Stormwater Solutions From The Roof Down 

Gutter Maintenance and Protection

Keeping your gutters free from leaf litter and debris is an important part of maintaining your home. Build-up in your gutters can cause rust to form faster, shorten the life of your guttering, and even create a fire hazard during the dry season. 

Regular gutter cleaning helps protect your property and ensures water flows where it should. To make things easier, Empower Plumbing can install high-quality gutter guard systems that keep leaves and debris out while allowing rainwater to drain freely. 

It’s also important that your downpipes are properly connected to in-ground stormwater pipework. This ensures water is diverted safely away from your home or business. Downpipes that drain directly onto the ground near your property can undermine foundations and compromise the structural integrity of your building. 

Stormwater Solutions: Capture and Diversion for Your Property 

Controlling stormwater at ground level and through in-ground systems is key to keeping your property safe. Our team can design practical and visually appealing solutions that ensure water flows away from your home or business — and not onto neighbouring properties or pooling where it shouldn’t. 

Installing drainage grates, pits, and properly connecting downpipes to in-ground stormwater systems are highly effective ways to manage the heavy rains common in Far North Queensland. 

Diverting air conditioning condensation correctly can also help to extend the longevity of your property. 

Proper stormwater drainage and diversion are essential for protecting your home from termites. Termites need organic matter to feed on and a damp, dark environment to thrive, making them a widespread problem across the Atherton Tablelands. By taking a proactive approach to stormwater diversion and drainage, you can reduce soil moisture around your property and help keep these unwanted visitors away. 
 

You don’t always want to divert stormwater away — capturing it for drinking, household use, or garden irrigation is easy with the right system. Rainwater collection is also ideal for off-grid or self-sufficient homes, helping you make the most of every drop. Brett and the team have extensive experience installing, maintaining, and repairing connections to rainwater tanks, ensuring you’re collecting the maximum amount of clean water. 

Once your rainwater has been captured, our team can install whole house or under sink filtration systems that can ensure your water is free from soil, sediment, odour and bacteria. Filtration is also an excellent way to reduce the chemical load (such as Chlorine) found in town water.