Plumbing

Question: I’m ready to upgrade to a new sewer inspection camera. I’m sure there’s a lot of new stuff out there. What should...

NLB’s sale on drilled pipe and tube nozzles proved so popular last month that the special pricing has been extended through June...

The Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association (PVCPA) has published the first North American industry-wide environmental product declaration (EPD) for water and sewer piping, and...

If you’re a service plumber hankering to strike out on your own — or if you already have, but need some help...

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

When it comes to operating a plumbing and drain cleaning business as a franchise or staying independent, there are good arguments on both...

Under an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, wipes manufacturer Nice-Pak Products, which produces wipes under Costco, CVS and Target private labels,...

Bill Howe likes creating businesses, and that’s exactly what the entrepreneur has done.The owner of the Bill Howe Family of Companies in...

After launching a little more than a year ago, bluefrog Plumbing + Drain has established a solid footprint and is on track...

When a national drain cleaning franchise quoted $10,000 to repair recurring clogs in a 37-year-old Oberlin, Ohio, apartment complex, the maintenance team...

“When you have hot water gushing through the kitchen ceiling of an historic landmark in mid-January, you don’t waste time fooling around.”That’s...

Disinfecting a jetter hose as it is being retracted from the sewer will prevent raw sewage and all the viruses and bacteria...

I like the notion that people who work with wastewater are essentially health care professionals. It frames this industry in a context...

If Mendy Calegari had a favorite Beatles song, it might easily be “Eight Days a Week.” And even that amount of time...

After a long and snowy winter, we’ve reached spring! Just as winter has its annual issues, so does spring. The most common...

In the last article we talked about how cables that become kinked or tangled inside your drum can masquerade as power feed...

One of the more popular mechanical questions routinely served up to General’s customer service department has to do with our power cable...