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"We Need Each Other"
Brentwab
Let me share with you something most septic companies won't: there are two kinds of people in this world. Those who assume septic systems are just "buried containers for waste," and those that have had raw sewage erupting into their yard at 2 AM. I understood this distinction the difficult way in 2005—standing in sludge, shivering in a Washington rainstorm, as my siblings and I assisted a veteran installer fix our family's collapsed system. I was fourteen. My hands were raw. My jeans were destroyed. But that night, something changed: This isn't just dirt work. It's people's lives we are protecting.
Here's the harsh truth: nearly all septic companies just maintain tanks. They are like band-aid salesmen at a demolition convention. But Septic Solutions? They are different. 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 experienced pro. Visualize this: three pre-teens buried in Pennsylvania clay, learning how soil permeability affects drainage while their buddies played Xbox. "We never just dig holes," Art explained to me last winter, warm coffee cup in hand. "We learned how ground whispers mysteries. A patch of cattails here? That's Mother Nature screaming 'high water table.'"