Most of Richardson went up in a short burst in the late 1970s and early 1980s, so the housing is consistent and the faults are too. Brick veneer, aluminium window frames, generous glazing on the sunny side, and shutters that were nearly all added later. When one fails in Richardson, the neighbours' units are usually the same age and heading the same way.
We cover all of Richardson in the 2905 postcode, out to the Gilmore, Chisholm and Isabella Plains boundaries. Macarthur, Monash and the rest of southern Tuggeranong sit on the same route.
Forty-odd years is a long life for a retrofitted shutter. Most of what we replace here has simply reached the end of its service life rather than been damaged by anything in particular.
Plenty of Richardson households run their shutters through winter for warmth rather than security. A closed shutter holds a layer of still air outside the glass and it makes a real difference on a frosty morning, but only if the curtain seats fully at the bottom. A shutter that stops short by even a centimetre gives away most of that benefit. If yours no longer closes right down, it is worth sorting out before the cold properly sets in rather than after.
