Brent Thoroughgood is the owner of Thoroughgood Professional Plumbing Services and a licensed plumber who grew up in the family trade his grandfather started on the Central Coast back in the 1950s. Three generations on, he still reckons the best plumbing job is the one you help a homeowner avoid – which is exactly what these columns are about. Born and bred on the Coast, he and the team look after homes from Gosford to The Entrance and right across the Peninsula.
There’s a funny rhythm to this job that you only notice after a few decades in it. Come winter, the phone starts to ring with the same call – a drain that’s gurgling, a shower that’s draining slow, a smell coming up from the yard that wasn’t there last week. Every year, like clockwork. And…