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It’s one of the biggest paradoxes of entrepreneurship: The thing that should be so easy and so enticing — taking a little...

“It takes longer to write up the bill than to unclog a drain with that tool.”That’s how Dale Smith describes the Kinetic...

It’s that time of year again. Friends and family are gathering together, watching football, catching up on each other’s lives and cooking...

For Paul Rockwell, plumbing and drain cleaning work have always been one and the same. He’s offered both services to customers the...

At first glance, it might seem to be bad business to give away a valuable service that involves the built-in costs of...

Drain cleaning contractors often straddle the worlds of residential and commercial/municipal service. Two contractors share their insights on the different approaches they...

Here’s a sobering statistic: More people in the world own a cellphone than a toilet.Around 2.5 billion people lack access to the...

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Try this experiment: Head to your computer or pick up your smartphone and conduct a Google search for the term “pizza.” Chances...

Service-based businesses thrive on delivering top-notch results to customers. Delivering bad news requires quite a different skill set.“Often, news is bad only...

You want to make more money. Good for you. And it’s good business. Here’s the problem. A customer balks at your prices....

Need an excuse to take a vacation? We’ve got one. Perma-Liner Industries LLC, a trenchless repair solutions manufacturer, will present the Trenchless...

The rugged, new, improved Handy-Stand turns General’s popular and reliable hand-held drain cleaners into practical countertop or floor machines.Ergonomically balanced for maximum...

When Scott Spencer took over Jim Dandy Sewer & Plumbing in Seattle at the end of 2012, he found a company with...

While there aren’t federal regulations concerning high-pressure waterjetting, that doesn’t mean companies are off the hook if something bad happens. OSHA’s General...

When you spend thousands of dollars on a vehicle, you have to make that rig last a long time. Tim Everson of...

Chris McNulty did not want to just use Nu Flow’s relining system as a service of Dippel Plumbing, he wanted to take...

Choosing the right tool for the job will clear the line faster. It will also reduce your maintenance expenses caused by using...

You’re on the job and have successfully cleared a drain. There’s just one problem. Now the snake you pulled out of that...