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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.
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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.
Click here
to read these post-hurricane Storm Stoppers Customer
Testimonials. Pay particular attention to the photos showing
flush-mounted Storm Stoppers. Flush-mounted Storm
Stoppers are mounted to windows that are flush with the
outside of the home. Thus, flush-mounted Storm Stoppers
panels are exposed to the full force of hurricane winds. For
example, on Kenneth King’s home outside Galveston, Texas, all of
his Storm Stoppers panels are flush
mounted. As you will read, Mr. King installed his Storm
Stoppers window protection panels himself. Mr. King writes
that, in his opinion, Storm Stoppers saved his house from
being destroyed by Hurricane Ike’s winds and storm surge. In
another testimonial, Mr. Thomas Laird of Houston, Texas,
commented how fast Storm Stoppers installed on his home
and how they protected his flush-mounted windows during 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.
If you are searching for hurricane window protection in Florida,
hurricane window protection in Texas, hurricane window
protection in Louisiana, hurricane window protection in
Mississippi, hurricane window protection in South Carolina,
hurricane window protection in Georgia, hurricane window
protection in North Carolina or hurricane window protection or
hurricane storm protection elsewhere in the U.S. call Storm
Stoppers The Plywood Alternative Toll Free at 877-575-7788
or in Florida at 407-423-5959. If you have any questions,
please CONTACT US
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