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Five hundred notes

Guides

Filed by subject and by town. Dated 28 September 2026. Figures inside are illustrations.

Subjects

18 guides

Heat

Summer gain through glass, and what a closed external curtain changes.

11 guides

Winter

Night-time heat loss through one pane while the curtain is down.

11 guides

Motors

Belt, wired and solar drives, including a retrofit without a new cable through the wall.

13 guides

Security

A closed curtain as delay and deterrence, and what the certificates actually cover.

15 guides

Openings

Bifolds, bays, corner glass and wide spans.

1 guide

Roofs

Lanterns and roof windows. A wall shutter does not cover them.

9 guides

Planning

Listed buildings, conservation areas, flats, shopfronts and ordinary rear walls.

11 guides

Quotes

What a surveyed price should list before two totals are compared.

44 guides

Systems

Boxes, slats, guides and how the parts go together.

11 guides

Plantation

Internal louvres. A different product from an external roller.

9 guides

Noise

Street noise, and what a closed curtain changes.

14 guides

Homes

The house in front of the opening.

12 guides

Faults

A curtain that sticks, a dead motor, or a solar panel that has been painted.

8 guides

Commercial

Shopfronts and openings that are not a house.

8 guides

Seasons

The same curtain in summer and in winter.

14 guides

Comparisons

Two products or two methods set beside each other.

14 guides

Questions

Short answers to the questions people ask a fitter.

8 guides

Myths

Claims that need a measured look.

1 guide

Primer

What an external roller shutter is, before the size and the motor.

By town

Each town page collects the notes that use that place. Fitter phone numbers sit on the town directory.

London

South

Midlands

North

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Start with a long note