Flat Polycarbonate ShuttersMyrtle Beach, SC

Myrtle Beach, Horry County

Flat polycarbonate in Myrtle Beach, and the openings that should never need a phone call

Flat polycarbonate shutters in Myrtle Beach 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 case for it on the Strand is the absence of a person. A rented property has an owner elsewhere, a manager with too many keys and a cleaning crew on a schedule, and every deployable shutter depends on one of them acting correctly under time pressure. A permanently mounted clear panel removes the dependency. There is no crank, no pole, no panel to fetch and no decision to make when a storm enters the forecast.

The second case is shape. Fixed glass, transoms, arched heads, sidelights and the tall narrow windows beside a balcony slider are all openings a straight track cannot take. Flat polycarbonate is cut to whatever shape the opening actually is, which is why on most quotes there are three or four windows where it is the only thing that works.

And because the sheet is clear, the unit still looks like a unit. On a building with exterior uniformity rules, a clear permanent panel is frequently easier to get approved than a visible housing or head box — though the board decides that, not us, so ask before you order.