Ainslie shutters work harder than most. Canberra swings from sub-zero winter mornings to high thirties in summer, and that daily temperature range is what eventually loosens fixings, fatigues springs and cracks older plastic components. Most of what we replace in Ainslie has not failed from use. It has failed from expansion and contraction.
We cover all of Ainslie in the 2602 postcode, from the streets below Mount Ainslie across to the Wakefield Avenue and Limestone Avenue corridors, and through to the boundary with Braddon and Dickson. Reid, Campbell and Watson are all part of the same run.
Much of Ainslie is original government housing from the 1920s to the 1940s, with brick cottages on generous blocks and a lot of later renovation. Shutters here are often retrofitted rather than original to the house.
A lot of Ainslie residents use shutters as much for insulation as for security, which means a shutter that will not close properly is a heating problem as well as a nuisance. If yours is not seating fully at the bottom rail, that gap is doing real damage to your heating bill through a Canberra winter.
