storm shutters?

[country_wife]

Anyone here ever made storm shutters? If so, could you share pics? After last night's 70 mph gusts, I think it's time to get some made for our home.

[Windy in Kansas]

I haven't made any shutters and don't recall seeing any plans for working shutters, only decorative ones.

These are the ones I want should I ever build a new home. http://www.rollupshutter.com/uses.asp I would want them to open and close via an electrical timer. That way the bad guys wouldn't know when a person was home and when they weren't. The best I can do now is to use several lamps on timers to fool the thieves. So far so good.

[Danaus29]

Our other house has them. This shot shows half of the one on the big living room window, the rest of it is behind the bench, and the closed one (in green) on the other front window. They were the nicest part of this house.

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...38922003jMerYN

[Wolf mom]

Those rollershutters are big in Phoenix. They look great on a house & really keep the sun out in the summer. Made of metal, I don't know how much insullation they'd provide, especially in they cold country in the winter.

They can be installed to roll electrically or manually from inside your house.

Wind? The metal (aluminum?) is not too thick...you'd have to ask.

[Pelenaka]

Originally Posted by Danaus29

Our other house has them. This shot shows half of the one on the big living room window, the rest of it is behind the bench, and the closed one (in green) on the other front window. They were the nicest part of this house.

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...38922003jMerYN

Very nice, thank you for sharing.
Could you go into more detail on them?
I am assuming special hinges right?
Any design details that you would change on them?

~~ pelenaka ~~

[canfossi]

Google Hurricane shutters or bahama shutters, they can be custom made and made to actually close, though can be expensive. My grandparents home in Bermuda had them. They were initially wood then they were changed over to aluminum. You could close them and lock them from the inside. Oh, I use to love the feeling of the house all closed up and a hurricane on it's way. Although, if you want to go the cheaper route you can make them out of marine plywood 3/4 inch thick, but you'll have to get the hardware from a shutter dealer. My house went through the 70 mph gusts here yesterday, it endured it well with no damage. I am looking into shutters for when i go away though. Chris

[Danaus29]

The big one folds into 2 sections on each side. The 2 sides of the little ones are each one piece. The one thing I would change about them is that they would be closed from the inside, but that's not really possible with those crank out windows. The shutters were made from, I think, 1" x 4" lumber, put together with 1" x 2" strips across the top, bottom, and a diagonal between. The man who made them used carriage bolts that went all the way through for the cross pieces. The hinges were just regular flush heavy duty hinges. You can see the piece on the top of the shutters that was screwed to the outside frame, that little tab that hangs down, that holds them closed. It is a piece of 1" x 4" or 1" x 2" depending on which window it's on. I can get some better pictures but it will take me a couple days. Busy all day tomorrow and I know I can't get them then.

I do know the hinges and bolts were purchased, already finished, from either Lowes or Tractor Supply.