Bushland surrounds most of Arcadia, and that is the single biggest influence on how shutters behave up here. Tree cover drops debris all year, shaded properties hold damp long after rain, and homes along the ridges and gullies of the 2159 area sit exposed in ways a suburban block never is.
Our Arcadia work runs the length of Arcadia Road and the side roads coming off it, out to the Berrilee, Fiddletown and Galston boundaries. Hornsby, Dural and Glenorie are part of the same northern run, so we can usually group a few calls together and keep the travel down.
Housing is a mix of older rural houses and larger modern builds on acreage, with plenty of timber, wide openings and outbuildings in the mix.
A good number of Arcadia properties sit on bushfire prone land, and solid metal shutters are one of the practical measures people use to shield glass from radiant heat and embers. They only help if they close fully and close quickly, so a unit that sticks halfway or needs coaxing is worth sorting out before the season rather than during it. We check the manual override at the same time, because that is what you will be relying on if the power drops out.
