Hurricane
shutters are the most reasonable, hence the most popular solution selected by
homeowners. Nonetheless, hurricane impact doors Miami
are also quite popular quite popular due to their added advantages of sound
proofing, better energy efficiency, security improvement, convenience and its
attractiveness over the shutters. The least costly system is panels or plywood,
these provide great protection, but take much time to install.
Firstly,
realize what it is protecting. It is not just the glass from the broken window
that is harmful; having the roof blown off will truly draw your attention. During
a hurricane, the strong wind that blows over the home makes a ‘lift’ effect on
your terrace. If a door is blown over during the storm, this will create an
extra push over the terrace, thereby doubling or tripling the lifting effect.
Window
film can lessen the damaging rays of the sun’s rays into your home and is
promoted to be a theft deterrent. It might also very well lessen the chance for
glass shard go flying through the home on occurrence of a hurricane, but do you
truly think putting a thin piece of film on your doors will protect it on
occurrence of a hurricane? Impact doors Miami
are made of two layers of glass sandwiched between the glass layers and is a
strong resistant layer that will keep the glass together in case it is broken.
The
main factor in the strength of the hurricane impact doors Miami is how the glass and the interlayer is
very safely attached to a reinforced frame so the impact glass doesn’t get
detached even if there is extreme pressure. The aim is to ensure hurricane door
protection for all the openings and keep the openings sealed to avoid a change in
pressure within the home and thereby blowing off the roof.