Shutters in living room

Hi,

We just bought an apartment in duquesa village, however, there are no shutters in the living room and we would like some installed for safety. The problem is that we have no contacts. I would be extremely grateful if someone reading this has any contacts or knows of any local companies that arn't too expensive or if someone has also installed shutters into their apartments recently.

Thanks

Good Morning,

When you say "for safety" do you mean for security purposes?  

Shutters has been discussed previously on this forum and the points was made clear that the existing shutters are not effective from a security perspective.  In the UK we have LPS1175  standard..  Well its certain these shutters don't conform to any security standard - examine them yourself and make your own assessment.  They are useful for privacy and keeping the sun out and also the mossies if you have your bedroom window open.

 Some units had sliding doors that could be lifted to open and owners made changes to prevent that.  But it turns out that we don't all have the exact same model of doors.  My doors can't be lifted.  Does your door catch click downwards? - if so it could be vulnerable. Worth testing.   There was a lengthy discussion on this community forum concerning the security of patio doors but I've failed to find it.  Maybe someone else can point you to it?

As far as I am aware we don't have security issues in DV these days.

n.b.  With secure doors its easy to lock yourself on the balcony.  Its my worst nightmare - not happened yet ... but one day I'll be calling for help !

Hi,

Thanks very much for your prompt response,

We wanted to install the same type of shutters as there are in the bedrooms for security and so that it would keep the light out at night.

Thanks