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.

6 Feb 2017

6 Tips to Keep Your Baby Asleep Longer

One of the most popular posts we’ve written for this blog has been our Sleep for Overnight Shift Workers article. Today we’re going to cover another important group of people whose sleep is difficult to attain and worth an enormous amount: babies!

When a baby sleeps a new parent finally, mercifully gets to sleep as well. Sometimes, no matter what you do, your newborn baby just won’t sleep.

Right, so how do you get your baby to sleep? Let’s cover a few tips for getting your newborn to catch a few more ZZZs (and hopefully you, too.)

1 – Put Your Baby to Bed Drowsy, Not Asleep

This is by far the most common mistake new parents make in setting sleep patterns. They rock a baby until he or she is asleep then try to lay them gently into a crib. The change in height, movement and lack of body to body contact will all help wake the baby. NOT what you want at that moment. Put your baby down when she’s very drowsy, yawning and starting to nod off. Wrap her up well and soothe her. When sleep comes, it’s more likely to be a longer rest giving you more time to relax and sleep as well.

2 – Try this Jedi Mind Trick

Not sure why but this trick in YouTube video seems to work very, very well with many people reporting that this is the best & easiest way to put your new baby to sleep.

3 – Darken the Room to Trigger Melatonin

Darkness triggers the brain to release melatonin, making you more drowsy. This is why our own adult sleep cycle is so hard to change if you work overnights. The best way to use this brain biochemistry on your baby is to make sure you are getting lots of sun and Vitamin D during the day. Then, start to dim the lights as evening comes and when you turn them off your baby should be sleeping through the night. Just kidding. Babies never really sleep through the night. ????

Want your baby to nap better during the day? That’s where we come in. Use a roller shutter to drastically reduce the light in your baby’s room and nap time will be much, much easier.

4 – Control the Noise

Most people try and make it whisper quiet for their babies to rest. This is actually counterproductive. We won’t say “install a shutter and bam, the outside noise is gone and your baby will sleep peacefully.” If you believe that’s true, buy a shutter, sure! But in reality, it’s not about limiting the sound your nappy baby hears. It’s about controlling them to be familiar, safe sounds. Play white noise, a soft soundtrack or just allow the natural home sounds into the baby’s room. However, blocking outside sound with your new modern roller window shutter is a great way to keep the sounds under your control. Noisy neighbours keeping the baby awake with a whipper snipper on an early Saturday morning? Block them out!

5 – If Breastfeeding, Avoid Caffeine!

Ah, the nasty newborn cycle. Baby wakes you up, you get a cup of coffee to keep going, breastfeed, put the baby back down and bam, up again in 2 hours. Well no kidding! Babies are not conditioned to caffeine and their bodies take much longer to eliminate it from their body. Avoid that nightly cuppa and you’ll have a more settled, relaxed baby to swaddle back to sleep.

6 – Take It When You Can Get It

Some parents want to consider their own nightly schedule as the ideal one to work toward. It’s 9 pm and your baby is awake. If only he stays awake for another hour, you think. We’ll get to sleep at 10 pm and bang, I’ll wake up tomorrow rested.

Wrong.

Studies show that overtired babies sleep lighter, wake up more frequently and toss & turn more than babies who rest when they’re tired. Staying awake longer is also likely to make your baby more irritable and more like Baby Emma in the video above.

Conclusions

Maybe you’ve made it this far because your baby is screaming and you Googled “how to make my baby stop crying” and poof, there we were. Maybe you’re JUST THAT BORED because your baby hasn’t sleep in 3 weeks and you’re wondering what sort of alien came out of you and if it’ll ever power down.

Either way, consider installing a premium roller shutter on your baby nursery. You can keep the light & sound out while protecting your baby at the same time. It’s really easy and you’ll have much more peace of mind when you have to walk away from the room to catch your own 15 minutes of rest.

(If you’re reading this after 2 am you have our condolences and wry smiles as most of us here have had newborn babies in the past and we’re both sympathetic and glad it’s not us again!)