Buy 2 exterior hurricane doors – yes I really did say only 2 !!!!! and actually the total was $4,208.95 – oh the joy of living in a hurricane zone 😦
The next “big” expense will be hurricane shutters (unfortunately a necessary expense) and because we have no way of closing the shutters on the second floor – remember we have no deck once the scaffolding is down so no way to walk out and pull them down we have two choices….
- Electric motors operated by remote control
- Manual shutters that require a *crank* that is on the inside next to the window
We have a total of 10 windows that will require either option 1 or option 2 and given that the electric motors cost approximately $600.00 each my first thought was to go with option number 2 – I mean how bad can a manual *crank* look given I was told it is only about 2″ long. Each window would require it’s own *crank* and it would be located next to the window where you would be able to attach a handle (for the want of a better word) and then lower the hurricane shutter from the inside. Well judge for yourself and then guess which option we are going with 🙂
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Do you need a $600 motor for EACH window? Or one $600 motor for all 10 windows? If it’s for all 10, I’d vote “electric motor!!”
But it looks like you got the crank, from the picture! 🙂
The person holding the crank is the salesperson in Florida – I needed a picture 🙂
Yep $600.00 per window 😯 but really do you want a mini peni$ hanging next to each window………..huuuum 🙂
I’m sorry, but do you want a mini peni$ hanging anywhere!!! 😆 Sorry, couldn’t resist. Bad, bad, bad…hit me with a hammer!! 🙂
Too funny 🙂 (and you are right – the answer is no 🙂 )
Ok – seriously now…what if the electricity has gone out BEFORE you were able to close the hurricane shutters? Is there a way to still do it manually?
We have a generator 🙂
Generators are a good thing….I would go with the motor powered shutters then. 😉
I’m cheap there I said it. I would go manual and build some type of trim to cover it