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Remember when small plumbing camera systems were a novelty and only the biggest contractors in town had them? No more. Just check the phone book. Nearly every drain cleaning specialist advertises a pipe inspection camera system. And more and more plumbing contractors have video inspection capabilities, too. As with computers and other consumer electronics, technical…
It all started with a clogged sewer line at a Tulsa, Okla., residential property. The frantic renter immediately called a local plumber, who demanded $1,500 to dig-up and repair the problem. But the landlord had other ideas and, instead contacted Chris Wade, owner of Precision Plumbing. For 20 years, Precision has guarded an outstanding reputation…
The sewer line of a one-year-old Kentucky house should have run clean and free, but the homeowner kept suffering persistent back-ups, and repeated snaking failed to work. That’s when Jarboe’s Plumbing, Heating, Cooling, Electric & Remodeling sprang into action. The Louisville-based plumbing professionals marshaled an arsenal of General Pipe Cleaners diagnostic and drain cleaning equipment…
Pipe Inspection and location systems represent a significant investment for most small businesses. In return, they offer unique diagnostic and marketing potential that can either save or earn a tremendous amount of money for your company. Choosing the right system for your needs is a task that should be taken with serious attention to detail…
Much to my wife’s embarrassment, I love talking about sewers. I love telling people that five thousand years ago, the ancient Indus River civilization, the Sumerians and Egyptians all had flush toilets. I love quoting physicians and health officials who say that a safe and effective waste water infrastructure saves more lives than penicillin. And…
Serious kitchen drain stoppages at Southwest Medical Center menaced operations and sanitation. Worse, a parade of plumbers couldn’t cure the chronic quandary. Enter Linn’s Plumbing LLC of Chandler, Oklahoma. With a statewide reputation for outstanding service and professionalism, owner Larry Linn teamed trusted drain cleaners from General Pipe Cleaners to spot – and solve – the…
The sewer line of a Tallahassee residential property suffered constant clogging. And repeated snaking failed to break the blockage. That’s when the professionals at McNeill Plumbing arrived – with their Gen-Eye® video inspection equipment from General Pipe Cleaners. For 35 years, family-owned McNeill Plumbing forged a matchless reputation for competence, dependability, excellence, honesty and “100%…
“We have a great name to protect,” said Tim Rogers, plumbing service technician in charge of sewer and drain-cleaning operations for R-Mech Heating Cooling & Plumbing. “That’s why we carefully research and choose all our equipment!” An Angie’s List “Super Service Award” winner for four straight years, R-Mech has forged a 10-year reputation for professional…
When we force ourselves to think about EPA regulations, we tend to imagine a bureaucratic swamp of Okefenokee dimensions, calculated to suck the entrepreneurial spirit out of independent contractors like plumbers and drain cleaning professionals. And yet, the Environment Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act may be one of the best things to ever happen to…
Picture this: You’re kneeling in wet grass next to a clean out, shoving your Gen-Eye pipe inspection system slowly down into the drain. The push rod is stiff but slippery; just flexible enough to permit you to negotiate the 90-degree turn at the bottom of the clean out and then coax it in the direction…
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