The homes in Nicholls run larger than the Canberra average, and so do the windows. Wide living-room glass and double-storey elevations mean the shutters here are heavier and wider than a standard unit, and a wide curtain fails in ways a narrow one never does.
We cover Nicholls across the 2913 postcode, including the streets around Gold Creek and out to the Ngunnawal, Palmerston and Gungahlin boundaries. The village of Hall and the northern edge of the district are on the same run.
Nicholls was built out through the 1990s, mostly detached brick homes on generous blocks. The faults we find here are usually load related rather than age related.
The bigger the shutter, the less tolerance there is for anything being slightly out. On a wide Nicholls opening we check the level of the headbox, the plumb of both rails and the load on the motor before we touch the curtain, because a curtain that keeps bowing is usually a symptom rather than the fault itself. Getting the geometry right is what stops the same problem returning the following year. On a two-storey opening we also check that the headbox is properly supported, because a heavy curtain hanging off an under-supported box slowly pulls the whole assembly out of line.
