Lots of products promise to clear your pipes without having to call a plumber. But even though they contain harsh chemicals, Consumer Reports tests have shown most arent that effective.

Now Consumer Reports has just tested a mechanical device that attaches to your faucet and uses pressurized water to clean your pipes. Its called Drain FX. It claims its effective at clearing all kinds of clogs with no tools, no chemicals, no mess and no need to call the plumber. Besides the $20 version for sinks, Drain-FX has a Plus version for bathtubs and showers. It comes with a 15-foot hose extension and a special valve.

To test how well Drain FX works, Consumer Reports clogged pipes with things like fat, sand and human hair. Drain-FX worked pretty well. It cleared everything completely, except it only partially removed the clump of hair.

You do need to have a faucet that has to have a removable aerator, which most do. But if your drain has small openings, you may have to take it apart to get the tube down the drain.

As a comparison, Consumer Reports also tried a $3 traditional plunger. It worked too, but took longer and required more effort.

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Something's missing in the small town of Jackman, Maine. They've have an electrician and some carpenters among their 800-odd residents, but no plumber which can complicate things.

If a pipe bursts or a toilet backs up, many of us might not give a second thought to looking up a plumber. In most areas, there will be lots of options for services nearby.

But in the isolated town of Jackman, Maine, which has a population of around 800, the local plumber recently retired. Now, the closest plumber is in the nearest town 50 miles away.

To fill the void, one family has partnered with the local school district to create a scholarship. The 2015 Inza and Harry Hughey Memorial Scholarship will award $2,000 to a local graduate willing to become a certified plumber and come back to work in the town.

Sheryl and Larry Harth run the scholarship fund and decided to focus it on plumbing once the void hit them acutely. They moved back to the area about two years ago and built a house, hiring a plumber who lived in that town about 50 miles away to work on the project. Last year, they needed more work done and they were promised that that plumber would return.

"Well, it's been two years and we still have not seen that person," Larry Harth tells NPR's Arun Rath.

We have a great electrician and many carpenters, but we do not have a licensed plumber ... We're hoping that this will entice them.

- Larry Harth, whose family is funding the scholarship

He says there are some folks in town who know the basics of plumbing, but they're not licensed. In emergency situations, they can only provide guidance.

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For years it was a place for saving animals from shelters.

Today, the former no-kill dog shelter along Colo. 392 can be seen just as much as a way to save dogs as ever before.

The number one reason why dogs end up in animal shelters are behavior issues that could be fixed, said Jake Kemp, who recently bought the property after months of negotiations. This can give people a way to keep their dogs, get some training and enjoy the pet they chose.

This week Kemp will open Mountain State K9 Academy, a doggie day care, boarding and training school. Soon, hell add grooming to the mix in the former Denkai Animal Sanctuary, which partnered with K9 Bed and Biscuit animal shelter from 2007-12 before moving to Eaton and opening a veterinary clinic.

Kemp, a former plumber from Fort Collins, recently returned to Colorado from St. Louis, where he trained and became a dog-training instructor at the Tom Rose School. He and former student Ashley McGaughey will train dogs on site.

He said hes been negotiating to buy the property since last November, after returning to Colorado to be near his daughter, who lives in Fort Collins.

We used to volunteer and come out here and take dogs for walks, and I never thought Id end up owning it, Kemp said of the property.

Kemp has remodeled the property, which includes the shelter and two homes. He remodeled the lobby, updated the furnaces and air conditioners, repainted, and repaired the fence. At present, he is working on eradicating the weeds to bring back the turf.

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