Security is the main reason shutters go on in Tregear, and a shutter fitted for security is no use at all if it will not close and lock properly. That is the fault we are called out for here more than any other.
We cover Tregear across the 2770 postcode and the surrounding streets in Whalan, Emerton, Lethbridge Park and North St Marys. Ropes Crossing, Dunheved and St Marys are all part of the same route.
The homes here date from the middle of last century, and most of the shutters are retrofits added long afterward to brickwork that was never specified for them.
It is worth testing a security shutter properly rather than assuming it works. Close it fully, engage the lock, then push up firmly from the bottom rail with the flat of your hand. If it lifts, moves in the guides or does not lock at all, the shutter is not doing the job it was fitted for. That test takes ten seconds and it is the single most useful thing you can do with a shutter in Tregear. Do it on every opening rather than one, because the units on the less used windows are the ones most likely to have quietly stopped working.
