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I need to tell you something you won't hear from nearly all septic companies: I've actually been buried in raw sewage since I was 12 years old. Looks appealing, right? Back in the summer of '98, my family and I thought our mother and father had completely lost their minds. Instead of registering for little league like normal kids, we were carving out trenches for our family's new septic system under the blistering Washington sun. Who knew those wounds would become our blueprint.

Let me share the dirty truth most companies will not admit: Septic work ain't just about equipment. It's really about knowing what occurs underground after the equipment leaves. Nearly all folks enter this business through maintenance vans. We? We started with implements in our hands and clay up to our knees.

I'll never forget the day our installer, old Gus Petrovich, threw me a level and barked, "Kid, if you are unable to lay pipe straight, you'll drown a person's lawn in waste by Tuesday." He sure wasn't wrong. We dedicated three days that July fighting with a difficult clay bed near Redmond—digging, measuring, swearing, repeat. But here comes the surprise: Gus kept bringing us to jobs all over Snohomish County. By 15, I could spot a failing drain field from 50 yards.

This is the DNA of Septic Solutions LLC. While rivals were occupied with buying flashy trucks, web page we were learning why systems really fail. Like that disaster project in '03 where we witnessed a "professional" crew install a tank with zero regard for soil percolation. Three months later? Backyard looked like a wetland. We vowed then: No shortcuts. Ever.

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

Here's where we are different: We build systems like we will have to repair them ourselves. Because guess what? We typically do. Last Thanksgiving, Mrs. Callahan in Woodinville phoned panicking about a holiday overflow. Art drove out in his dinner-soiled shirt. Apparently her "no-service" system installed in 2015 had a filter no one told her about. We did not just solve it—we taught her grandson how to clean it.

You believe that is standard? Not a chance. Most companies prefer you on a $200/month service plan. We rather you comprehend your system. Like that time we drew drainage diagrams on Dave Miller's kitchen table in Everett while his children added crayon clouds. Why? Because when Dave's willow tree roots attacked his leach field last spring, he noticed the waterlogged grass before it developed into a disaster.

Our magic formula? It's not secret at all. It is in the calluses. In the way Art still takes the phone at (425) 553-3422 directly. In the Instagram reel where my nephew cringes at a DIYer's "gravel-free drain field masterpiece" (@septic_solutionsllc—subscribe for laughs and real tips). It's in the YouTube video where we condensed a 72-hour install in relentless Kirkland rain (@septicsolutionsllc).

But let me share the actual magic: We've turned all mistake into your advantage. That green disaster in Bothell? Showed us to add root barriers standard. The "ghost flush" mystery in Sammamish? Now we install effluent filters on every job. Even our tanks are different—we spec heavier concrete after witnessing how Pacific Northwest winters destroy cheaper models.

Do not just take my statement for it. Ask the retired Boeing engineer who challenged us to tackle his sloping lot in Duvall. "Can't be done," said three companies. We created him a pressurized system which has outlasted two of his cars. Or the young family in Monroe whose builder installed an too-small tank—we redesigned their whole layout during a winter storm without breaking their budget.

This isn't marketing fluff. These are 25 years of frozen fingers, confusing soil reports, and relentless pride in doing it correctly. We have cried over collapsed trenches in January rains. Cheered when our sand-filter system rescued a historic Carnation farmhouse. Even interred our favorite shovel (RIP #3) with Viking funeral honors after it broke during an legendary granite battle.

So if you are scrolling through septic companies questioning who won't vanish after the check clears? Consider the boys who still remember their first lesson from Gus: "A solid system hides. A excellent system works while hiding." We never just establish this business—we developed it from the ground up, one honest hole at a time.

Your turn. Tell me what your system hiding?