Use that flimsy kind but put yer plywood on the inside for reinforcement?
I was thinking about REAL shutters...
Back in the day the Rod and Gun club used to get vandalized a couple times a
year, the high school kids would find some beer and go smash the place up. We
finally installed shutters on every window which at least kept them from
getting broke. They were high enough up that nobody wanted to work hard enough
to get to them but without the shutters you could just chuck a rock...
One of the kids that used to bust the place up was complaining about the noise
of the shooting. He'd threatened to complain at a town meeting so I took the
time to go back home and make the meeting. He was sure surprised when after he
got up to complain about us I complained about him. I talked about how he was a
terrible bully in high school and the many times he'd smashed up the club. He
doesn't talk to us anymore...
-Curt
From: Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: Floyd Thursby <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ideas/Opinions on Hurricane Window Protection
Those things won' take a 100mph hit of a tree branch. You need
something strong. The plywood is flexible enough to absorb the energy
and most likely diffuse it enough to protect the window.
Roll-up metal shutters are good but spendy.
--FT
On 10/4/16 9:23 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> A silly thought:
> Most all houses have "shutters" bolted to the outside of the house. Seems
> like hurricanes are a common enough occurrence to make actual shutters a
> thing worth having. In the case of a storm just close them. I mean if you
> were going to build a thing anyway...
>
> -Curt
>
> From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 6:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ideas/Opinions on Hurricane Window Protection
>
> I realize that, but the closer the plywood is to the window surface and the
> bracing of the tension rods should make it pretty difficult. Of course, if
> we’re talking 140 mph winds all bets are off, but that will be the least of
> my worries should it occur.
>
> Dan
>
>> On Oct 4, 2016, at 6:29 PM, fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The wind blowing across the _front_ can create a low-pressure area
>> that will "pull" the plywood outward from the window - not just if
>> the wind can "get behind it"
>>
>> That's not to say your idea won't work just fine - just pointing
>> out the physics. *smiles*
>>
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