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Electronic Level Helps Contractor Keep Installations Straight
As the sole proprietor of Kidd Plumbing in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Mark Kidd is used to working alone. Nonetheless, he always has an...
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Risky Business
There is risk in everything you do. Risks come in starting a new job, starting your own company, and hiring employees, just...
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Contractor Builds Bigger to Keep Customers Happy With More Services
When Lance Smith started his plumbing company in 2011, he never expected it to grow as fast as it has in such...
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A Million Dollars Won’t Necessarily Ensure Your ‘Golden Years’
How much does it take to retire?
Conventional wisdom once suggested if you could put aside a million dollars, you’d be set for...
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The Best Machine for the Job
A drain cleaning machine is the most essential asset a cleaner possesses, but it also brings with it one of the most...
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Apprenticeships Are No Match for Google
According to Wikipedia, an apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job...
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Drain Cleaning
Suitcase jetter gets restaurant drains flowing again
Problem: A restaurant chain local to the Orange County area of California was dealing with...
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Calendar - October 2018
Oct. 26
Northeast Wisconsin Plumbing Seminar, Holiday Inn, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Visit www.phcc-wi.org/plumbing-seminars.
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Nov. 9
Central Wisconsin Plumbing Seminar,...
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The Pricing Conundrum: How to Balance Customer Satisfaction and Profitability
One of the biggest challenges contractors face is correctly pricing services. Naturally, you want to price competitively, so that you don’t lose...
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Don’t Be a Business Owner Who Wastes Employees’ Time
You've heard the phrase, “time is money.” For plumbers, that is often true in a very literal way. We can only serve...
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Industry Group Opposes New Tariffs
Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI) this week expressed disappointment on behalf of its members with the decision by the Trump administration and the...
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Former Ambulance Converted to Valuable Plumbing Tool
As a plumber and drain cleaner in rural north-central Iowa, Kent Morton — the owner of Mort’s Water Co. — tries to...
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How to Replace a Cutter Wheel
Watch this video to see how to replace a worn cutter wheel on General Pipe Cleaners' AutoCut copper tubing cutter. Dave Dunbar...
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Take These Steps When the IRS Comes Calling With a Tax Lien
It’s right up there on the list of questions no business owner wants to have to deal with: What happens if my...
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Is Torque a Friend or Foe?
What’s the most dangerous part of working a cable machine? Building up torque.
Torque is defined as “a turning or twisting force.” In...
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Should You Combine Vacation, Holiday and Sick Days Into a Single Benefit Pool?
Vacation. Sick time. Holidays. Personal days. If you offer some or all of these to your employees, it can be dizzying to...
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The Next Steps to Take If You Get Injured on the Job
Nobody intends to suffer an injury while on the job, but it happens. If severe enough, it could even require some hospitalization.
If...
















