I am not sure There is a more honest contractor out there. We originally had a sinkhole problem by where our septic tank is located. We had 3 contractors come out, and 2 immediately diagnosed it as a collapsed tank without doing much investigation. Doug came out, and after a thorough examination, deemed it most likely not collapsed, but instead just resettling of dirt. He could as easily gone along with the other contractors and given me a bid for a much more expensive job, which meant more money in his pocket. However, he recommended the less expensive job, and we decided to give that a try.
After digging down to the tank, it was indeed not collapsed, but had a small crack in the side. Thankful it wasn't anything bigger, dirt was filled in, and the job was done. He did point out that it was not installed correctly when the house was built, but we crossed our fingers that it would last.
3 weeks later we discovered a bigger sink hole than the first time. Bad news was that the tank did indeed collapse this time, but being the honest, upstanding contractor Doug is, he subtracted the cost off the original job, from the cost of installing a new tank. He could have very well charged at least a portion from the first job, but he didn't. The new tank was installed within a couple days, and we couldn't be happier. Not only do we trust Poss and Sons with any septic job in the future, they were also the cheapest estimate we had. Highly recommend.