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Keep Your Fleet in Tip-Top Shape
Nick Kastanes, a master plumber with 34 years of experience, has owned Sac Val Plumbing in Sacramento, California, since 1991. His fleet...
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Backed Up and No Where to Go
With stockings hung by the chimney and the holiday season in full swing, Benji Grimes, operations manager for Drain Surgeons LLC, received...
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20 Years Old and Growing Stronger
I will never forget the looks on our daughters’ faces at the dinner table the night I announced we were starting a...
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For 5-Star Results, Be SMART About Your Service
I bet most plumbing managers believe good customer service plays out like a movie script — right down to happy, smiling faces in...
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3 Tips for Transitioning Your Plumbing Business
If you’re part of a family plumbing business, there’s good news and bad news, says Family Business USA president Henry Hutcheson.More than...
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Great Customer Service is More than a Catchphrase
Every plumbing company wants to provide good customer service, yet many fail at it. What seems like such a simple task has...
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Tight Rein on Inventory Helps Cut Costs
Dan Callies can relate to those well-intended plumbers who, despite their best efforts, watch their well-organized service trucks slowly fall victim to...
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Greater Flows No Problem for New Septic Filter
Constructing bigger homes is becoming the norm, but many septic system components are not designed to handle the increased wastewater flow that...
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Plumbers Respond to Death of 2-Year-Old Boy
The plumbing community came together for one of its own last week, offering support to Dillon Wyckoff, a four-year apprentice with Bill Rhiner’s...
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Our Ancestors Brought Us Better Plumbing
My great grandfather, Wendelin Zohner, served his carpenter’s apprenticeship in Austria and the Moravia area. Wendelin Zohner became a skilled cabinet and...
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Plumber Manages His Business in Real Time
At Action Auger in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, technicians depend on a variety of tools to work more efficiently. But on a macro...
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What are the Keys to Successful Hydronics?
Hunter Botto and his brother, Roger, know what it takes to run a successful plumbing and hydronic heating business.“I’ve been in plumbing...
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Discover How a Trenchless Tool Saves the Day
At a swimming pool products and supply store, water is often your friend, except when it floods the parking lot.This was the...
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The Need for Soft Skills
Today’s workers require more than technical training to succeed, say panelists at the Workforce Development Roundtable on Capitol Hill in May.PHCC members...
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Take a Stand on Trench Safety
The National Utility Contractors Association is urging plumbers and contractors involved with trenching operations to hold a Trench Safety Stand Down.Accidents caused by...
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Plumber’s Compassion Helps Secure Kidney Donor
A Minnesota plumbing company’s compassion and generosity may have helped secure a kidney for an Austin woman in need of a transplant.In...
















