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    This is where his truck was parked and the spill occurred.

    Spilled a bunch of hydraulic oil on my property, then ghosted me. WARNING WARNING DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! John came to my house to give a quote on installing a new septic leach field. We talked through the job for 20-30 minutes, then we both saw that one of the large five-gallon drums of hydraulic oil in the back of his pickup had tipped over and had been leaking out the back of his truck onto my driveway. Huge puddles of oil were pooling. John laughed and said, "I don't charge extra for the hydraulic oil!" He drove away while I stood there, shocked. I called him five minutes later to ask what to do about the oil he had spilled all over my property. He said to just use Dawn soap and some water and it would "come right up." It did not. I worked on those stains for several hours with Dawn, multiple attempts. No good. See attached photos. Now here's the thing. Accidents happen. Spills happen. I get it. But after that day, John utterly ignored my (quite polite) attempts to get back in touch with him. I called and texted, but never received any response. He just completely ghosted me, after spilling a hazardous waste material all over my property. I had to get the SD Department of Environmental Health & Quality involved. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!

    New risers installed by North County off of a very steep hill

    We really appreciate John and his services! We moved to a property in north Escondido that had 2 septic tanks and no risers. John came out within a day of us contacting him to look at adding risers to the tanks, gave us a quote on the spot and was fair in his pricing. He and his crew came to install the risers within a few days and finished the job. Now both of our tanks are much easier to access and we can fill in a very large hill drop off! Thank you John!

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    Getting our septic pumped and certified, we ran into a problem and couldn't certify. Our septic company recommended we get North County Backhoe Services to figure out what the problem was. I gave them a call and Dan came out immediately, gave me estimates and sent Santiago out to start on the job. Lots of things can go wrong when you are trying to uncover a drainage problem and we did not have a blueprint to show where the drain field was. With minimal digging (they had to hand dig because of the location), they identified the problem. They worked in the pouring rain to fix the problem, too. They replaced a connection and repiped part of the drain field in less than a day. Then, they tested and tested and tested to make sure the system was in good working order. And they came in on budget. On time, on budget, quality work and salt-of-the-earth honest contractors in John and Dan. Doesn't get any better. BTW, I attached a picture of the job site after they finished. Immaculate.

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    These guys are amazing. I will hire them every time I need these type of services. They are honest and knowledgeable. Great company!!!

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    I feared the cost for repairing my septic tank, but these guys where very fair with pricing and super friendly.

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