Septic Tank Installation & Repairs

Yes. In NSW, installing or significantly altering an on-site sewage management system requires approval from your local council before work starts, and the finished system is inspected before it goes into service.

The application covers the system design, soil assessment and site layout, including setbacks from boundaries, buildings and waterways. Anthony prepares and lodges the application as part of the job and deals with the council questions, which is usually the part that stalls owner-managed installations. Once approved, the installation proceeds to the approved design and gets signed off properly.

The physical installation is usually measured in days: excavation, setting the tank, laying the absorption area and plumbing the house connection typically run about two to five days depending on the site and weather.

The longer lead time is the approval. Council assessment commonly takes a few weeks, and soil testing has to happen before the application goes in. Realistically, allow one to two months from first site visit to a commissioned system, and longer if your site needs a more involved design. Anthony sequences all of it, so the excavator, the tank delivery and the inspections land in the right order.

Yes, septic and wastewater systems are a specialty, particularly for rural and semi-rural blocks around Kendall, Kew, Lakewood and the hinterland where there is no sewer connection.

That covers new installations designed for your soil and site, council approvals prepared and lodged on your behalf, repairs to existing tanks and absorption trenches, and upgrades of old systems that no longer meet requirements. Excavation is coordinated as part of the job, so you are not organising machines separately.

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.