Gutter Cleaning

For most homes around the Mid North Coast, once or twice a year. Properties under gum trees or close to bushland fill gutters much faster and are usually better on a six-monthly cycle, ideally before storm season and before bushfire season.

Blocked gutters do quiet, expensive damage: water backing into the eaves and ceiling, rusted gutter runs, and overflow undermining paths and gardens. If you are on tank water, clean gutters also directly protect your drinking water quality. A regular clean is cheap insurance against all of it.

Because gutters, downpipes and stormwater are roof plumbing, and a licensed plumber sees them as a system rather than just leaves to scoop. While cleaning, Anthony checks fall and flow, flushes downpipes through, and spots the early signs of trouble: rusting runs, failed joints, sagging brackets and undersized overflows.

Anything that needs attention is flagged with photos so you can see what he saw, small repairs can often be done on the spot, and if you are on tank water the whole run from roof to tank inlet gets looked at properly.

You get a clear quote before work starts, not a surprise afterwards. For straightforward jobs Anthony can usually quote from a phone call and a photo or two. Bigger jobs like renovations, septic systems or tank installations get a site visit and an itemised written quote.

If something unexpected turns up once the work is open, you hear about it and approve the change before it happens. Where a repair is only going to buy you time, Anthony will tell you that up front, with rough costs for the longer-term fix, so you can make the call with real numbers in front of you.

Yes. Anthony holds NSW contractor licence 283413C covering both plumbing and gas fitting, and carries full public liability insurance.

That combination matters. Plenty of handymen will quote on jobs that legally require a licensed plumber, and if something goes wrong the insurance consequences land on the homeowner. Every job Anthony Martin Plumbing does is compliant, insured and, where the work requires it, backed by a compliance certificate you keep for your records and your insurer.

Anthony Martin Plumbing is based in Lake Cathie and works across the whole Mid North Coast, including Bonny Hills, Laurieton, North Haven, Dunbogan, Camden Head, West Haven, Kendall, Kew and Lakewood, plus the southern side of Port Macquarie.

Being local matters for more than convenience. Response times are shorter, travel costs stay out of your bill, and Anthony knows the housing stock in the area, from older fibro cottages on galvanised pipe through to new builds in the estates. If you are just outside these areas, call anyway. If the job suits, Anthony will travel for it.