Guildford West catches the dry westerly wind with very little in the way of shelter, and dust is a bigger factor in shutter faults here than most people expect. It settles into the bottom of the guide rails, mixes with old grease and turns into a paste that slows the curtain long before anything actually breaks.
We cover Guildford West across the 2161 postcode and the streets running toward Yennora, Woodpark and the Fairfield boundary. Guildford, Smithfield, Greystanes and Old Guildford are all on the same trip for us.
The housing here is a mix of mid-century brick and fibro homes and newer infill builds on subdivided blocks. Shutters range from thirty-year-old retrofits to units fitted in the last few years, and they fail in quite different ways.
If you live anywhere in this part of Sydney, the single most useful thing you can do for a shutter is keep the rails clean. A soft brush down the inside of both tracks a couple of times a year removes most of what causes the wear. Avoid heavy oils, because they hold dust rather than shedding it. When we service a shutter in Guildford West we clean the rails properly and use a lubricant that will not turn into a grit trap by next summer.
