PODOBNIK EXCAVATING

We needed the septic tank drained in a house we moved into. There were no records of the septic tank ever being drained in the previous 16+ years, so it was well past time to get it done. Water had begun to back up into the basement during heavy water use (laundry / showers / etc.). Unfortunately the top covers of the septic tank was 7 feet below the ground level in the back yard and it required being dug up and uncovered before the tanks (two) could be drained. Luckily the guy from the local septic company we called had a brother, Matt Podobnik, with an excavation company. We called him, and he came right over to look at what we had to work with. We had a house on a hill, with limited access onto the area with the septic tank, tanks that were 7 feet down, and a problematic leach field system on top of all that. He plotted a course up the hill with his mini-backhoe and did an excellent job of digging up the soil covering the septic tanks. I've heard that this is the time when an in-experienced excavator can break the lids and cost you more time and money to get them replaced. Matt had been doing this work for many years and it showed. Everything went flawlessly. Once the tank was uncovered, we had it drained and it was discovered that our leach field probably did have root issues as well. Matt came the next day with the "risers" and a water jet snake for the leach field. He snaked the leach field and pulled out a lot of roots and made sure the leach field was taking the water as it was supposed to. They installed the risers and filled in the dirt to support the risers, put the old cover stones on the top of the risers and smoothed out the top of the dirt as well. It seemed that all the odd little problems we thought we might have, happened, and they had fixes for them all. Everything went perfectly. Next time we have to have the septic tanks drained / cleaned it will just require clearing of a couple of inches of dirt and we're ready. Much easier and cheaper then digging up 7' of dirt every time. They really did a great job, did what they said, gave a verbal estimate before doing the work, and stuck to it. I would recommend them to anyone!