If there is a single product that captures what D&D does best, it is the SecurityShield 38. We describe it as our best selling security shutter, and that popularity is no accident. It sits in a sweet spot that suits a remarkable variety of customers, from homeowners to shopkeepers, and it does so while looking far more elegant than the heavy steel shutters most people picture when they hear the word.
The SecurityShield 38 is a manual and electric aluminium security shutter, and that choice of aluminium is the heart of its appeal. Traditional steel shutters are superb at brute strength, but they can be bulky and industrial in appearance, which is not always what you want on the front of a smart shop or a modern home. Aluminium lets us deliver real, dependable protection in a slimline, attractive form. The curtain is built from strong extruded aluminium profile with attractive forty millimetre laths, and those laths wrap up into a small, discreet shutter box that does not dominate the building it is fitted to.
We often summarise who the shutter is for with a simple checklist. Choose the SecurityShield 38 if you want to blend your security solution into your surroundings, if you have a medium security application, if you prefer something more discreet than a traditional steel roller shutter, or if you have limited room above your opening for a shutter box. It is also the natural pick if you are working on a new build and want the most integrated, seamless system available, if you want wireless control, or if you are looking to secure a home, bar, office, shop, restaurant, school or commercial unit. That breadth is precisely why it has become our flagship.
The technical specification rewards a closer look. The shutter spans widths of up to four thousand millimetres and heights of up to five thousand millimetres, which covers the overwhelming majority of domestic and commercial openings comfortably. It can be fitted both internally and externally, and it is available as either built on or built in, the latter being ideal for new construction where you want the housing tucked neatly out of sight. Depending on the size, it can be supplied with manual operation in the form of a belt, a rod crank, or a spring and lock arrangement. When you want the convenience of power, it is available in electric with a choice of push switch, key switch or remote control operation, and it can even take wireless radio motors that are perfect for the home, or group commanders that let you operate multiple shutters at once or individually.
Colour is where the SecurityShield 38 quietly wins people over. It is available in white, cream, brown or black completely free of charge, so most customers find a finish that suits their property without spending a penny extra. For anyone with a particular scheme in mind, it can be powder coated to any standard RAL colour as an optional extra, which means it can be matched precisely to existing windows, doors or branding. There is also a clever companion option, because the shutter can be mixed with the D&D SecurityVision 38 wherever partial or full vision is required, letting you combine solid security with see through sections in a single installation.
What ties all of this together is the bespoke philosophy we described in Part One. There is no off the shelf SecurityShield 38 waiting in a warehouse. We provide a tailor made solution to your home protection requirements so that the finished shutter fully complements and integrates with your property. Our team is happy to visit site and offer professional, objective advice, making sure the shutter fulfils every one of your requirements before a single component is manufactured.
The support around the product matches its quality. The SecurityShield 38 comes with the same nationwide installation and free surveys that define the wider business, and customers can pick from supply only, supply and assisted fitting, or supply and full fitting. Our teams cover Scotland, the North of England, the Midlands, Wales and the South of England, so wherever you are, the shutter you order in your town is installed by people who work in your region.
In short, the SecurityShield 38 is the product that best explains our rise. It is secure without being heavy handed, attractive without being fragile, and flexible enough to suit almost anyone. In Part Three we turn to a very different but equally clever product, the see through SecurityVision range, and the places where visibility and security have to coexist.
