Plumbing Articles

Odd-shaped pipe lining jobs can be tricky. Fiberglass-reinforced lining can significantly improve rehabilitation projects on these pipes.

Marin Roto-Rooter’s Mendy Calegari inspires through quality service and community involvement.

A Flood-Guard operates like a check valve to seal off water backup caused by overloaded sewers

The Drain Brains explain how to diagnose and fix a power feed problem on a cable drain cleaning machine.

The Drain Brains walk a customer through replacing a kinked cable and getting a machine back up and running.

General Pipe Cleaners' Speedrooter 92 clears tree roots and other difficult obstructions in drains

Quick location is the key. Learn more about this easy-to-use locator from General Pipe Cleaners.

Repeated snaking fails to diagnose a new home’s sewer line problems. Learn how plumbing ingenuity and top-notch tools helped find — and fix — the issue

In-house training is unusual in the plumbing industry, but a built-in labor pool helps this plumber combat the acute labor shortage, and keeps the plumbing trade alive.

No, we’re not talking about posting a personal ad on Craigslist.

Have you taken the pipe bursting plunge? Here’s the nitty gritty on the toughest jobs.