The Mountains of British Columbia Create Soil and Equipment Challenges for Building Septic Systems

Overcoming a lack of experience and a cancer diagnosis, Canada’s Joe Karthein built a successful one-man installing business

The Mountains of British Columbia Create Soil and Equipment Challenges for Building Septic Systems

Joe Karthein lays out drainfield pipe bedded in rock over sand for excellent dispersal. (Photos by Jess Phillips)

Eight years ago, Joe Karthein didn’t have the foggiest idea how a septic system worked. Now, he not only installs them, but he also designs them.

Karthein’s route to onsite system work was, as he says, convoluted. Several experiences led him to the industry, but since starting...

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