Over the years, our customer service staff has collected tips to avoid various problems, tricks to get you out of jams, hints on the right tool for the right job, and so on. This Ask the Drain Brains blog is a selection of some of those hints and tips. You can search by category, for instance, Drain Cleaning, Sewer Cameras, Water Jetters, Cool Plumbing Tools and more.
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Not long ago, placing an ad in the yellow pages was the only marketing decision that a drain cleaner needed to make. The rationale was simple; when a customer had an emergency, they would reach for the yellow pages and pick the first contractor that caught their eye. This logic led to bigger color advertisements…
“When you have hot water gushing through the kitchen ceiling of an historic landmark in mid-January, you don’t waste time fooling around!” That’s how Bob Schneider of Schneider Plumbing & Heating described the scene at a renovated hotel in Northampton, Mass., one frigid January evening. Pipes had burst between floors, flooding food preparation areas as…
We don’t accord the modest flush toilet much thought or gratitude, but it is the visible portion of the most important public health invention in history. Without an effective way of separating our waste from our fresh water supply, we would still be living in a time of cholera, dysentery, typhus and a multitude of…
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…
An ominous leak beneath the building, water mysteriously surfacing in the parking lot and potentially costly demolition and repair costs. What’s a school to do? If you’re the Anna, Texas, middle school, you call local professionals from Spencer Plumbing Co. – with their new Gen-Ear™ water leak locator system. Gen-Ear blends the latest in filter,…
Thorough training on equipment and in-depth knowledge of effective techniques gives you and your business an advantage. Here are five resources you should take advantage of: 1. Videos Many equipment manufacturers put instructional videos online to help their customers learn how to use their tools. Seeing something done can sometimes be more helpful than simply…
April 25th is set aside each year to honor plumbers. Often plumbers don’t receive the credit and fame that they deserve. In fact, the most famous plumbers are the Super Mario Brothers – and they live in a Nintendo game! The reality is that without plumbers, our world would be far from sanitary or pleasant.…
Camera and pipe locating can be very intimidating. However, with the right equipment and a bit of practice, you will find that it can become much easier. Here are step-by-step basics to help you develop your locating technique. 1. Turn on the transmitter. OK, this seems pretty obvious but you’d be amazed at how many…
Q. It happens every holiday season – Thanksgiving, Christmas, whatever – people cook the turkey, pour the grease down the drain, then call me when the grease clogs the line. What drain cleaning tool would you recommend that will clear the line fast so I can get back to my family? A. The best tool…
Q. The economy is getting off it’s knees and starting to pick up. It’s time for us to get another truck on the road. What should I look for in selecting drain cleaning equipment? A. Remember your “three R’s”: Reliability Range Risk RELIABILITY. Downtime costs money. Choose a manufacturer with a solid reputation…
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