Monday, August 29, 2011
Hurricane Shutters - What You Need To Know
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The work of shutters to protect your home or office areas of the glass break when beaten by flying debris. Why? The reason is simple: a broken window or door will allow the wind to build a huge pressure inside your home. This pressure is looking for a quick way to relieve himself. As pressure is looking for a way out, the wind howled through the roof trying with all his strength to carry on its roof.
So you have the pressure inside your roof to push up on the inside and outside, the wind trying to suck your roof. Sounds like a double whammy right? Well, that's how and when the roof is pushed up from inside and sucked out of your home from outside and blowing by becoming another pile of garbage in the yard of someone. Very sad.
There are many styles and types of components that help protect your home or office. Let's start with the most expensive. Price For hurricane shutters
Shutters are by far the cheapest and simplest product available hurricane shutter. Shutters can be designed to suit almost every opening, and can be operated manually with crank handles, inside or outside the building. For motorized dampers manual and fully automated opening and closing, scheduled, or wind sensors that close the shutters when the wind exceeds a certain value. They are, as the ease of use, using all types of events, such as controlling security, lighting and sound and isolation. When properly installed, shutters are a very minor architectural integrity of your property.
Colonial Shutters Bahama and are an excellent choice for a seemingly charming architecture and is easily closed and secured in the case of a hurricane. They provide security and control of light and sound with minimal maintenance. The closure flap is made in most cases outside. The openings on the second floor, only accessible by a ladder, in some cases, can be attached to the inside. However, windows that open outward to prevent the closure from the inside and a ladder will be needed to Bahama and colonial shutters on the second floor or above situations.
Accordion shutters provide excellent storm protection, security, sound and light control. They are usually secured from the outside, but can be easily secured inside when the opening is a sliding window or a window or door switch in the opening. This limitation could affect the closing of the second story windows or doors that open outward. Accordion shutters can have a significant impact on the architectural appearance of a building. Careful design of the facilities are recommended to minimize this effect. They are permanently stacked on the sides of each opening and can be made quickly.
Storm panels hurricane protection are simple and effective. They are usually secured on the outside, but can be designed for inside closure for sliding glass doors and windows in some situations. Can be installed vertically or horizontally works best for each opening. Headers can be permanently installed, and thresholds, or can be installed using Tampines (R) anchor bolts of the machine. The Tampines (R) is a simple connection to install a rallying point for a screw thread on the sidewalk and keep the panels in place. In addition, the use of Tampines (R) architecture reduces the impact on the property since there is no hardware showing the exception of the bolt head on the sidewalk.
You can paint the sidewalk if you want to head. The panels must be stored securely when not in use (kids love the strong panels.). The threat of a storm requires the installation of panels for each opening in advance. Believe me, it's not fun to install the panels when the wind blows, and you are climbing a ladder. The installation of the panels will make your house very dark inside. I suggest you consider replacing a metal panel by opening a Lexan panel transparent to allow natural light in every room, not to mention all iinside curious about what happens during the storm. Do not go outside during the storm. Debris that can kill or seriously injure!
Screens Storm is a new product and cost reduction of wind storm that offers protection simply by reducing the wind pressure up to 97%. How does a storm screen made of? Take a Lanai (true story) that uses the storm system screen to reduce wind to protect the area around lanai, including all windows and doors to Lanai. Winds in Lanai during Hurricane Charlie was reduced to the point where the customer is Sat Lanai and could easily smoke a cigarette. This customer does not have storm damage related to all around her house was destroyed. The screen of the wind storm system has passed all off the same test as all the traditional components must pass 100 degrees, including impact tests without error or damage.
Wow! You say, what is the display of the storm? The storm of the screen is done by a small geosynthetic fabrics. This fabric has properties similar to Kevlar. Say it loud, you can fold and lightweight, stores easily, low maintenance, stronger than steel-filled lot, you can see through it and spent the Dade County, Florida and the new building code proof of compliance.
It sounds like the ultimate solution for the protection of the storm. Well not so fast. Yes, the screen Storm is an excellent product, but there is a Cava you know. The display of storm deviates significantly under wind load. Not a surprise, because it is a substance. Well, well, the substance deviates against the glass of a window or door, and a missile by the wind storm hit the canvas, which is pressed against the window? Yes, you guessed it breaks the window.
Not good, but not a disaster either. The display of storm stops at 97% of wind energy, and therefore little or no pressure built into the structure. It's a good thing! When there is building pressure, you have a much better chance to avoid catastrophic loss of the entire structure. Now you know the good, the bad and the ugly on the reduction systems of the wind.
The plywood can protect your property, if properly connected, and the correct thickness. I recommend 3 / 4 "and ties every 6" -12 "all around. Fixing offset the damage to the house. The holes are filled, when the plywood is removed. Do not wait until the last minute.
Movies can provide an adequate level of protection. I've seen tests of high quality and it is impressive. But I have not seen all the movies follow the codes of hurricanes to pass crash tests. The starting point is newer windows are covered by the tests of hurricane wind load, and if we can protect the broken glass protecting the envelope of your home, everything will be good. It becomes a question of degree of protection you want for that price. Purchase panels at least.
Impact glass is a viable option for protection. It has been tested and meets the codes. If you are building a new home or making major renovations, you should consider this option and buy high-quality windows and glass thermal power rating. You win by a couple of ways, as no installation cost, improved window seals, no worries about maintenance of components, no negative influence architectural, 24 / 7 protection. The disadvantage is that the glass can be broken and it is expensive to replace. We have customers who still have to install the glass panels on impact.
The installation of hurricane shutters is the ability of the weekend warriors of DIY. For those of you who do not have the time or inclination to simply hire a local handyman to install. The experienced online marketer will have access to the best sources for each component of the style of hurricanes and provide the right solution for you. His experience reduces errors on the choice of product for your situation, simple suggestions and measures to provide assistance to the phone system.
Finally, I urge you to protect your home or office if you are in the hurricane belt. I have a dear friend who owned a station in the Florida Keys for 11 years. It has never been damaged by a hurricane. He moved to Lancaster, South Carolina (150 miles from the coast) and almost lost everything in Hugo. Florida and coastal areas is a good place to live. We just need to understand the weather hazards and be prepared.