Hurricane Shutters and Storm Protection · the Lowcountry
Openings are where wind gets inside a house: a window breaks or a garage door folds in, the pressure changes, and the roof is next. Accordion, roll-down and panel shutters, impact glass and garage door bracing all go after those same weak spots. On a second home, the other question is who puts them up, since an owner who lives out of state can't close shutters two days before landfall.
Ask how long the order takes, because shutters are a spring decision, and who stores and installs them ahead of a storm. State grants can help with opening protection on owner-occupied homes, though plywood doesn't count; see SC Safe Home.
Take the shutters out in spring and count the hardware. Finding out you're six wing nuts short with a storm on the way is how folks end up nailing up plywood.
Based in the Lowcountry
Lanai jobs and screen doors dominate the reviews for Screenmobile of Hilton Head & Pooler, along with vinyl windows and installers who arrive on time and stay courteous. The company works from Short Cut Road in Ridgeland and covers Bluffton too.
Patios, screened porches, lanais and TEMO sunrooms are what most reviewers hired Porch Outfitters for, and they mention courteous staff and help with porch design. The company works from Riverwalk Business Park on Browns Cove Road in Ridgeland and covers Hilton Head.
Formerly Holliday Home Improvements, HHI Windows and Doors has a showroom on Malphrus Road in Bluffton and dates itself to 2010. It replaces windows in all the common styles, including hurricane-rated and egress windows, and handles front entry, French, patio and storm doors, with Andersen, MI and Panda among the brands on its site.
Window tinting and upholstery are part of the mix at Patriot Blinds & More, which covers the Savannah and Hilton Head area from Hardeeville and has other offices in North Carolina and Georgia, per its site. It sells and installs interior shades, shutters, blinds and drapes, including Graber products and motorized options, along with retractable awnings and exterior solar screens.
Sunrooms and screen porches have been part of the business at CHS Coastal Homes and Sunrooms for decades, by its own account, alongside custom homes and additions across Beaufort and Jasper counties. From its spot on SC 128 in Beaufort, the company also sells modular homes from Cavco's Nationwide Homes line and builds pergolas, outdoor kitchens and decks, plus hurricane protection, with financing available.
Signs are the main trade at Sign Pro Plus on Burnt Church Road in Bluffton, and Google also lists it for awnings, graphic design, plastic fabrication and 3D printing. Weekday hours.
On Ribaut Road in Beaufort, A Sure Sign makes signs and also lists awnings and vehicle wraps. It keeps weekday hours.
Weekly or every-other-week visits are the base service at Coastal Estate Watch, a Bluffton-based home watch outfit. Each visit gets a digital report with photos, and the menu adds storm and hurricane checks, post-storm damage assessments, emergency checks, arrival prep, departure shutdowns, mail collection, key holding and vendor coordination.
Window board-up and frame repair sit beside new installs at Carolina HomeRite on Miller Drive West in Beaufort. The list covers casement, double-pane, bay, bow, storm and hurricane impact windows plus custom windows and doors, and the company says it keeps a clean, on-time job site.
Installation work booked through the Bluffton store on Gateway Village Road is what Home Services at The Home Depot covers, from flooring, carpet and countertops to cabinet refacing, backsplashes, blinds and attic insulation. Its Google profile also lists bathroom remodels, windows and doors, custom closets, garage storage, laundry rooms and mudrooms, plus HVAC, plumbing, electrical and garage door categories.
Serves the area from nearby
Hurricane impact windows and accordion shutters share the catalog with vinyl and wood-clad replacement windows at Window World of Savannah, which runs out of Columbia Drive in Pooler, Georgia, and lists Bluffton on its website. It also sells entry and patio doors, storm doors, vinyl siding, ASCEND composite cladding and decorative shutters.
Plantation shutters are what most customers write about at Savannah Blinds Shutters and Shades, a White Bluff Road shop in Savannah that dates itself to 2008. Beyond interior shutters, wood blinds and honeycomb and woven wood shades, it sells storm protection: hurricane shutters and panels, Bahama, accordion and rolling shutters, plus exterior screens, retractable and stationary awnings, Corradi louvered roofs and even boat window treatments.
Founded in Savannah in 1975, according to the company, Coastal Canvas Products designs and builds its shade and storm products in-house at a fabrication shop on Chatham Parkway. Storm protection and security shutters sit alongside retractable and fabric awnings, metal canopies, pergolas and louvered roofs, motorized screens, glass and screen enclosures, shade sails and custom metal work, for homes and businesses.
Armor Screen storm systems and hurricane garage doors are the storm side of OCS Garage Doors & Hurricane Protection, a Beaufort company that dates itself to 2000. Most of the work is garage doors: installs, repairs, springs, cables, openers and annual maintenance, plus design consultations.
Boats are the main customer at Deep Water Canvas, a canvas and upholstery shop on Sea Island Parkway on St. Helena Island. It makes custom boat covers, sailboat and sail covers, console and instrument covers, T-top and Bimini tops and enclosures, and also repairs canvas, re-covers cushions and restores boat upholstery.
Designer Windows & Decks works from Mall Court in Savannah, putting in double-pane, vinyl, storm and hurricane impact windows along with entry doors and some home remodeling. It's a local, family-operated company, it says, and consultations are free.
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