The part that fails first on a Gowrie shutter is almost never the part people expect. It is rarely the motor and rarely the curtain. It is a seal, a bearing, a set of guide brushes or a fixing, and every one of those is a small job if it is caught early and a much larger one if it is not.
We cover Gowrie in the 2904 postcode along with Wanniassa, Monash, Fadden and Richardson. Central Tuggeranong is a short run and we are through it regularly.
Gowrie was built out in the late 1970s, largely single storey brick homes on level to gently sloping blocks. Most shutters here were retrofitted and a lot of them have never been serviced. Many were fitted when the house was renovated in the 1990s and have run untouched since.
A shutter that is noisier than it used to be, or slower, or that needs a nudge to get going, is telling you something. None of those are emergencies, but all of them are easier to deal with before the motor burns out or a slat comes out of the rail. If you have noticed a change in how one of yours runs, that is the right time to have it looked at. Describe what changed and when, because that usually points straight at the part.
