Anyone who doubts that a water jetter is a worthwhile investment should talk to Pat Martin, general manager of DrainPro in Baltimore....
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Editorial
How Unmarked Vans and No Advertising Earned DrainPro $1 Million
Building a successful drain cleaning business without any advertising may sound about as plausible as an old clay pipe sewer line with...
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Selling Customers on Drain Cleaning Maintenance Contracts
Toledo, Ohio, “is an adventure in eating,” according to an online restaurant reservation service. It goes on to extol the city’s all-American...
Editorial
Taking on New Challenges Is What Drain Doctor Does Best
Joel George never hesitates when the opportunity arises to try something new. The founder of Drain Doctor plumbing and drain cleaning services...
Editorial
John Akhoian Is Building an Empire of Millionaire Drain Cleaners
John Akhoian is a hero to his employees.
What else would you call a business owner who has made a commitment to enrich...
Editorial
A Tightknit Team Diversifies Its Services
Not many companies could get away with calling themselves “a humble bunch of plumbers wanting to take care of your plumbing and...
Editorial
A Three-Pronged Approach to Growing a Business
Cleaning exhaust hoods in commercial kitchens may not sound like a promising starting point for building a multimillion-dollar business. But that’s exactly...
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Skid-Mounted Jetter Ramps Up Productivity
When Rex King Jr. bought a septic-pumping and drain-cleaning outfit (renamed King’s Sanitary Service), the acquisition included a waterjetting truck with a...
Editorial
Addition by Subtraction
Rex King Jr. — majority owner of King’s Sanitary Service in Bristolville, Ohio — made a game-changing move in 2016 when he...
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Franchise Route Proves Successful for Upstate New York Drain Cleaner
When first profiled in Cleaner magazine in 2009, Kathy and Duncan St. Croix’s Syracuse, New York, firm was known as Drainman Jet-O-Rooter....
Editorial
Everything You Need
As America’s fifth-largest producer of broiler chickens, Mississippi helps feed the world with poultry. But behind the scenes, B Clean — a...
Editorial
All-terrain Mover Makes for Productivity and Portability
Lugging a MaxLiner HotKick unit (PrimeLine Products) to remote locations for pipe lining jobs used to give Keith Witt a bit of...
Editorial
How to Stay Safe When Waterjetting
You wouldn’t expect latex gloves to protect you from a gunshot. They won’t protect you from waterjetting accidents either.
An OSHA article describing...
Editorial
Contractor Taps Into Demand for Cleaning and Inspection Services
The real estate market in the Reno, Nevada, area has been growing, and with it, the demand for presale plumbing and sewer...




















