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In 1967, a handful of plumbers from the southside of Pittsburgh got together to form the Associated Master Plumbers of Allegheny County (AMPAC) with the modest goal of creating a space for local plumbers to share ideas and experiences from the field. More than 50 years later, AMPAC has grown to become Pennsylvania’s largest school…
Last year, General Pipe Cleaners celebrated 90 years in business. We’ve had a lot of fun reflecting on the great product innovations that have led to where we are today, but we thought it was just as important to remember some of the people who’ve helped fuel General’s success. One person that comes to mind…
In this series on how to NOT break your stuff, we’ve talked about how your attitude towards the job, as well as the quality and type of equipment that you use, can affect the longevity of your tools. Contractors who are patient and careful on the job and who practice preventative maintenance after the job…
In this series on How to NOT Break Your Stuff, we’ve talked about how your attitude towards the job, as well as the quality and type of equipment that you use, can affect the longevity of your tools. Contractors who are patient and careful on the job and who practice preventative maintenance after the job…
In this series on How to NOT Break Your Stuff, we’ve talked about how your attitude towards the job, as well as the quality and type of equipment that you use, can affect the longevity of your tools. Contractors who are patient and careful on the job and who practice preventative maintenance after the job…
There’s an old curse that reads, “May you live in interesting times!” Well, we can put a checkmark in that box, because none of us have seen anything like the past few months. Malls are padlocked, churches are empty on Easter, people are doing Passover Seders with their family via Zoom. Everyone is wearing masks…
We hope that all of you are well and staying safe during these extraordinary times. For many of you, this is a daily challenge, because you’re doing a lot of heavy lifting, ensuring that the rest of us have the fresh water and clean conditions that we need to fight COVID-19. Although you don’t always…
With the current world health situation, many contractors have asked us if they should be concerned about disease transmission – particularly COVID-19 – through wastewater. People have been increasingly, and understandably, anxious about the transmission of Coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis, tetanus, dysentery and other diseases through wastewater. Plumbers, drain cleaning specialists and maintenance personnel face health…
If you work in the plumbing and drain cleaning business and have the task of hiring new talent, then it should come as no surprise that our country is in the midst of a serious skills gap in the trades. There are many factors to blame for this, such as the stigmatization of blue-collar labor,…
With all the cooking and subsequent grease clogs, there’s no better time than the holidays to show the plumber in your life how much you care. And we’d like to help with our, “Drain Cleaner’s Holiday Gift Guide!” These gifts might not fit in a stocking, but they will be sure to fill any drain…
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