In many cases these products are only reinforced with kevlar where they attach to your home. Our innovative products have helped protect the homes of more than 90,000 local homeowners since our founding in 1996. There are several companies that are offering hurricane protection products with kevlar in them but they have not been tested or designed to be bullet resistant or bullet proof. As one of the largest manufacturers and installers of hurricane screens, shutters, and panels, we can shield your home from storm damage so that you can enjoy your tropical lifestyle to the fullest. Hurricane screens that contain kevlar are bullet proof. Hurricane screens are only intended to be used for short periods before, during and after a storm. Hurricane Screens can be left up year round. Also, screens manually installed by owners can just as easily be taken down by intruders. Rolldown screens can be cut and torn away allowing intruders into your home. Hurricane screen offers protection against intruders. This product is not meant to be exposed to UV rays. Using them for year round sun shade will deteriorate the screen and greatly reduces its ability to offer hurricane protection. Rolldown hurricane screens are ideal for sun shade. Learn the facts so you can choose the best product for your home! Please consult your sales consultant for other options if your primary goal is to block water.There are many misconceptions about Hurricane Screens and how they are intended to be used. The primary purpose of hurricane screens is to protect a structure from wind borne debris impacts and hurricane force winds. This allows a little bit of airflow, but also allows some water to come through they are not a water barrier. Hurricane screens block a significant portion of water, but they are made from a woven material that is 9% porous. We just stored the screens, but we scraped, painted, glazed, and. Operator errors can quickly create a circumstance that requires costly service and repairs, these are not covered by any warranty. Both the screens and the storm windows were in bad shape. This means the screens bottom bar can be rolled up too high causing it to jam in the screen housing if the stops have been removed, the screen can be let down too far such that it appears unsightly, and the screen can be rolled backwards on the reel which will create several issues that can jam the screen, cause the screen to come out of the tracks, and/or damage the screen. Further, the cranking mechanism in a manually operated screen has no settable limits. It is not cost effective over the life of the screen to use manual gears on a regular basis given the time and labor effort required to cycle several screens up and down and the high potential for operator caused damage. Manually operated screens are designed to be used where electricity is not available, or the screens will be used infrequently. While Fenetex may build a screen outside the scope of the Product Approval, it is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or installer to verify the use is appropriate and allowable under local building codes. Any use outside of the scope of the Product Approval may require site specific engineering for that use. In addition, be aware the hurricane screens may require a permit and should always be installed according to the Florida Product Approval Installation Instructions. Purchasers should be made aware of this and those customers that will have an issue with the slightly baggy or wrinkly hurricane screen should consider purchasing our dual screen system – we designed the dual screen for more demanding customers. It is this arrangement which can result in feathering. Hurricane screens require large keder (edging material that bears the load inside the track) and large keder needs a little more space to stack, so the reel is cut back just a bit to allow for this. Feathering, which is a series of small diagonal creases on extreme edges of the screen, occurs because of how the screen stacks on the reel when it is rolled up. The bagginess exists to meet the engineering requirements of the anchor and the extremely high design pressures the screens can withstand (we’ll be happy to explain this in greater detail – just ask). The bagginess is because the screens are designed for hurricanes and missile impacts, shade is an added benefit. ![]() Hurricane screens are not as flat as shade or insect screens and will have some noticeable wrinkles due to the fact the screens are a little baggy and it is not uncommon for there to be some “feathering” along the edges.
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