Investment firm Bessemer Investors buys the nation's largest Roto-Rooter franchisee.

This winter of 2019 was viciously cold in the Midwest. Areas like Chicago were in a deep freeze and the center of national news. Other traditionally cold areas such as New England experienced a generally light winter, except for one bitter week in January.

About a year ago, my son turned 15 and got his learner’s permit to drive. He was aware of all of the laws. In fact, in his opinion he had become an expert in the driving laws of the State of Georgia. Um…yeah.

Thermal imaging cameras are pretty cool……  let’s admit it most of us have been wanting one since we first watched the predator movies with Arnold Schwarzenegger in them, so coming up with a good business reason to have one is pretty great.

A couple weeks after moving into our new-to-us home, a floor drain in our laundry room backed up, emptying some nasty brown water all over the floor. 

Usually mold testing is done with an inspection plus air and/or tape sampling. In recent years, our industry has seen a new method of mold testing – Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) and sometimes it’s cousin HERTSMI-2.