Let me explain something the majority of septic companies won't: there are two categories of people in this world. Those who believe septic systems are simply "buried containers for waste," and those who have had raw sewage erupting into their yard at the dead of night. I understood this distinction the hard way in 2005—waist-deep in mud, freezing in a Washington deluge, as my siblings and I aided a grizzled installer fix our family's collapsed system. I was a teenager. My hands were raw. My jeans were destroyed. But that night, something clicked: This ain't just manual labor. It's families' lives that we're safeguarding. This is the ugly truth: nearly all septic companies just service tanks. They're like temporary salesmen at a demolition convention. But Septic Solutions? They're unique. It all began back in the beginning of the 2000s when Art and his siblings—just kids scarcely tall enough to lift a shovel—aided install their family's septic system alongside a grizzled pro. Picture this: three pre-teens buried in Pennsylvania clay, learning how soil porosity affects drainage while their peers played Xbox. "We didn't just dig trenches," Art explained to me last winter, warm coffee cup in hand. "We discovered how earth whispers secrets. A patch of cattails here? That's Mother Nature yelling 'high water table.'"