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Investing almost $500,000 in a vacuum truck to serve a handful of customers in a niche market can be a nerve-wracking prospect...

It’s National Small Business Week as I’m writing this. Small businesses play a significant role in our economy and in this industry....

The fear of growing your drain cleaning company too fast and not being able to keep up with the rigorous demands and...

Construction has begun on a project to upgrade water and sewer lines serving Liberty Island, site of the Statue of Liberty.The Jersey...

Fuquay Inc., the Sprayroq certified partner for the state of Texas, attributes some of its successful installations of polyurethane linings and rehabilitation...

Editor’s note: When we profiled Glenn Daigle in the January 2012 edition of Cleaner magazine (read “The Next in Line”), retirement didn’t...

It is a time-honored tradition in businesses across the country: Once a year – typically on the anniversary of an employee’s first...

One of the biggest challenges faced by plumbing and drain cleaning contractors such as The Waterworks in Columbus, Ohio, is a lack...

Busy contractors may wish they could take back something they said in the heat of the moment or because it seemed like...

As a contractor, you and your employees or co-workers probably use your smartphones for everything these days. Routing, scheduling, billing – it...

Every year since 1963, the president of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business Week, designated to recognize...

Newer! Better! Faster! There’s nothing like the feeling of unwrapping a piece of brand-new equipment designed to catapult your drain cleaning business...

As the owner of a 25-year-old sewer rehabilitation and drain cleaning business, I’ve learned the ins and outs of growing a company...

When gas and diesel prices began to climb a few years back, your business probably faced a tough choice: raise prices to...

The sold-out 2015 Pumper & Cleaner Profit Series course, which ran March 25-27 in Orlando, Florida, was a huge success. For the...

If you're on a job that requires working underground, removing vegetation or disturbing the soil increases the chances of soil erosion. There...

When you perform a service for a customer, it’s obviously nice to get paid for that work as quickly as possible. Late...