Myrtle Beach, North Carolina

Hurricane ScreensMyrtle Beach, SC

$48/sq ft installed, motorization $700 per opening. On the Strand the opening that needs solving is usually a balcony, and a balcony is the one shape no rigid shutter closes properly.

$48/sq ft

Installed Price

+$700/opening

Motorized

Myrtle Beach SC

Location

StormTex Aramid

Fabric

ASTM E1886/E1996

Rated To

Myrtle Beach, Horry County

Hurricane screens in Myrtle Beach, and the balcony problem they exist to solve

Hurricane screens in Myrtle Beach are $48/sq ft installed, and motorizing an opening adds $700. The fabric is StormTex aramid, rated to ASTM E1886/E1996 — the same standard as every rigid system we fit, because a rating describes a test rather than a hurricane category.

The reason they matter here more than in most of our territory is the balcony. A wide balcony opening cannot take an accordion or a roll-down without structure down the middle to carry the track, and a post in the middle of a balcony is not an option anyone accepts. A screen spans the full width with nothing in between, and because the weave is open rather than solid you keep light and a usable view while it is deployed.

There is a second thing a screen does on a balcony that no window shutter does at all: it holds the contents in. Chairs, tables and planters on an unprotected balcony are projectiles, and every one of them is aimed at the slider behind them or at the unit below. Closing the opening deals with the furniture problem and the glass problem at once.

Off the oceanfront, the same product covers screened porches and covered patios through Carolina Forest, Surfside and Murrells Inlet, and most owners end up running it far more for sun and insects from spring through fall than they ever do for storms.

Product	StormTex aramid hurricane screen
Installed price	$48 per square foot
Motorization	Add $700 per opening
Location	Myrtle Beach, SC (Horry County)
License	SC general contractor CLG.118108.GC
Span	Full balcony or porch width, no post required
Also does	Contains balcony furniture; sun and insect screening
Not for	Direct mounting against window glass

The balcony is the weak point

An oceanfront balcony is a wide opening, a sliding glass wall behind it, and a quantity of furniture that becomes airborne in a named storm. A screen closes the whole opening in one span, protects the slider behind it, and keeps what is on the balcony on the balcony.

When hurricane screens are the wrong choice in Myrtle Beach

They solve one shape of problem superbly and several others badly.

Directly against a window

Screens protect openings, not panes. They belong across a balcony, porch or covered patio. For the windows themselves use a rigid system — panels at $22, accordions at $38 or rated Bahamas at $60.

Small standard windows

At $48/sq ft the arithmetic stops working on a bedroom window. Aluminum panels at $22 or accordions at $38 protect that opening for far less and do it at least as well.

A building that has not approved them

On a Strand condo the board decides what goes on the exterior, and a screen system is an exterior modification. Ask first. If the building has already standardized on something, that is your answer.

Questions we get in Myrtle Beach

How much do hurricane screens cost in Myrtle Beach?

$48 per square foot installed, plus $700 per opening to motorize. The Horry County permit and the design pressure analysis are in the rate.

Can a screen close a whole balcony?

Yes, in one span with nothing in the middle. That is the reason to choose one. No accordion or roll-down covers that width without structure down the center, which on a balcony is unacceptable.

Do they stop balcony furniture becoming a projectile?

That is a real part of the value and it is rarely mentioned. A closed screen keeps chairs, tables and planters contained instead of letting them hit the slider behind them or the unit below.

Do I keep the view?

Largely. The fabric is woven rather than solid, so a deployed screen dims the space rather than blacking it out, and you can see through it. Most owners leave them down through the summer for that reason.

What are they rated to?

ASTM E1886/E1996, the same impact and pressure standard as our rigid shutters. Anyone quoting you a hurricane category is describing a storm, not a product.

Why Myrtle Beach 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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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.