Like most good ideas, this one almost starts with a few beers—but let me correct that right away. It wasn’t the beers that started it… it was the campfire conversation that came with them.

I was sitting around a fire with friends in our camping community, talking about the usual RV stuff, when the topic of waste tanks came up. Not the most glamorous subject—but anyone who owns an RV knows how important it is. I’d heard of proper RV waste tank cleaning being done in the United States, but I’d never actually seen it offered here in Canada. And if it was being done, nobody was really talking about it or advertising it. That got me thinking: why is something this important basically invisible?

So I did what made sense at the time—I invested in some simple equipment and offered the service to people right in our own camping community. No big marketing plan, no fancy setup. Just, “Hey, this is something I think we need—who’s interested?”

The response was loud and clear. People didn’t just want it—they’d been missing it.

From there, things moved fast. We upgraded equipment, added services, and listened closely to what RV owners actually needed. Today, Clean Pipes RV is a full-service RV waste tank cleaning and fresh water sanitation company, offering a range of services designed to protect RV systems, improve performance, and give owners real peace of mind.

So no, it wasn’t just a few beers—but like all good ideas, it definitely started with good people, honest conversations, and a problem that needed solving.