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Let me share with you something you aren't going to hear from nearly all septic companies: I've actually been waist-deep in raw sewage since I was 12 years old. Looks attractive, right? Back in the heat of '98, my family and I thought our mother and father had completely lost their minds. Instead of signing up for little league like regular kids, we were carving out trenches for our family's new septic system under the blistering Washington sun. We had no idea those calluses would become our blueprint.

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

I will never forget the day our installer, old Gus Petrovich, handed me a level and said, "Boy, if you can't lay pipe straight, you're gonna drown somebody's lawn in crap by Tuesday." He wasn't wrong. We dedicated three days that July fighting with a stubborn clay bed near Redmond—digging, measuring, groaning, repeat. But here's the surprise: Gus kept inviting 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 focused on buying flashy trucks, we were learning why systems actually fail. Like that horror project in '03 where we watched a "certified" crew install a tank with zero regard for soil percolation. Three months later? Property looked like a swamp. We vowed then: No half-measures. Not once.

Fast forward to 2009. My brother Art (you'll see his name all over our permits) almost bankrupted us demanding on verifying three times every perc test. "Think about the swamp house," he would growl. We ate cheap food for six months. But when the crash hit? Our systems kept working while others failed. All at once, "Nikolin boys" became a thing mentioned between contractors.

Here's where we stand different: We build systems like we will have to fix them ourselves. Because guess what? We typically do. Last Thanksgiving, Mrs. Callahan in Woodinville rang panicking about a holiday emergency. Art went out in his gravy-covered shirt. As it happened her "maintenance-free" system installed in 2015 had a filter no one told her about. We didn't just fix it—we taught her grandson how to clean it.

You believe this is standard? Think again. Nearly all companies want you on a $200/month service plan. We rather you understand your system. Like that time we sketched drainage diagrams on Dave Miller's kitchen table in Everett while his toddlers added crayon clouds. Why? Because when Dave's willow tree roots invaded his leach field last spring, web page he caught the waterlogged grass before it became a disaster.

Our magic formula? It is not secret at all. You'll find it in the rough hands. In the way Art still answers the phone at (425) 553-3422 personally. In the Instagram reel where my nephew groans at a DIYer's "gravel-free drain field masterpiece" (@septic_solutionsllc—follow for laughs and legit tips). It's in the YouTube video where we condensed a 72-hour install in pouring Kirkland rain (@septicsolutionsllc).

But here's the real magic: We turned all setback into your advantage. That overgrown disaster in Bothell? Made us to add root barriers standard. The "phantom flush" mystery in Sammamish? Now we install effluent filters on each job. Even our tanks are special—we spec thicker concrete after seeing how Pacific Northwest winters damage cheaper models.

Please don't just take my word for it. Ask the former Boeing engineer who dared us to tackle his sloping lot in Duvall. "Impossible," said three companies. We built him a pressurized system that has outlasted two of his cars. Or the young family in Monroe whose contractor installed an undersized tank—we redesigned their whole layout during a snowstorm without busting their budget.

This isn't business fluff. These are 25 years of frozen fingers, misunderstood soil reports, and relentless pride in doing it right. We cried over caved-in trenches in January storms. High-fived when our sand-filter system saved 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're scrolling through septic companies questioning who will not disappear after the check clears? Consider the boys who still know their first lesson from Gus: "A good system hides. A excellent 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?