By the time you reach Sackville North you are in rural Hawkesbury, on the river, a long way from anything that looks like suburban Sydney. Properties are large, the river shapes how people live here, and flooding is part of the history of every block near the water.
We cover Sackville North in the 2756 postcode, along the river toward the Sackville ferry crossing, and out to Ebenezer, Wilberforce, Lower Portland and the Maroota side.
Housing runs from old riverfront cottages to modern homes on acreage, and most places have sheds, workshops or pump houses with roller doors of their own. Everything on a property like this sits further from help than it would in town, which makes catching a fault early worth a good deal more.
Anything electrical that has been under water needs checking before it is switched on, and a shutter motor is no exception to that. Silt also stays in the guides long after the water goes down and will grind the curtain edges on every cycle until it is properly flushed out. If a shutter has been inundated, leave it where it is and have it looked at rather than trying to run it back up to see whether it still works. The same goes for shed doors and pump house shutters, which are usually the last things anyone thinks to check afterwards.
