Let me share with you something nearly all septic companies won't: there are
two categories of people in this life. Those who think septic systems are
just "underground boxes for waste," and those who have had raw sewage
gurgling into their backyard at the dead of night. I discovered this
distinction the hard way in 2005—standing in sludge, freezing in a
Washington deluge, as my siblings and I aided a weathered installer restore
our family's failed system. I was fourteen. My hands were raw. My clothes
were ruined. But that night, something crystallized: This isn't just
digging. It's folks' lives we're preserving.
This is the dirty truth: the majority of septic companies just maintain
tanks. They're like temporary salesmen at a demolition convention. But
Septic Solutions? They are unique. It all started back in the beginning of
the 2000s when Art and his siblings—just kids hardly tall enough to shoulder
a shovel—helped install their family's septic system alongside a grizzled
pro. Visualize this: three pre-teens waist-deep in Pennsylvania clay,
discovering how soil porosity affects drainage while their buddies played
Xbox. "We never just dig holes," Art explained to me last winter, steaming
coffee cup in hand. "We learned how soil whispers secrets. A patch of
wetland vegetation here? That's Mother Nature screaming 'high water table.'"
