Southport, North Carolina

Flat Polycarbonate ShuttersSouthport, NC

$30/sq ft installed. Cut to the exact opening, mounted permanently on standoffs, and optically clear — which is why it is the answer for the arched and transom glass an older Southport house is full of.

$30/sq ft

Installed Price

Southport NC

Location

Optically Clear

Appearance

ASTM E1886/E1996

Rated To

Nothing To Deploy

Permanent

Southport, Brunswick County

The Southport openings nothing else fits, and the one system that does

Flat polycarbonate shutters in Southport are $30/sq ft installed. Optically clear sheets are cut to the exact shape of your opening and mounted permanently on stainless standoffs with an air gap behind. The material carries the same ASTM E1886/E1996 rating as every rigid system we fit.

The reason it belongs on a Southport list at all is shape. Accordions, roll-downs and panels all want a rectangle with a track above and below. Older houses here do not oblige: there are arched heads, half-round transoms over doors, sidelights too narrow for hardware, and fixed picture windows nobody ever intended to open. On a typical downtown quote three or four openings fall into that category and every other product on our price list simply cannot cover them.

The second reason is that it does not change the house. Because the sheet is clear, the window still reads as a window from the sidewalk and the room behind it still gets full daylight. On an elevation where a housing or a head box would be the first thing a visitor notices, that matters more than the price difference.

And there is nothing to do when a storm is named. No panel to carry, no crank, no rod, no decision at all. For an owner who is not always in town, the openings protected this way are the ones that never need a phone call.

Product	Flat polycarbonate (Lexan) sheet on stainless standoffs
Installed price	$30 per square foot
Location	Southport, NC (Brunswick County)
Fits	Arched, round, angled, fixed and non-standard openings
Appearance	Optically clear — the window still looks like a window
Deployment	None — permanently mounted
Rating	ASTM E1886/E1996, qualifies for wind mitigation credit
Best use	The three or four openings no other system fits

Shaped glass is a Southport problem

Arched heads, half-round transoms, sidelights, fixed picture windows that were never meant to open. Older housing stock is full of openings that no straight track will take, and on most quotes downtown there are three or four of them. Flat polycarbonate is cut to whatever shape the opening actually is.

When flat polycarbonate is the wrong choice in Southport

Used on the right three windows it is unbeatable. Used on a whole house it is a mistake.

A window you actually open

It is permanent. A sheet on standoffs over a casement or a double-hung you use is a window you no longer use. This belongs on fixed glass, and we will tell you at the measure which of your openings qualify.

A whole house

At $30/sq ft it is more than aluminum panels at $22 and more than nothing on openings that a $38 accordion covers perfectly well. Covering an entire house in it is paying a premium for a solution to a problem most of those windows do not have.

When appearance is not the constraint

On a modern house outside the historic streets, where a visible housing costs you nothing, the cheaper and more flexible systems usually win. Clear glazing earns its premium where the elevation matters or the shape is impossible.

Questions we get in Southport

How much are flat polycarbonate shutters in Southport?

$30 per square foot installed. That covers cutting the sheet to your exact opening, the stainless standoff hardware, the permit and the design pressure analysis.

Will it fit an arched or half-round window?

Yes, and that is the main reason to use it. The sheet is cut to whatever shape the opening is, so arched heads, transoms, sidelights and angled glass are all coverable where a tracked system cannot go.

Can I still see out?

Yes. The material is optically clear, so the room keeps full daylight and the window still reads as a window from the street. That is the other half of why it suits an older Southport elevation.

Do I have to do anything before a storm?

No. It is permanently mounted, so there is nothing to deploy, nothing to store and no decision to make when a storm enters the forecast. For anyone who is not always in town, that is most of the value.

Should I do the whole house in it?

Almost certainly not. It is more expensive per square foot than panels at $22 and unnecessary on openings a $38 accordion handles. Use it on the three or four windows nothing else fits properly and spend the rest of the budget elsewhere.

Why Southport homeowners call AHS

Founded in 2006 by Michael Burns. We fabricate and install ourselves — no subcontractors on your house.

OSHA-30 Certified

The only OSHA-30 certified hurricane shutter company in coastal NC and SC.

Design Pressure Analysis

Calculated per opening on your house, not to the county minimum.

7-Year Workmanship Warranty

If anything fails because of our installation, we come back and fix it.

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Flat Polycarbonate for Your Southport Home

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Matthew Burns

President/CEO at American Hurricane Shutters, Inc.

Matthew Burns is President/CEO of American Hurricane Shutters, the Carolinas' rated storm protection specialists founded in 2006 by Michael Burns. OSHA-30 certified and specializing in Miami-Dade and TAS-approved hurricane shutter systems, Matthew has personally overseen the installation of storm protection on thousands of homes from Emerald Isle to Myrtle Beach. His expertise covers accordion shutters, rolldown shutters, Bahama shutters, colonial shutters, hurricane panels, and fabric hurricane screens. Based in Wilmington, NC.