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"We Need Each Other"
BrentCag
Let me share with you something the majority of septic companies refuse to: there are two kinds of people in this world. Those who think septic systems are simply "underground boxes for waste," and those who've had raw sewage erupting into their yard at 2 AM. I discovered this difference the difficult way in 2005—standing in mud, trembling in a Washington deluge, as my brothers and I helped a veteran installer fix our family's broken system. I was 14. My hands ached. My jeans were wrecked. But that moment, something crystallized: This ain't just dirt work. It's folks' lives we are protecting.
Here's the dirty truth: nearly all septic companies just maintain tanks. They are like band-aid salesmen at a demolition convention. But Septic Solutions? They're unique. It all originated back in the beginning of the 2000s when Art and his brothers—just kids scarcely tall enough to shoulder a shovel—assisted install their family's septic system alongside a weathered pro. Imagine this: three youngsters knee-deep in Pennsylvania clay, understanding how soil absorption affects drainage while their friends played Xbox. "We never just dig trenches," Art explained to me last winter, warm coffee cup in hand. "We discovered how earth whispers secrets. A patch of marsh plants here? That's Mother Nature yelling 'high water table.'"