"The Proper Diagnosis": Oklahoma contractor sets high standards for locating and leak detection services while building his business from the ground up. Hi-Tech Plumbing & Leak Detect, Inc. was established with a focus and emphasis on leak detection and locating. Founder Jamey Mullin grew up in the plumbing industry. His father, Jim Mullin, owned a plumbing company in Tulsa and Jamey eventually opened his own subsidiary, Mullin Plumbing, in Oklahoma City in 1994. He sold that company in 2000 and launched his new venture a year later after noticing the emergence of new leak detection technology and a decided lack of companies serving the growing market.

Benji Grimes joined Drain Surgeons in Arnold, Mo., with a business degree and experience in construction and real estate development, but he was a beginner in drain cleaning and sewer inspection. His immediate focus became learning all aspects of the industry so he could manage the company his parents, Herman and Connie Grimes, purchased in 2010.

No-Clogg keeps profits high by reducing unnecessary costs and keeping customers happy. July 2012 Cleaner Magazine Video Profile of No-Clogg Sewer & Drain Cleaning Service, Inc. in Pasadena, California. Sponsored by Warthog Sewer Nozzle by StoneAge Tools.

"Adapting to Change": California contractor maintains success by keeping a finger on the pulse of technology and new services.

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Imagine opening a pipe bursting business in a market where you're practically the only game in town. Now imagine that only a tiny segment of your potential clients know what pipe bursting is.

Charles Menkhaus was dealing with declining business when he decided to make the significant investment to get into cured-in-place pipe lining. It was a move that would pay big dividends and ultimately help his business grow once again. Featuring Perma-Liner.

A New England contractor has turned an early adoption of grouting technology into a successful core business that continues to perform as the company expands.

Within three years of opening Leading Edge Plumbing & Rooter, owner Juan Carlos Garcia had significantly boosted his business by bringing in new services and technologies and offering them across a 50- to 55-mile stretch of cities in highly populated Southern California.