Lining one or two sewer laterals in a day would be considered great production by anyone’s standards in the trenchless pipe rehab industry. Doing four lining projects in one day — performed by a company that’s never even lined a pipe before, no less — sounds almost impossible.

But that’s exactly what Russell “Russ” Joe, the owner of Quality Sewer & Drain Cleaning in Danvers, Massachusetts, accomplished last July in Boston. With a strong assist from Ken Beyer, owner...