septic Systems

There are many variables that determine whether roots will plug off a system, but in most cases, the tank is more susceptible to root intrusion than the soil absorption area. Read more

Locate Sondes and Utilities with the vLoc3-Pro Locator

For chasing sondes, locating pushrod or finding a buried utility, the vLoc3-Pro Locator will do the job for you with speed, accuracy and confidence. View video

Sponsored by: Vivax-Metrotech Corp.

Product Focus: Business Diversification - Septic Pumping, Plumbing

Discover cutting-edge products, technologies and solutions shaping the industry. Read more

It's Time to Go PRO

With 16 feet of traversing motion across the bumper, PRO Reel increases your work area by 270% compared to traditional reels. Our work area guidance system gets you where you need to be without leaving the cab, reducing setup time by 50%. Read more

Sponsored by: Vac-Con, Inc.

Plumber Fights the Good Fight Against Private Equity

John Bottala, Western Rooter & Plumbing CEO, says he is not happy about the price gouging and overinflated quotes he’s been seeing in the drain cleaning and plumbing industries, and he blames private equity firms. Read more