Colonial Hurricane ShuttersHampstead, NC

Hampstead, Pender County

Rated colonial shutters in Hampstead, and the case for buying something you like looking at

Rated colonial hurricane shutters in Hampstead are $60/sq ft installed and carry ASTM E1886/E1996 certification. They are the traditional louvered pair, hinged either side of the window, folded flat against the wall and latched open. To close, you swing the two leaves together from outside and bolt them at the center.

Hampstead has a deep stock of Southern-traditional and low-country houses, many of them built in the last thirty years to read as older than they are. On that kind of elevation a colonial is the only rated product that improves the front of the house rather than interrupting it. Everything else we sell is hardware you accept for a reason; this is the one people actually want on the wall.

We build them in extruded aluminum with a powder-coat finish in any standard RAL color. That is not a cost decision. Wood colonials on this coast are a repainting commitment that most owners abandon within five years, because salt carried up from the sound, humidity from April to October and full sun are hard on painted joinery. Aluminum holds its finish and does not swell or warp.

The practical advantage that gets overlooked: there is nothing to store. On a Hampstead house with a garage already holding a boat, a trailer and a mower, a system that lives on the wall year-round and needs no shelf space is worth more than the spec sheet suggests. Closing is one to two minutes per window from outside.