What to look for while buying Roller Shutters?

When making the decision to purchase roller shutters it is important to consider the quality of the product and service that will be offered throughout the lifespan of your roller shutter as roller shutters are permanently fixed once installed and, being custom made cannot be used elsewhere. The first thing to consider should be how responsive the company is to your calls, emails & chats and how fast you can get your quote as this will give you a good indication of how the business operates, if they are slow to react it will generally mean that they don’t have the right systems in place or they don’t care. Learn more about buying roller shutters

Why Roller Shutters are the fastest growing window covering in Australia

Roller Shutters are a growing industry, with a total of around 280,000 roller shutters sold per year across Australia and a growth rate of 8% per year, more and more people are making the decision to purchase the ultimate product in home comfort. The reason for the rapid growth is because there is no other product on the market today that offers so many benefits in one package like what roller shutters can offer. Once you install roller shutters there is no need to have an alarm system, window grilles, outside canvas awnings, internal blinds, drapes, terylene curtains and window tinting plus your air conditioner and heater will not be used as much because our window shutters keep the cold out in winter and the heat out in summer, nothing comes close.

What makes our roller shutters so special?

There are many things that put our roller shutters a notch above our competitors such as having 13 colorbond colours from which to choose from, matte smooth paint finish for shutter box and guides, security locks, shutter stops, low noise and high durability Italian motors as well as high quality Italian made roller shutter profile. Our security shutters are available in all major cities across Australia including Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Hobart

How much do roller shutters cost?

The prices vary depending on which state and city you live in Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth have the most window roller shutter suppliers so prices are a little less, Sydney and Brisbane are less competitive so the prices are a little higher. Here at Ultimate Shutter we have focused on quality of product and service as well as cost efficiency rather than exclusively focused on cost alone like many of our competitors. As a result our roller shutters installed and wired, on average, will cost $1390, about 15% more than the average competitor's security shutters but with quality and service second to none. We believe that paying a little more to ensure that the product is as long-lasting and functional as possible is the best solution to consumers needs. We have gone to great lengths to design and engineer our security shutters to look better perform better and last longer than our competitors window roller shutters so for us we build our security shutters to meet high quality standards while our competitors build their shutters to a price.

Smart Roller Shutter buyer facts

So you're thinking of putting window shutters on your home or business because you have some issues that you want to fix or you are going to build, renovate or extend your home and you simply want to take advantage of the many benefits of our security shutters. The smart roller shutter buyer knows that you will not need to have drapes, venetians, verticals, air-conditioning, alarm, awnings because shutters will do what all of those products put together will do from just one package simply amazing. Our Roller Shutters are also available Australia wide so no matter where you are, be it Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, or Hobart we have you covered.

Are roller shutters going to solve your problems?

Our roller shutters have been used across a wide range of applications to solve many problems faced Australia-wide. These include: window protection against burglaries and vandalism, home and business climate control with benefits of 15° reduction in home and business temperature during hot Australian summer days and 15° increase during the cold and chilly winter days, reduction of unwanted outside noise by up to 85%, increased home privacy, 100% reduction in light and glare from window openings, 45% energy savings yearly, storm and hailstone protection, bushfire protection or just simply peace of mind.

Maintenance & Care Guide for Your Roller Shutters

Operating, Care & Maintenance Instructions for your Roller Shutters

Roller Shutters usage

If you leave your roller shutters open it is important that you at least cycle your roller shutters once a week to keep the weather strip in the shutter guides flexible
If you leave your roller shutters closed it is important that you at least cycle your roller shutters every 2 weeks to keep the weather strip in the shutter guides flexible
If you find that your roller shutter stops working wait 15-20 minutes and it should start working again this generally happens when you have cycled the motor continuously for more than 3 cycles
Do not operate your roller shutters if they are showing signs of failure or not operating as per normal continuing to do so could potentially cause damage to the roller shutter system, which will not be covered under warranty.
Do not cycle your shutters more than 3 times in a row (continuously) as this will hit the thermal protection overload in the motor and cut out rendering the shutter non operational until the temperature of the motor cools down generally this will be around 15-20 min depending on ambient temperature hitting the thermal overload on the motors reduces the lifespan of the motors
If you have awning windows, casement windows, hopper windows or french doors please make sure that they are closed before lowering the shutters failing to do so will result the roller shutter landing on the open window or door of which the motor will continue to drive the shutter down and unroll in the pelmet causing a myriad of different problems it is important not to use your shutter after this has occurred so as not to cause more damage than has already occurred please call our office for assistance

Roller Shutters Cleaning

Cleaning your roller shutters should be done at least every 6 months in metro suburb areas every 4 months rural areas every 2 months in coastal areas use a mild detergent (car wash) mixed with warm water in a bucket use a interior broom with soft bristles first pre rinse the shutter with water then clean the shutter with the soapy broom whilst fully closed rinse then partially open the shutter for all the ventilation holes are open then proceed to clean the shutter with the broom where the ventilation holes and rinse
If you live in an area where there are lots trees and shrubs check periodically for twigs and leaves that might lodge into the shutter guides you must remove and clean inside the shutters guides otherwise this will restrict the travel of the roller shutter and cause a failure

Roller Shutters Power out

A fully charged battery backup should operate a standard size shutter a couple cycles over a few hours before it’s empty. If you have shutters that is using a battery backup every 6 months turn the power off from the circuit breaker to check that the battery backup is still working and also to wake up the battery in the battery back up this helps extend the life of the battery if you have experienced a power surge electrical storm or black out you will need to reboot your battery backup (if your shutters are not working)
When the 240v power goes out, if you have to operate your shutters on battery backup UPS power, please only operate one shutter at a time individually. Do not operate any group functions this will extend the use of the battery backup and not overload the unit

Wall switch operation

The wall switch looks like a standard light switch the only difference it has 3 positions up facing upwards stop is in the middle and down facing downwards when activating the wall switch to operate the roller shutter be sure to use a firm positive action when pressing the switch either to go down up or stop the same as you would for a regular light switch or a power point switch if you do not use a firm positive action the switch might not engage properly and the roller shutter won’t work and sometimes might cause it to electrically arc

Remote Control operation

Single Channel transmitters there are 3 flush buttons on the transmitter one facing up one central and facing down to raise the shutter press the up button to lower press the button facing down with multi channel transmitters you need to select the shutter you want to operate then press the up or down button to raise or lower the shutter if you want all the shutters to operate at the same time you need to activate all the channels on your multi channel transmitter so all the lights will be flashing simultaneously (if remote transmitter is not working check the button battery located inside the transmitter as it might be flat and needs replacing) important the remote transmitters are very sensitive and might not operate if dropped and a hard surface or soft surface if this has occurred you will need to replace the transmitter with a new one that will have to be paired to the motor/

WARNING!

Warning do not use any lubricants on any part of the shutter system our shutter system has been designed as a low maintenance system and if lubricated will surely cause your shutters to fail

Not following this maintenance schedule will severely reduce the lifespan and durability of your new shutters.