Installing plywood shutters
If your only choice is plywood, here's the how-to
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - SEPTEMBER : Bret Plazak boards the windows of an apartment building in preparation for Hurricane Frances on September 2, 2004 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Hurricane Frances is a category four hurricane and is expected…
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Posted: 05/17/2010
TAMPA - There are two methods of installing plywood over your windows:
- Measure 4 to 5 inches around the outside of your entire window to cut plywood size. Then use concrete fasteners -- place them one inch from edge of plywood, and three inches from each edge of the window opening.
- Have plywood cut within the jamb of the window. Using a slide-lever, drill holes into jamb of the window opening and slide bolts into the opening.
Remember that the structural integrity of your window does not protect it from a large missle impact.
You should only use plywood as a last resort. We strongly encourage the use of aluminum shutters to protect your windows during a hurricane.
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