Drain Cleaning Articles

“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...

New-and-improved materials and technologies are part of the reason the drain cleaning and plumbing industry is so exciting. These advancements provide countless...

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

Waterblasting is dangerous work with several inherent risks. The best way to keep workers safe is to put as many obstacles as...

Confined-space entry work can be dangerous — and even deadly. Whether your workers clean tanks and pipes or plunge into manholes to...

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...

One of the smallest machines owned by Sewer Duck Inc., a drain cleaning operation in Aberdeen, South Dakota, also happens to be...

General Pipe Cleaners’ Speedrooter 92 blends rugged reliability with ease of use. The redesigned inner drum is molded to surround and contain...

The new Gen-Eye Hot-Spot pipe locator from General Pipe Cleaners makes locating easier than ever. Its total field antenna array and on-screen...

The D-5 drain-cleaning machine from Electric Eel Mfg., designed for cleaning 3- to 10-inch-diameter sewer lines, features a three-element Tri-Max cable to...

By almost any measure, Matt Mertz Plumbing Inc. in Wexford, Pa.,  is a successful business. What else can you say about a...

Some companies spend years developing their business — investing in equipment, systems, and people — and then expect the world to naturally...

The sewer line of a 1-year-old Kentucky house should have run clean and free. But the homeowner kept suffering persistent backups. And...