Auburn is a densely populated multicultural inner-west suburb with a mix of original Federation cottages, post-war brick veneers, and brand-new infill developments. The roller shutter installations here are equally varied, and we work on every type, from manual heritage units to fully automated multi-room systems.
Our Auburn work covers the whole of the 2144 postcode, taking in the residential streets on both sides of the railway line along with the Newington and Silverwater boundaries. Most bookings in this part of Cumberland are filled inside a day, and anything that leaves a window unable to lock moves to the front of the queue.
Handset failures, burnt out motors on shutters that cycle several times a day, worn end locks and grit blown in off the main road corridors make up most of what we attend around Auburn. The vans are stocked for those faults, so one visit usually finishes the job.
Auburn is built up and the shutters here are bought for security first and shade second. A unit stuck halfway leaves a window that will not lock and a bedroom that bakes by mid afternoon, so these are not jobs we ask people to wait a fortnight for. Keeping the original system running also keeps the front elevation looking consistent, which matters on a street of terraces and semis.
Shutters have gone onto Auburn houses in waves since the 1990s, fitted by a long list of installers, and the labels inside the head boxes reflect that. These are the ones we open up most often here.
Not sure what you have? A photo of the head box is normally enough for us to name it before anyone is booked in.
A shutter jammed open leaves the house exposed, one jammed shut can block an exit, and storm damage counts as both. All three go onto the emergency list. Ring early and we will do our best to reach your Auburn address before the end of the day. Routine work is normally booked inside the same week with a set arrival window rather than a vague all day wait. While you are waiting, leave the shutter where it stopped rather than forcing it, because working a jammed curtain by hand is what turns a strap replacement into a curtain rebuild.
Most of the shutters we look at in Auburn can be saved, including ones the owner had already written off. Age by itself is not a reason to pull a unit out of the wall. We will say a replacement makes more sense when the curtain is damaged past economic repair, when the head box has rusted through, or when parts for that profile no longer exist anywhere. Short of that, fixing what is already on the window is quicker and far less disruptive.
An Auburn homeowner had a shutter on their front bedroom window that had been stuck open for two weeks while they waited for another company to call back. We came the same day they contacted us, fixed it in under an hour after finding a snapped strap, and they could finally sleep without a window that would not close.
The same run takes in the suburbs on every side of Auburn: Lidcombe, Berala, Regents Park, Granville, Silverwater, Newington, Strathfield, Homebush.
If a shutter at your Auburn place has stopped behaving, tell us what it is doing and we will get a technician booked. You can also read more about the team that turns up.
