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Since opening the doors of his drain cleaning business in 2000, Justin Moe has experienced double-digit growth, despite the worst recession in...

In 2003, Robert Christman purchased the Roto-Rooter franchise in Bloomington, Ind. In the first two years he went from an IBM electric...

Hopefully, your experience as a small-business owner has included at least a couple days when you have felt triumphant. Of course, not...

Finding reliable office workers can be daunting and time consuming. Slim pickings of qualified employees in the labor pool make it even...

Trenchless rehabilitation techniques have become a generally accepted solution for most mainline sewer and storm system pipeline repairs, which means it’s even...

Pat Brown had industry experience, but he’d never owned a business or even worked as a drain cleaner. He served as national...

You finally made the leap and invested in your dream pickup truck. Your service vehicle. Your mobile office. It’s much more than...

The new year is right around the corner, so we’re revisiting the 10 most popular articles of 2014. Enjoy this look back...

New-and-improved materials and technologies are part of the reason the drain cleaning and plumbing industry is so exciting. These advancements provide countless...

“See how they used to do this?” said my father a long time ago, pointing to an old framed invoice hanging in...

There’s no such thing as bad publicity, right? Don’t tell that to Mark-1 Plumbing owner Mark Oberholtzer.A photo posted to an Islamic...

Leadership means inspiring and rallying people to endorse — and believe in — a common cause. As a third-generation business owner who worked as...

Today, even most plumbers who hire professional bookkeepers to keep track of their company’s finances still use some sort of computer or...

Word-of-mouth was the most powerful tool Dean Flygare had going for him when he opened Flygare Excavating in 1992. Residents in his...

Welcome to the future of service vans. The new 2015 Ram ProMaster service van has been revealed and it appears as if...

Since the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa hit the headlines, many in the wastewater industry have asked about the potential for...

You want to make more money. Good for you. And it’s good business. Here’s the problem. A customer balks at your prices....

Exact Pipe Tools Inc. has established a warranty repair and distribution center in Canada to serve its growing number of Canadian distributors....

As temps threaten to dip below freezing, it’s that time of year for plumbers and drain cleaners in cold-weather climates to take...