About Original 3/8" Storm Stoppers^® (Our most popular product):

Original 3/8” Storm Stoppers are our most popular product. You can cut and install Original 3/8” Storm Stoppers with a carpet knife and a straight edge.  Watch the Product Info Video and learn about the Safe, Simple & Self Installed benefits of Storm Stoppers.  Watch the How to Install Video and learn how you can easily cut and install Storm Stoppers yourself.   Storm Stoppers are sold as a kit and each kit includes the Large Missile Tested Storm Stoppers panel, Regular and/or Narrow 3M Dual Lock fastener pairs, removal handles, fastener spacers, location labels and the Adhesive Bonding Primer needed.

Figuring out a ballpark DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Price:

The average do-it-yourself cost for Original 3/8” Storm Stoppers in the U.S. mainland is slightly over $6 per square foot. That means a window that is 4 feet by 5 feet (20 square feet) would be about $120 (plus tax and shipping where applicable). The true cost could be between $6 and $7 per square foot, depending on the yield of your window sizes on our oversized 65 x 108” and 74 x 80” Storm Stoppers panels. 

TO GET A SPECIFIC QUOTE FOR ORIGINAL 3/8" STORM STOPPERS ^®:

1. Watch the How to Install Video

2. Watch How to Measure Video.

3. Fill out the DIY Quote Form with your name, address and the other contact info requested.  Next, complete and submit the DIY Quote Form with the name of each window or door opening, the width, the length and the quantity of all the window or door openings you wish to protect.  We do offer installation services for Storm Stoppers in limited areas.  Please fill out the CONTACT US form if you are interested in professional installation

If you have any questions please call our office at 407-423-5959 or Toll Free at 877-575-7788. You can also email us.

Storm Stoppers is the pioneer in Hurricane Window Protection in the coastal United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and elsewhere in the Caribbean. We offer an alternative to hard to use and dangerous bolt-on hurricane shutters, as well as a proven plywood alternative for storm window protection that is easy for you, your spouse or children to install quickly before a hurricane.
 

Large Missile Impact Testing of Storm Stoppers:

Original 3/8" Storm Stoppers were Large Missile Lab Impact Tested (Impact Only) on December 21, 2005 at the National Certified Testing Laboratories (NCTL) in Orlando, Florida.  NCTL’s Laboratory is accredited by ICC-IAS.  This is the International Code Council—International Accreditation Service.

This Large Missile Impact Test shot a 4 foot 2 x 4’ weighing 4.5 lbs at 40 feet per second at the Storm Stoppers panel.  The Large Missile 2 x 4’ bounced off the Storm Stoppers panel at 3 separate impacts (center & 2 corners).  As you will see from the testing video, this Large Missile Impact test featured Storm Stoppers protecting a standard glass window. Despite the 3 Large Missile impacts, the glass did not break.  Visit our PRODUCTS page for more information on Original 3/8" Storm Stoppers.

 

Storm Stoppers’ Building Code Approvals:

Original 3/8" Storm Stoppers have been Building Code approved in several states, including South Carolina, Georgia, Hawaii & Louisiana.  Several building code officials in these states have told us they like how Storm Stoppers do not use “penetrating fasteners” such as screws, bolts or nails, as hurricane window protection panels that bolt on to a home are dangerous and difficult to use.  Storm Stoppers are a great alternative to plywood, and unlike plywood, Storm Stoppers allow a safe and fast exit from every protected door and window in an emergency.  That is why Storm Stoppers are THE Plywood Alternative!

Special Safety Warning for homeowners considering traditional “bolt-on” hurricane shutters or plywood:

Storm Stoppers are neither Florida Building Code nor Miami Dade approved. Both of these optional Florida building codes require that hurricane window protection products be bolted on to the home. Storm Stoppers DO NOT bolt on to the home, but fasten with the patented Safe, Simple & Self-Installed 3M Dual Lock fastening system. Bolt on shutters are hard for a homeowner to install, put holes in the home’s exterior and block the exits in case of emergency. Bolt on shutters without a safety release from the inside violate Section 310 of the International Building Code (2009 IRC). Under EGRESS WINDOWS, this states:

Emergency escape and rescue required. Basements and every sleeping room shall have at least one operable emergency and rescue opening. Such opening shall open directly into a public street, public alley, yard or court. R310.1.4 Operational constraints: Emergency escape and rescue openings shall be operational from the inside of the room without the use of keys, tools or special knowledge.

Many Florida Building Code and Miami Dade approved shutters are not able to be removed from the inside from every window or door opening like Storm Stoppers. Bolt on shutters can also be an obstacle to a firefighter trying to gain access to the home in an emergency. Case In Point: On July 28, 2011 there was a fire at a home in the SunTree subdivision in Brevard County, Florida. This home had corrugated metal Florida Building Code approved hurricane shutters on the windows. The news story in the Florida Today newspaper stated the following: “Hurricane shutters likely allowed flames to incubate inside a house Wednesday before neighbors noticed the blaze, then delayed the firefighters trying to extinguish it.”

To learn about the many homeowner deaths caused by bolt on hurricane shutters and plywood, please CLICK HERE. On this page, you can also watch the video of the aforementioned SunTree house fire in Brevard County, Florida.

Storm Stoppers customer testimonials from 3 major hurricanes:

Storm Stoppers have been used on dozens of customer homes during three major hurricanes since 2005.  Storm Stoppers stayed securely attached and protected these homes during the following major hurricanes:  

1) Category 3 Hurricane Wilma in 2005;

2) Category 2 Hurricane Gustav in 2008;

3) Category 2 Hurricane Ike in 2008.

Protect your home with Storm Stoppers!

If you are looking for affordable hurricane window protection in Florida, choose Storm Stoppers The Plywood Alternative. If you are looking for sunroom hurricane protection, plastic storm panels, storm window protection or storm panels, choose Storm Stoppers The Plywood Alternative. If you are looking for a lightweight, easy-to-use alternative to heavy, unsafe and expensive Florida Building Code or Miami Dade bolt-on hurricane shutters or storm shutters, choose Storm Stoppers The Plywood Alternative.  If you have a home in the Cayman Islands, Bahamas or Jamaica and are searching for Caribbean storm protection or Caribbean hurricane protection, choose Storm Stoppers The Plywood Alternative.