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Plumbers Take On Pumping
As a stickler for providing great customer service with a personal touch, Kurt Bohmer won’t abide not getting the same treatment in...
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Bill Howe Builds Plumbing Empire
Bill Howe likes creating businesses, and that’s exactly what the entrepreneur has done.The owner of the Bill Howe Family of Companies in...
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BlueWorks Finds Big Success Lining Small Pipes
Some contractors focus on residential work. Others target larger jobs in the municipal market. BlueWorks Inc., based in Clearwater, Florida, has combined...
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New Services Spur Company’s Growth
Basic drain cleaning is a pretty standard service for most residential plumbing contractors, but not too many drain cleaning contractors make the...
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Luck of the Draw: 8-Day Casino Lining Job Resurrects a Relic
A contractor cleaned clogs in a 290-foot-long gravity grease line at Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for a year....
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Best Jetter Hoses for Cold Weather and Rough Conditions
Do you have confidence your jetter hose can perform efficiently and effectively when temperatures dip below freezing? Cold-weather high-pressure sewer and drain...
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Long Shot: Rural Plumber Takes a Gamble on Diverse Customer Base
Barney Allen Jr. admits he is something of a technology wonk. The business he started 38 years ago began primarily as an...
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Find the Right Jetter
Most licensed plumbers have a cable machine and offer some level of basic drain-cleaning service. It may not be a focus, but...
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Dam It: Contractor's Most Difficult Job Calls for Off-Roading
Heavy winter rains and a clogged cast iron drainage system in a private 2-acre pond flooded a family’s pet cemetery in Lexington,...
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Taking Pride in the Plumbing Profession
Levine and Sons is a family-owned business that’s been active in the Detroit area so long that when it opened in 1927,...
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Master Plumber Turns Foolish Antics Into Moneymaking Franchise
Pat Brown had industry experience, but he’d never owned a business or even worked as a drain cleaner. He served as national...
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Drain Cleaner Spends Money to Make Money
Four years after establishing his company in the Northern California suburb of Rancho Cordova, Bill Heinselman was stunned when he was offered...
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This Prevention-Prone Drain Cleaner Kicks Emergency Jobs in the Butt
Expensive and disruptive emergency calls for clogged drains take their toll on customers – and drain cleaners, too. That’s why Snowbridge Inc.,...



















