Sewer and Drain Cleaning

Vacuum excavation is a valuable tool in the water and wastewater world. And if you find yourself working a lot of jobs...

If you are comfortable with the maintenance routine for a truck-mounted vacuum excavator, you’re well equipped to handle maintenance on the trailer-mounted...

Q. Last winter, we had to deal with a bunch of frozen stacks and waste lines, not to mention the usual frozen...

It’s estimated more than half of small businesses fail during their first year of operation. When Steve Nerheim established Steve’s Professional Sewer...

Today, the owner of New Jersey-based Pipe Works Services has 32 employees and a fleet of 21 vehicles. His focus is on...

I always wonder if you read this column and what you think of it.I’ve never lined a pipe, run a jetter or...

Hi-Vac hydroexcavator The X-8 hydroexcavator from Hi-Vac Corporation has been redesigned for increased power and capacity. A new debris tank with a dished...

The lightweight, compact JM-1000 Mini-Jet from General Pipe Cleaners gives you 1,500 psi of cleaning power, yet weighs just 23 pounds. Clear...

You do a good job of maintaining your equipment. But what happens when something breaks? Fortunately, it’s under warranty. But is it?Let’s...

Back in the day, before Bob Oates became a smarter and wiser drain cleaner, he had little use for inspection cameras. In...

First and foremost, they’re drain cleaners. But Lane Post and Robert Williams each understood there was a larger piece of the pie...

It’s not something Michael Morehouse had to ponder too long. When he started his company seven years ago, was he going to...

Every drain cleaner faces obstacles of one kind or another on a daily basis. But employees at Snowbridge Inc., based in Breckenridge,...

James Carney III has watched business ebb and flow at his rural Ohio Roto-Rooter franchise. Like most drain cleaners, he tries to...

Bob Oates can divide his four decades in drain cleaning into two distinct chapters. One covers his days as a competent but...

Compact, lightweight jetter saves contractor time, trouble and moneyProblem: Craig Casteen of Casteen Plumbing & Repair in North Carolina faced working in...

There was plenty of heat coming from either side of the political debate during the leadup to the presidential election and that...