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…
“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…
It’s October, and that means it’s time for the baseball post season, the World Series, and tree root problems. Actually, tree roots have been growing all through the dry summer, trying to find a source of water. They find their way into cracked sewer lines and loose pipe fittings. You just won’t know about it…
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…
Reputation, reliability and results mean a lot to Vincent “Vinnie” MacDonald’s Boston-area drain cleaning business. So do the right tools. “We tackle really tough jobs no one can handle,” the Rooter-Man franchisee said. “Customers know that we combine first-rate talent with first-rate tools to solve problems — permanently. And General gives us the equipment to…
“When we make one mistake we end up making two!” My high school basketball coach used to scream this as we ran “gassers” to the point of exhaustion during marathon practice sessions. Like much of his pithy wisdom, this took me a while to translate. What he was saying in “basketball speak” was that when…
Q. When working with slow draining shower and bathtub drains, it’s difficult to get the snake though the trap. Do you know of a better way to keep shower drains clear? A. The best tool for clearing a clogged or slow draining shower or bathtub is a Water Ram. Bathtubs often drain through drum traps…
1. Why should I buy a sewer camera? For the answer to this question, just ask George Bauer of Bauer Plumbing. “You won’t believe how many jobs I’ve sold with my camera,” George boasted. “People think you’re trying to pull a fast one when you tell them that their waste lines have collapsed and…
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,…
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