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When you greet a child by asking what he or she did in school that day, often the response is, “Nothing.” Sometimes...

Can’t find a water leak? Listen to this: now, a smaller investment gets you a better method for tracking down water leaks.It...

One thing I've recently noticed after all my years in the plumbing business is the wide variety of fixtures now available. Not...

Many times, customers want to sell lateral lining by advertising and showing that they have the best widget to get the liner...

Creating a quality product is hard work. For some companies, when a piece comes off a manufacturing line with the wrong imprint,...

The Minnesota Utility Contractors Association (MUCA) is set to host its annual meeting on Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Mystic Lake Hotel in...

HammerHead Trenchless winch The HammerHead HydroGuide HG1200 winch is designed to be more efficient and easy to use in pipe bursting, sliplining and...

Uponor named Dena Mayne vice president of offerings and marketing for Uponor North America. Mayne has 14 years of experience in marketing...

You know what they say about good reputations: They take a lifetime to build but only a second to destroy. That’s true...

On their own, Brad and Amanda Sims operated a small drain cleaning business covering a single county in central Michigan and making...

It helps to have teammates. That’s the headline on Ed Wodalski’s last column, and it’s true in every aspect of life. Ed...

When Dave Conte visits supply houses, other contractors sometimes kid him about his meticulously organized service truck. But for Conte, the owner...

When it comes to running a profitable plumbing company, health and safety issues can be a silent killer of profits. An injured...

Would you? Could you? Should you use ethanol-blended, oxygenated fuel in your small engine?The short answer is yes, but …Today’s spark-ignited, carbureted...

When a local Wendy’s restaurant found itself shutdown with a sewer line blockage, Justin Moe, owner and CEO of All Ways Drains,...

A few weeks ago, I received a frantic email from a friend who works for a real estate company. I had seen...

John Mott II is president of Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Drain in Sciotoville, Ohio, part of John Mott Enterprises that includes Mott’s Potts...

Property managers and real estate investors can mean steady, reliable work for plumbers. If you are willing to provide terms, these groups...

Often, the business that succeeds is the one that can offer the most to its customers. That means not only streamlining operations,...