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It's that time of year when pipes in certain climates can be susceptible to freezing. Water pipes that freeze most frequently are: Pipes that...

Seattle Pump and Equipment moving to new locationSeattle Pump and Equipment will be moving from its current location to a larger 20,000-square-foot facility...

“What tools pay for themselves a thousand times over? And that’s a conservative estimate,” says Zachary Jurkowski of Montreal Contractors, in Montreal,...

The HotJet II Business Package is the ultimate drainline cleaning package. Including the very popular HotJet II trailer jetter which operates with...

Watts SpecHUB project specification toolSpecHUB, Watts’ plumbing project specification tool, enables engineers, architects, designers and specifiers to quickly specify plumbing and flow...

Maintenance contracts were key for Greg Beall in the early years of his business, G&B Services Plumbing and Drain Cleaning of Bowie,...

How serious is labor and material management to your business? Serious enough to have a better process in place to account for...

In my previous article, I explored the SWOT analysis grid, a widely used business tool that helps entrepreneurs make big decisions in an...

A couple of pieces of furniture in the Lehman Pipe and Supply offices in Florida qualify as truly unique. They’re custom-made “Viega tables,”...

Plumbing can be thankless work. There are days, sometimes weeks even, when nothing seems to go right. Complaining customers, disgruntled employees, rising...

The International Space Station (ISS) recently received some upgraded plumbing. In October, a new space toilet called the Universal Waste Management System along...

There is an old proverb that goes, “Give a person a fish, and you feed them for a day. Teach a person...

When Mike Jackson established Modern Plumbing in Avon, Indiana, in 2004, he decided that drain cleaning would be an essential part of...

Winterize wisely with antifreeze A) There are a couple different ways to winterize jetters and prepare them for cold weather. Some...

Young companies grow or shrink, succeed or fail on the basis of choices made at critical times. Often it comes down to...

Many business owners today simply do not adequately plan their succession. Reasons for procrastination vary and include not wanting to leave or...

Discussions of safety in confined spaces and other dangerous environments often center on protecting employees from toxic gases, falls or other big...

Q. We use a large drum-type drain cleaner to clear tree roots. But my buddy swears by his sectional machine to do...

In most markets, the competition is hot. Even if you’re investing in SEO, PPC, and Local Service Ads (LSAs), it can be...