You want to look at the screws you screw in permanently, they have a
wood thread that goes into the frame or whatever, and a bolt thread on
the other end that sticks out. You make your panels for each window and
mark them, drill the mounting holes in the panel, put on the nuts and
washers and you're good. There are also some clips you can use that are
sort of semi-permanent. HD or Lowess will have them. I'm just using
deck screws into the siding/sheathing as I have new vinyl window
frames. I have one big slider which I will put some long 2/4s across
and screw plywood to those.
--FT
On 10/4/16 2:34 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes wrote:
I like your idea
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On Oct 4, 2016, at 2:23 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
I have been wondering about a possible approach to protecting the windows in my
house that are the most likely to be damaged by flying debris in a hurricane or
tropical storm.
The typical way people do it is to have a sheet of plywood that is screwed to
the wall of the home, completely covering the window. Do understand that this
means it’s often more than one sheet butted together as some windows are too
large for a single 4x8’ sheet. Our walls are block with stucco, so concrete
screws would be the choice of fastener.
However, I was wondering….
My windows are recessed into the walls about 4”-5”. They have a frame around
the outer edges (glass) of about 1-1/2”.
So why couldn’t I cut a piece of plywood to fit inside the recess where the
window is located, big enough to reach to the edges where it would cover the
frame and reach all the way to the wall on each side, then use some sort of
spring tension rods in a couple of locations across the opening to hold the
plywood in place?
Since it would be recessed and up against the window and frame, it’s not
exposed to the wind (the wind couldn’t get behind it.)
The concern is not to keep it from being torn off or removed from the opening,
but to shield or cover the window to protect it from flying debris that would
break it.
Does this make sense? I’m thinking it should work just fine, and be a lot
easier to deploy and far less damaging to the house as well.
Dan
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