Colonial Hurricane ShuttersMyrtle Beach, SC

Myrtle Beach, Horry County

Rated colonial shutters in Myrtle Beach, and the board meeting they are built to survive

Rated colonial hurricane shutters in Myrtle Beach 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.

The reason they matter in this market is procedural rather than technical. A very large share of Horry County housing sits inside a community with an architecture review board, and those boards are not evaluating impact ratings — they are evaluating whether the front of your house will still match the street. A colonial reads as part of the design vocabulary. A track, a housing or a head box reads as hardware, and that is where owners lose weeks arguing.

We build them in extruded aluminum with a powder-coat finish, in any standard RAL color, which is what lets them be specified to match trim that already exists. Aluminum also survives what the Strand does to exterior joinery: salt carried inland on the wind, high humidity from spring through fall, and sun that punishes a painted finish. A wood colonial in this climate is a maintenance commitment most owners abandon.

Worth being direct about one thing: a decorative colonial exists, costs less and provides no certified protection. Only the rated version at $60/sq ft goes on an insurance form or a mitigation grant application. We will tell you which one a quote covers before you sign it.