A new adventure begins: Sewer Hookup

Every so often, I need a reminder that you can't quite do everything on the Internet yet. Even so, it can still come in handy in those limited cases. Today's case in point, finding somebody to hook up my house to the sewer system.

I still have the better part of a year before I must be hooked up, but I can't comfortably endure knowing there's a pricey expense in my near future without knowing how pricey, so I started the search. Googling up "Spokane sewer contractor" brings up a few hits on the map, but... few, if any, of the companies listed have a website. Also, most of the Street View shots of the business addresses tie to residential addresses (or, in one case, a vacant lot)... which says, to me, that most of these contractors are just a guy with an earth mover. It's nice to keep in mind, if I'm looking for somebody to do a passable job on the cheap, but I really want to start with knowing what it will cost to do the job "right" before I fall back on that level of work.

So, I revert to the phone book. I find a place that advertises having been around since the '50s, and find it on Google Maps (it was in my initial search results, but didn't make it onto the main list, for some odd reason). It's fairly close, and Street View shows a commercial building/lot... which is pretty much what I expected for a "real" business in this vein. One phone call later (and oh, how I do hate phones), and my request for quote is in... but, of course, they're backlogged, so they'll get back to me, in theory. We'll see how this goes...