Shutter BoysRoll-down hurricane shutters you install yourself
Planned before the 2027 hurricane season. We will sell only systems that hold the approvals your building department asks for.
What “approved” means, and why it matters
A hurricane shutter has to be tested and approved before it counts as protection, and the installation has to match the approval’s drawings: the anchors, their spacing and what they fasten into.
- Florida: shutters need a Florida product approval, and the High Velocity Hurricane Zone (Miami-Dade and Broward) applies Miami-Dade’s own approval. Florida’s emergency management agency says most cities and counties require a permit to install them (Florida Division of Emergency Management).
- Homeowners can pull the permit. Florida’s owner-builder exemption lets you act as your own contractor on your own home, and you become the responsible party on the permit (Florida Statutes 489.103).
- Texas coast: the Texas Department of Insurance runs a windstorm program that evaluates shutters for the coastal catastrophe area (TDI product evaluations).
What we’ll ship with every system
- The approval number and its full installation drawings.
- Anchors for your wall type, chosen from those drawings.
- A manual crank, with a solar or battery motor as an option.
- A list of independent installers for anyone who would rather not do it themselves.
Until then, nothing on this site is storm protection, including our interior shutters and Shade Boys patio screens.