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Let me share with you something you will not hear from the majority of septic companies: I have been waist-deep in raw sewage since I was 12 years old. Sounds attractive, right? Back in the blazing days of '98, my siblings and I thought our mother and father had completely lost their minds. Instead of enrolling us for little league like typical kids, we were carving out trenches for our family's new septic system under the scorching Washington sun. Little did we know those blisters would transform into our blueprint.

This is the harsh truth the majority of companies will not admit: Septic work is not just about equipment. It's really about grasping what goes on underground after the machinery leaves. Nearly all folks enter this business through pumping trucks. We? We started with shovels in our hands and mud up to our knees.

I'm never forget the day our installer, old Gus Petrovich, tossed me a level and said, "Young man, if you cannot lay pipe straight, you'll drown someone's lawn in crap by Tuesday." He wasn't wrong. We spent three days that July fighting with a difficult clay bed near Redmond—digging, measuring, swearing, repeat. But here comes the surprise: Gus kept inviting us to jobs all over Snohomish County. By 15, I could spot a deteriorating drain field from 50 yards.

That is the DNA of Septic Solutions LLC. While others were occupied with buying expensive trucks, we were understanding why systems actually fail. Like that disaster project in '03 where we watched a "professional" crew install a tank with absolutely no regard for soil percolation. Three months later? Property looked like a wetland. We vowed then: No compromises. Never.

Jump to 2009. My brother Art (you'll see his name all over our permits) practically bankrupted us insisting on triple-checking every perc test. "Think about the swamp house," he'd growl. We ate cheap food for six months. But when the downturn hit? Our systems kept functioning while others collapsed. Overnight, "Nikolin boys" became a thing mentioned between contractors.

Here's where we are different: We build systems like we'll have to repair them ourselves. Because here's the thing? We usually do. Last Thanksgiving, Mrs. Callahan in Woodinville rang panicking about a holiday emergency. Art drove out in his turkey-stained shirt. Apparently her "maintenance-free" system installed in 2015 had a filter no one told her about. We didn't just repair it—we instructed her grandson how to clean it.

You think that is standard? Think again. The majority of companies prefer you on a $200/month service plan. We rather you know your system. Like that time we sketched drainage diagrams on Dave Miller's kitchen table in Everett while his kids added crayon clouds. Why? Because when Dave's willow tree roots attacked his leach field last spring, web page he noticed the soggy grass before it turned into a disaster.

Our secret sauce? It's not secret at all. You'll find it in the blisters. In the way Art still answers the phone at (425) 553-3422 personally. In the Instagram reel where my nephew facepalms at a DIYer's "stone-less drain field masterpiece" (@septic_solutionsllc—follow for laughs and solid tips). You'll see it in the YouTube video where we compressed a 72-hour install in torrential Kirkland rain (@septicsolutionsllc).

But this is the true magic: We have turned each mistake into your advantage. That green disaster in Bothell? Showed us to add root barriers automatically. The "ghost flush" mystery in Sammamish? Now we install effluent filters on all job. Even our tanks are different—we spec thicker concrete after seeing how Pacific Northwest winters destroy cheaper models.

Do not just take my testimony for it. Ask the ex- Boeing engineer who challenged us to handle his sloping lot in Duvall. "Impossible," said three companies. We constructed him a pressurized system that's outlasted two of his cars. Or the young family in Monroe whose builder installed an too-small tank—we reconfigured their entire layout during a snowstorm without breaking their budget.

This ain't business fluff. This is 25 years of frozen fingers, misread soil reports, and fierce pride in doing it right. We've cried over failed trenches in January storms. High-fived when our sand-filter system rescued a historic Carnation farmhouse. Even buried our favorite shovel (RIP #3) with Viking funeral honors after it shattered during an legendary granite battle.

So if you're scrolling through septic companies wondering who isn't going to vanish after the check clears? Remember the boys who still remember their first lesson from Gus: "A decent system hides. A superior system works while hiding." We did not just establish this business—we grew it from the ground up, one honest hole at a time.

Your turn. What's your system hiding?