Roller shutters in Le Cannet: renovate without replacing everything

Most of the work we supply in Le Cannet is renovation, not new build. The houses and blocks here mostly have shutters already — they have simply stopped working properly. The useful question is therefore not “which new shutter” but “how much of the existing one has to go”.

What can usually be kept

The box is the expensive part to change, because it is built into the structure. In most cases it can stay. We remake to the exact dimensions of what is there:

• The curtain. Rebuilt slat by slat to the measured width and drop, in the colour of your choice.
• The guides. Remade to length, with adjustable versions where the opening is out of square.
• The end slat. Including the shapes used on older ranges that are no longer catalogued.
• The motor. Replaced inside the existing box, with no masonry work.

That approach keeps the façade untouched, which matters in the many co-ownerships here that impose a single appearance across a building.

When replacing is the honest answer

If the box itself is deformed, if the lintel has moved, or if the opening has been altered, patching costs more over time than replacing. A renovation model then mounts on the face of the opening and absorbs the irregularities with adjustable guides — still without cutting into the wall.

Motorising an old shutter

Converting a manual shutter to motorised is usually possible without any electrical work: a solar motor with a small façade panel, or a radio motor that needs no switch cable. Both are Somfy.

Around Le Cannet

See also Cannes, Antibes and Grasse. Those pages are in French; write to us in English and we will answer in English.

Getting a price

Photograph the existing shutter, including the inside of the box if you can open it, and send it with the dimensions through the quote form. We will tell you what can be kept before quoting.