A good number of the shutters we look at in Constitution Hill are still hand operated. This is a small, settled suburb in the 2145 postcode where a lot of the housing dates from the post war decades, and the original strap and winder units fitted to those homes are now well past the point where parts are easy to come by.
We cover all of Constitution Hill and the surrounding Cumberland area, including Toongabbie, Wentworthville, Girraween, Pendle Hill and the Northmead boundary. It is a compact part of Sydney and we can usually take in several addresses nearby on the one visit.
Brick homes from the 1950s through to the 1970s make up much of the suburb, with newer infill and duplex development mixed through. The older shutters were built to last and often the metalwork is still sound while the operating mechanism is not.
If a manual unit is getting hard to operate, motorising it is often possible without replacing the shutter itself, provided the curtain, the box and the rails are in reasonable condition. We will tell you plainly whether yours is a good candidate. Sometimes it is not, and it is better to hear that before the work starts than afterwards. Either way you will know what condition the rest of the unit is in before you decide.
