What sparks a person to start a business? The notion is triggered in many ways — admiring a self-employed person and wanting...
Entries Tagged Plumbing
Editorial
Young Drain Cleaning Entrepreneur Gets a Business Education While Building Toward a Promising Future
In 2021, longtime plumber and drain cleaner Colin Luttrell was just about to move with his family from New York to North...
Bytes
What's Behind Your Blockages?
Drains can become clogged for all sorts of reasons; grease, tree roots and toiletries are only a few. Jobs can range from...
Editorial
Platinum Plumbing’s Gamble on Directional Drilling, Pipe Bursting Niche Pays Off
J.D. and Tana Christensen never intended to do horizontal directional drilling when they founded Platinum Plumbing in Pocatello, Idaho, in 2007.
But the...
Editorial
Simple Business Principles Drive Oregon Contractor’s Success
When Pipeline Plumbing owners Adam and Lori Faren went hunting for a promotional phrase that would reflect the core values of their...
Editorial
Contractor Opts for a Small, Sustainable Approach Rather Than Constantly Chasing Business Growth
When Bob Baker assumed ownership of Baker Plumbing, his family’s well-established business in Calgary, Alberta, he kick-started an aggressive growth strategy, guided...
Editorial
Wisconsin Contractor Remains Growth-Minded After a Century of Service
The power of investing in machines and equipment that generate new revenue streams, boost efficiency, enhance customer service and open up new...
Editorial
Second-Generation Owner Successfully Blends New Pursuits With Old Business Tenets
The Family Plumber in Los Alamitos, California, is, as they say, not your father’s plumbing store, not even if you’re Mike Prencavage...
Editorial
Miami Plumber Finds Varied Pathways to Success
Joe Jaremko has had a varied trades career, experiencing both ups and downs.“Always making money, though,” says Jaremko, 62, owner of Arko...
Editorial
Denver Plumber’s Unique Approach to Branding, Employee Training Pays Dividends
Whether it’s technicians giving customers “high-fives” after service calls, hiring a business coach, offering technicians online and virtual reality training, or technician...
Blogs
How Plungers Have Saved Drains and Lives
Toilet plungers have come to the rescue more than we’d all like to admit. From unclogging the most blocked of toilets to...
Videos
Cleaning Floor Drains With the Drain Invader Mini-Jetter
In this video Steve "Jonesie" Jones jets out a trap using the new Drain Invader lightweight hand-carry jetter.The Drain Invader weighs only...
Editorial
How to Plumb a Koi Pond
At first glance, plumbing a koi pond — a backyard body of water stocked with colorful fish — looks simple. You connect...
Editorial
Plumbing Company Continues to Build Its Legacy through Training and Expansion
In the beginning, Tom Drexler Plumbing, Air & Electric was just Tom Drexler Plumbing. More to the point, it was just Tom Drexler.
Yet...




















