Allow me to tell you something most septic companies won't: there are two
categories of people in this life. Those who believe septic systems are
merely "buried containers for waste," and those who have had raw sewage
bubbling into their yard at midnight. I understood this difference the tough
way in 2005—knee-deep in mud, freezing in a Washington downpour, as my
family and I helped a weathered installer repair our family's failed system.
I was a teenager. My hands blistered. My pants were destroyed. But that
evening, something changed: This isn't just manual labor. It's families'
lives that we're preserving.
Here's the ugly truth: nearly all septic companies just service tanks. They
are like band-aid salesmen at a chainsaw convention. But Septic Solutions?
They're special. It all originated back in the early 2000s when Art and his
siblings—just kids barely tall enough to lift a shovel—assisted install
their family's septic system alongside a experienced pro. Imagine this:
three pre-teens waist-deep in Pennsylvania clay, discovering how soil
permeability affects drainage while their buddies played Xbox. "We never
just dig trenches," Art shared with me last winter, warm coffee cup in hand.
"We discovered how earth whispers truths. A patch of wetland vegetation
here? That's Mother Nature yelling 'high water table.'"
