Accordion Hurricane ShuttersMyrtle Beach, SC

Myrtle Beach, Horry County

What accordion shutters cost in Myrtle Beach, and why rental owners keep choosing them

Accordion hurricane shutters in Myrtle Beach are $38/sq ft installed. That covers fabrication to your exact opening, side housings, tracks, stainless anchors, the Horry County permit and a design pressure calculation run per opening rather than to the county minimum. We hold a South Carolina general contractor license, CLG.118108.GC, so this is our own crew and our own permit rather than a North Carolina company subcontracting across the line.

The Grand Strand has a housing pattern we do not see anywhere else on our map: a very large share of the properties are rented for a good part of the year, and an equally large share are owned by someone who lives several states away. That changes which shutter is correct. The deciding question stops being what protects best, since every rated system protects, and becomes what will reliably get closed by whoever happens to be standing in front of it.

Accordions answer that better than anything else at this price. They need no tools, no ladder and no second person, they are obvious to operate without being shown, and there is nothing to fetch from anywhere. For a managed property that matters more than the specification sheet does.

Inland, through Carolina Forest and the golf communities, the argument shifts to architecture review. Accordion housings sit flush beside the opening rather than projecting, and we powder-coat to any standard RAL finish, so they clear most community boards on appearance. Get the approval in writing before we fabricate, because each unit is cut to one specific opening.