Flat polycarbonate hurricane shutters in North Topsail, NC, protect windows from storms. AHS provides shutters for Pender
Hampstead, North Carolina

Flat Polycarbonate ShuttersHampstead, NC

$30/sq ft installed. Cut to the opening, mounted permanently on stainless standoffs and optically clear — for the high gable and stairwell glass nobody should be reaching with a ladder and a storm two days out.

$30/sq ft
Installed Price
Hampstead NC
Location
Optically Clear
Appearance
ASTM E1886/E1996
Rated To
Nothing To Deploy
Permanent

Hampstead, Pender County

Flat polycarbonate in Hampstead, and the windows you should stop climbing to

Flat polycarbonate shutters in Hampstead are $30/sq ft installed. Optically clear sheets are cut to the exact shape of the 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 Hampstead list is height and shape rather than convenience. The two-story entry gable, the stairwell window on the side elevation, the arched transom over a door: these are openings that a tracked system cannot take and that a homeowner cannot safely reach with a ladder while the wind is picking up. So they get skipped, every storm, on house after house, and they are frequently the largest unprotected glass in the building.

A permanently mounted clear panel deals with them once. There is nothing to deploy, nothing to store and no decision to make when a storm enters the forecast, which is the whole point on an opening you were never going to cover anyway. And because the sheet is clear, the window still reads as a window from the driveway and the room behind it still gets full daylight.

It is not a whole-house product and we will not sell it as one. At $30/sq ft it costs more than aluminum panels at $22 and is unnecessary on any opening a $38 accordion handles properly. The right use is targeted: the three or four windows on your house that nothing else fits, or that nobody is going to climb to.

ProductFlat polycarbonate (Lexan) sheet on stainless standoffs
Installed price$30 per square foot
LocationHampstead, NC (Pender County)
FitsGable, stairwell, arched, fixed and non-standard openings
DeploymentNone — permanently mounted, no ladder, ever
AppearanceOptically clear, full daylight indoors
RatingASTM E1886/E1996, qualifies for wind mitigation credit
Best useThe openings that get skipped every storm
The windows you skip
Almost every Hampstead house has two or three openings that never get covered: the gable window over the front door, the tall stairwell glass, the transom nobody can reach. They get skipped every storm because covering them means a ladder in rising wind. Permanently mounted clear panel, once, and they are never a decision again.

When flat polycarbonate is the wrong choice in Hampstead

Right on a handful of openings. Wrong as a whole-house answer.

A window you open
It is permanent. Over a casement or a double-hung you actually use, it is a window you no longer use. This belongs on fixed glass, and we identify which of your openings qualify at the measure.
A whole house
More per square foot than panels at $22 and unnecessary on anything a $38 accordion covers well. Covering everything in it is paying a premium to solve a problem most of those windows do not have.
An opening you want to shade
Clear glazing does nothing about heat or glare. If the problem with that window is the afternoon sun rather than the storm, you want a Bahama at $60, not this.

Questions we get in Hampstead

How much is flat polycarbonate in Hampstead?
$30 per square foot installed, covering the sheet cut to your opening, the stainless standoff hardware, the Pender County permit and the design pressure analysis.
Is this for the high windows I never cover?
That is exactly what it is for. Gable glass over an entry, stairwell windows and transoms get skipped every storm because covering them means a ladder in bad weather. Mounted once, they are never a decision again.
Will it fit an arched or odd-shaped window?
Yes. 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 outside.
Should I do the whole house in it?
No. Use it on the three or four openings nothing else fits or nobody will climb to, and spend the rest of the budget on the windows you actually open.

Why Hampstead 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 Hampstead Home

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