Maroota is a long way from anywhere and that changes how you should think about a shutter. When a motor fails on a property out here, nobody is dropping past that afternoon with a spare part. The practical answer is to catch a fault while it is still a noise rather than a failure.
We service Maroota and South Maroota along the Old Northern Road corridor in the 2756 postcode, taking in Glenorie and the properties running down toward Wisemans Ferry. These are long trips, so we try to sort out everything on a property in the one visit rather than coming back.
Bushland blocks in sandstone country bring their own wear. Heavy tree cover, dust off unsealed drives and long stretches where a shutter sits untouched all take a toll on hardware.
Power out here is less reliable than in town and an outage can run long. Every motorised shutter should have a working manual override, and on a lot of the units we open it has never been used. We check the override as a matter of course, show you how to operate it and make sure the crank or release handle is somewhere you will actually find it in the dark rather than in a drawer in the shed. We would rather make one long trip and leave nothing outstanding than make two.
