If Chuck Lang Jr. believes in only one thing, it’s this: You have to spend money to make money.
About 15 years ago,...
Entries Tagged Ohio
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A Productive Equation
Investing in a custom-built vacuum truck dedicated primarily to just one customer might sound like a gamble to some drain cleaning contractors....
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Keep Resale in Mind When Speccing Out Your Next Rig
If septic pumping is one of your service offerings and you purchase a new truck, the thought of eventually selling it can...
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Rooted in Reliability
James Carney III has watched business ebb and flow at his rural Ohio Roto-Rooter franchise. Like most drain cleaners, he tries to...
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Ohio Contractor Finds Cost-Effective Solution for Leaky Pipe Bend
With more than three decades of experience, Tony Conie of Flowline LLC in Columbus, Ohio, understands the challenges of cleaning and maintaining...
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Patching and Repairing Ohio’s Pipes
Eric Wagner and his wife, Jenny, began writing their own chapter of a four-generation plumbing tale a decade ago.Like his father, grandfather...
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Ohio Plumber Reunites Owners With Class Rings
Plumber Trent Dawson recovered a few class rings cleaning out sewer and drainlines over the last 20 years. If he couldn’t identify...
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Video: Meet Mr. Rooter — The Cat
Plumbers in Austintown, Ohio, rescued a kitten trapped in a drainline last month. The 6-month-old kitten had been missing for 10 days when family...
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Locating Firm Finds Opportunities for Growth
It can take up to a year before a new employee at The Underground Detective is ready to take on a job...
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Get Continuing Education Credit at the 2016 WWETT Show
The education courses at the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show may not be the most exciting part of...
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Want to Grow Your Own Employees?
One of the biggest challenges faced by plumbing and drain cleaning contractors such as The Waterworks in Columbus, Ohio, is a lack...
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Extended Excavation
An annual survey of high-pressure gas transmission mains by a local utility near Cincinnati pinpointed anomalies on the premises of the natural...
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Drain Cleaning And Rehabilitation Contractor Focuses On Customer Service
On the face of it, The Waterworks is one of central Ohio’s largest commercial and residential plumbing and drain cleaning companies. But...
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Merchants of Clean
Cleaning the environment has always been a priority for ODYSSEY Environmental Services President Steve Grueber. When ODYSSEY first opened for business they...





















