Pricing Articles

How do you price lining jobs? Do you charge by the foot? By the job? Do you take difficulty or risk into...

As the year comes to a close, we take a look at some of the most popular stories on www.cleaner.com. If you missed...

“I always seem to get customer complaints about how much I charge them for the work I do. My vendors say they...

One of the biggest challenges contractors face is correctly pricing services. Naturally, you want to price competitively so you don’t lose all...

In a business that’s generally pretty dirty, Hugh McLaughlin has a clean conscience —even after nearly 40 years’ of sewer and drain...

There was a time when master plumber Linda Hudek, the owner of LH Plumbing Services in Fairfield, Ohio, owned only the bare...

Master plumber Mike Leonard formed his company with a defined plan of action. He knew what he wanted to do. He also...

Want to see a fight between fellow operators in the pipe cleaning and maintenance businesses? Start a rhetorical cage match that pits...

AIMS/PVIC LLC has achieved dramatic growth since the company was founded in 2005, and the ability to offer customers a wide array...

Cleaning and rehabilitation contractors, like parents, can be undone if they constantly cave in to whining. If parents give in every time...

Most plumbers I talk to have no idea how to properly price their service and repair work. They usually pretend to be...

Determining when to charge additional fees for drain cleaning services vary throughout the industry. Explaining extra charges to the customer presents an...

Most contractors I talk to that do service and repair have no idea how to properly price for their work. What they usually...

Steve Huff is president of Steve Huff Plumbing in Kingsport, Tennessee, a company built on customer satisfaction. Founded in 1975, Huff was...