Sewer and Drain Cleaning

About 10 years ago, I went on a service call to unclog a main drain. The customer explained that her system was...

The next episode of Milwaukee Tool’s Pipeline series is scheduled for Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. CDT. The series takes a closer look...

“There’s nothing like it. It’s fantastic for clearing scale from inside lines. It flies around pipe bends,” says Sylvan Tieger, referring to the...

With anywhere from $5,000 to upward of $10,000 in materials, work trucks can all too easily turn into black holes where thousands...

Entry 160201The National Clay Pipe Institute (NCPI) recently completed and published a comprehensive manual for cleaning and maintaining any sanitary sewer system. Leaders...

When Mike Jackson established Modern Plumbing in Avon, Indiana, in 2004, he decided that drain cleaning would be an essential part of...

Michael Williams of Just Drains stopped by the booth at the 2018 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show to...

I have a friend who is quick to label brands or movements with a mysteriously strong, almost cult-like following. Examples include Apple,...

In each issue, Cleaner magazine captures the work that contractors do through both words and pictures. When photographers accompany profiled contractors on job sites,...

Dalton Coveyou has spent his young life taking care of others, so it’s no surprise he’s finding success in the service industry.As...

With the assistance of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, a second SAE standard has been published for vacuum excavators and sewer cleaning...

David Sierra still remembers the day about three years ago when he opened the clean-out on a 6-inch-diameter sewer line that was...

Four hours of snaking couldn’t clear a kitchen clog. A drain cleaning technician from Steve’s Service Plumbing in Nampa, Idaho, would run the...

To continue the discussion of equipment maintenance (see Part 1 here), now we’ll take a look at strategies to preserve the life...

So picture this: you’re kneeling in wet grass next to a clean-out, shoving your Gen-Eye pipe inspection system slowly down into the...

Collections system workers are injured or killed almost every year using pneumatic plugs. This entertaining, yet informative video highlights the dangers associated with the use of...

Any contractor who cleans restaurant grease traps and interceptors knows there’s rarely a convenient time for customers. While municipalities typically require regular...