Guides to security shutters
Plain answers on prices, planning, security ratings, safety law and looking after your shutters.
- How much do security shutters cost in the UK?2026 guide prices for window, shopfront, garage and industrial shutters, repairs and servicing, with what drives the cost.
- Do you need planning permission for shop shutters?When external shopfront shutters need planning permission or listed building consent, and which designs councils tend to accept.
- Perforated, solid or grille: which shopfront security?How solid shutters, perforated shutters, roller grilles and retractable grilles compare on security, visibility, planning and cost.
- LPS 1175 security ratings explainedWhat LPS 1175 Issue 8 ratings such as A1, B3 and C5 mean, how they map to the old SR ratings, and how to check a product.
- Electric or manual roller shutters?The practical differences between electric and manual shutters: cost, convenience, safety, power cuts and later conversion.
- Aluminium or steel roller shutters?How aluminium and steel laths compare for weight, strength, noise, corrosion and price, and where each is the better choice.
- Fire shutter servicing: what the law expectsWhy fire shutters must be maintained under fire safety law in each UK nation, what a drop test checks and how often to test.
- Powered shutter safety: safety edges, force testing and your dutiesHow powered roller shutters are kept safe: risk assessment, BS EN 12453, safety edges, photocells, force testing and maintenance duties.
- Roller shutter not working? Common faults and fixesWhy roller shutters jam, stop halfway, run noisily or will not open, what you can safely check, and when to call an engineer.
- How to measure for a roller shutterHow to take rough measurements for a shutter quote, what affects the fixing position, and why a survey is still needed.
- Do insulated roller shutters save energy?How insulated laths, seals and high-speed doors reduce heat loss through large openings, and how to compare products.
- Home security shutters: pros, cons and costsWhat external roller shutters do for a house, their costs, escape safety, planning and how to choose colours and controls.
- Roller garage door or up-and-over door?How roller garage doors compare with up-and-over doors on space, insulation, security, safety and cost.
- Shop shutters and your insuranceHow insurers look at shop shutters, where a policy may name a security standard, and what paperwork to keep.
- Converting a manual shutter to electricWhen a manual roller shutter can be motorised, what is involved, the power supply and what it costs.
- Roller shutter maintenance checklistSimple checks you can do between services, what an engineer checks, and how often shutters should be serviced.
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