Downie's Septic & Excavation, LLC

A recent Google customer said the company arrived when it said it would and left the yard looking like it hadn't just been dug up, with pricing that compared well to others in the area. The company says it has been in business 30 years, lists a service area that includes Clinton, Essex, Madison, Old Lyme and Westbrook, and holds an A+ on its BBB page. A 2026 customer said the company replaced an outdated septic system and that they also used its dumpster services. A 2025 customer who had just moved to CT said Downie's installed a new septic tank, and that Lee answered questions and did some trouble-shooting when something unexpected came up with the site. A 2025 customer said clear water was backing up into the house from a flooded leach field, and that the company was there to meet the customer's wife within 15 minutes. A 2025 customer said Chris explained that a probe spike and careful, targeted digging would be used, and that father and son techs did the job and made specific maps for the next service. A 2025 customer said a septic pump out or inspection was easy to schedule, and that the company brought in different machines when needed for an addition. A 2025 customer said the company left the yard looking like a construction site, used fill with rocks in it and grass seed that never grew, and that the old tank location settled and sunk in. That 2025 customer said two calls asking them to come back got no response, and that theirs was the most expensive quote.