Plumbing

Paul Simons, with his master plumber license and his wife Neatha, opened Hurricane Drain in Corpus Christi in 2000. The plan was...

Plumbing Franchises Rank Among Magazine’s Top 500Rooter-Man, Mr. Rooter and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing have been named to Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500 ranking...

When Roger Milner was laid off from his job as a maintenance man at a church, he decided it was time to...

Think of Steve Harmon as MacGyver with a drain-cleaning machine instead of, say, a paper clip and duct tape. Like MacGyver, the...

Getting access to remote sewer interceptors that run along riverbanks in Maine used to be a real chore for workers at Ted...

Pumper & Cleaner Expo Heads to Indianapolis in 2012The 2012 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International will be held in Indianapolis, Feb....

Being in business for yourself can be tough. It’s even tougher if you try to go it alone. Savvy owners look to...

Operating out of its Denver County facility, Guildner Pipeline Maintenance cleans about one million feet of sewer line a year, and televises...

After little more than a year on the job, Dan Rushford had established himself as a key member of the team at...

CECOR Offers Sump CleanerThe sump cleaner from CECOR uses a high suction lift to remove sludge from depths up to 15...

David Ratliff’s Midway Plumbing is a quarter-century old, but it has lasted that long by doing new things. He launched the business...

Remember those Andre Agassi commercials for Canon cameras with the tagline, “Image is everything?”Mark Bonney agrees, and that’s why the 22 service...

Roto-Rooter Services Company president and chief operating officer Rick Arquilla experienced a week undercover in his own company, using the alias of...

SPIR STAR Opens, Launches Web site; Mexico Repair CenterSPIR STAR has named Comuniv S.A. de C.V., Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, as an authorized...

McElroy Adds Build and Price Internet FeatureMcElroy has added a build and price feature to its Web site, www.mcelroy.com. The feature...

Cleaner asked makers of cable machines for drain and pipe cleaning to tell us about their biggest, toughest, meanest cable machines.Here is...

One of the perks of being a drain-cleaning contractor is that every now and then, maybe only once in a lifetime, you...