Comments for A Big Wind | Hurricane Protection Information http://www.abigwind.com Don't get caught in A BIG WIND with your guard down Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:32:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on Plywood Hurricane Shutters: Keep it simple stupid by Stanley Goldenberg http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/13/plywood-hurricane-shutters-keep-it-simple-stupid/#comment-86679 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:19:53 +0000 http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/13/plywood-hurricane-shutters-keep-it-simple-stupid/#comment-86679 1) The overlap method is not the "current" latest method. It is not NEARLY as effective as the inset method. The instructions for the barrel bold method (and there are other ways to do the fastening) are not that complicated. This method stood the test of Andrew (1992) in South Dade County! 2) The key is that people should be making their shutters EARLY in the season -- not wait until a storm is threatening. 3) If you have problem building and installing the barrel-bolt design, contact me, I would be glad to make some simple suggestions. 4) Bryan Norcross, in his 1998 hurricane season special, officially changed his recommendation from overlap to inset after he realized the benefits. Stan Goldenberg Hurricane Research Division/NOAA Miami, FL 1) The overlap method is not the “current” latest method. It is not NEARLY as effective as the inset method. The instructions for the barrel bold method (and there are other ways to do the fastening) are not that complicated. This method stood the test of Andrew (1992) in South Dade County!
2) The key is that people should be making their shutters EARLY in the season — not wait until a storm is threatening.
3) If you have problem building and installing the barrel-bolt design, contact me, I would be glad to make some simple suggestions.
4) Bryan Norcross, in his 1998 hurricane season special, officially changed his recommendation from overlap to inset after he realized the benefits.
Stan Goldenberg
Hurricane Research Division/NOAA
Miami, FL

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]]> Comment on Batten down the hatches! But what with Captain? by Eric http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/14/batten-down-the-hatches-but-what-with-captain/#comment-3107 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:36:22 +0000 http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/14/batten-down-the-hatches-but-what-with-captain/#comment-3107 Hi :) I am the webmaster at Interstate Screw (thanks for the link). I'd like to also mention that we have on the left menu bar several other useful Hurricane related pages and you should check them out as well. Of course we sell all the various hardware too (insert shameless plug here). Thanks! Hi :)

I am the webmaster at Interstate Screw (thanks for the link). I’d like to also mention that we have on the left menu bar several other useful Hurricane related pages and you should check them out as well. Of course we sell all the various hardware too (insert shameless plug here).

Thanks!

]]> Comment on Hurricane Contractors: Are they really who they say they are? by scott weymer http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/06/hurricane-contractors-are-they-really-who-they-say-they-are/#comment-2008 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 18:03:44 +0000 http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/06/hurricane-contractors-are-they-really-who-they-say-they-are/#comment-2008 To whom it may concern: To whom it may concern: Yes my comment is this, all you hear about these days are the contractors who either stalled ripped off worded did shoddy work during the state of emergency with the hurricanes. I am also a contractor in fl and have been for fifteen years. I want to make some people aware of all of the homeowners who ripped the contractors off and where is all the help for the contractor because I myself never took anything from anyone that I work for and I ended up with short end of the stick several times from the storms there’s not one organization that is on our side only about reprimands to the contractors>I do believe that there were some shady characters that had ripped the people off and do a disservice they get however what about the homeowners who begged for the contractor to help them get money data and completed the work under very hectic conditions completed the work and then stiff you for the money I myself can add up with very little thinking of about one job for 17,001 ,10,001 and one for 5000 there is no one interested in getting them only out to get the contractor. No one that’s right there is no one, yes you can put a lien on their property and you can do this and you can do that but in the long run there’s no help from anyone government organization that is all I had to say about this for now just food for thought Sincerely Scott Weymer Weymer Builders To whom it may concern:
To whom it may concern:
Yes my comment is this, all you hear about these days are the contractors who either stalled ripped off worded did shoddy work during the state of emergency with the hurricanes.

I am also a contractor in fl and have been for fifteen years. I want to make some people aware of all of the homeowners who ripped the contractors off and where is all the help for the contractor because I myself never took anything from anyone that I work for and I ended up with short end of the stick several times from the storms there’s not one organization that is on our side only about reprimands to the contractors>I do believe that there were some shady characters that had ripped the people off and do a disservice they get however what about the homeowners who begged for the contractor to help them get money data and completed the work under very hectic conditions completed the work and then stiff you for the money I myself can add up with very little thinking of about one job for 17,001 ,10,001 and one for 5000 there is no one interested in getting them only out to get the contractor. No one that’s right there is no one, yes you can put a lien on their property and you can do this and you can do that but in the long run there’s no help from anyone government organization that is all I had to say about this for now just food for thought
Sincerely
Scott Weymer
Weymer Builders

]]> Comment on Batten down the hatches! But what with Captain? by Big Wind http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/14/batten-down-the-hatches-but-what-with-captain/#comment-1102 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:56:50 +0000 http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/14/batten-down-the-hatches-but-what-with-captain/#comment-1102 Hi D., I don't have the name of the specific attachment method you have in mind but there are very similar types that are popular with steel shutters. This is good because they're readily available at Home Depot, Lowe's and other local hardware stores. This popular method that I see used repeatedly on steel shutters inserts a permanent threaded female anchor in your house exterior. You then screw a threaded, male bolt into the female anchor. These bolts are just left in the wall anchors until they're needed, at which point you unscrew them, put up the shutters (be they plywood or steel) and screw the bolts back in. They're tougher to mount your plywood on than other permanent mounting methods like like the TapconSG, which leaves a male bolt protruding from your house. The TapcanSG hardware (or alternatives) makes it easier to hang the plywood than what you described since the plywood can rest on the protruding bolts while you get the nuts put on. On the down side they stick out when not in use which means at some point someone may inadvertently snag their clothing (or worse, an arm or other appendage) on the protruding bolt as they walk by. If you haven't already done so, make sure to click on the link in our story that goes here: http://www.interstate-screw.com/p4.html . You can see some of the hardware that we're discussing on this page. I have not seen the documentary you mentioned so I can't help you there. Hope this helps and good luck. Stop back by and let us know which method you decide on. Hi D.,

I don’t have the name of the specific attachment method you have in mind but there are very similar types that are popular with steel shutters. This is good because they’re readily available at Home Depot, Lowe’s and other local hardware stores. This popular method that I see used repeatedly on steel shutters inserts a permanent threaded female anchor in your house exterior. You then screw a threaded, male bolt into the female anchor. These bolts are just left in the wall anchors until they’re needed, at which point you unscrew them, put up the shutters (be they plywood or steel) and screw the bolts back in. They’re tougher to mount your plywood on than other permanent mounting methods like like the TapconSG, which leaves a male bolt protruding from your house. The TapcanSG hardware (or alternatives) makes it easier to hang the plywood than what you described since the plywood can rest on the protruding bolts while you get the nuts put on. On the down side they stick out when not in use which means at some point someone may inadvertently snag their clothing (or worse, an arm or other appendage) on the protruding bolt as they walk by. If you haven’t already done so, make sure to click on the link in our story that goes here: http://www.interstate-screw.com/p4.html . You can see some of the hardware that we’re discussing on this page. I have not seen the documentary you mentioned so I can’t help you there. Hope this helps and good luck. Stop back by and let us know which method you decide on.

]]> Comment on Batten down the hatches! But what with Captain? by D. Anderson http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/14/batten-down-the-hatches-but-what-with-captain/#comment-911 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:02:13 +0000 http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/14/batten-down-the-hatches-but-what-with-captain/#comment-911 I am considering making plywood shutters for my home. I would expect to install them with the four inch overlap on each window. My question concerns the hardware for attachment. I remember seeing a television documentary a few years back that gave suggestions for helping to hurican-proof your home. With respect to wood panel shutters, the hardware suggested was some type of permenant threaded female screw that was installed around each window. These hollow threaded screws were then capped with removable caps. When a storm was approaching you would remove the caps, put up your precut plywood, and insert bolts through the predrilled holes in the plywood, which bolts would screw into the threads of the permanently installed hardware first mentioned. After the storm, the bolts and plywood could be removed, and then the caps placed in the hardware around each window. I would like to know what this hardware is called and where I can get them. Thanks for your consideration. I hope you understand my explanation. Also, if you could direct me to that documentary, I would like to review the other hurricane precautions it had suggested. I am considering making plywood shutters for my home. I would expect to install them with the four inch overlap on each window. My question concerns the hardware for attachment. I remember seeing a television documentary a few years back that gave suggestions for helping to hurican-proof your home. With respect to wood panel shutters, the hardware suggested was some type of permenant threaded female screw that was installed around each window. These hollow threaded screws were then capped with removable caps. When a storm was approaching you would remove the caps, put up your precut plywood, and insert bolts through the predrilled holes in the plywood, which bolts would screw into the threads of the permanently installed hardware first mentioned. After the storm, the bolts and plywood could be removed, and then the caps placed in the hardware around each window. I would like to know what this hardware is called and where I can get them. Thanks for your consideration. I hope you understand my explanation. Also, if you could direct me to that documentary, I would like to review the other hurricane precautions it had suggested.

]]> Comment on Plywood Hurricane Shutters: Keep it simple stupid by Bitch | Lab » Atlantic Hurricane Resources http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/13/plywood-hurricane-shutters-keep-it-simple-stupid/#comment-666 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:51:29 +0000 http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/13/plywood-hurricane-shutters-keep-it-simple-stupid/#comment-666 [...] For local Tampa Bay Areans (ha!) this is a really great guide to building your own plywood hurricane shutters that are, apparently, up to code. R was impressed, especially since we have a 9 ft wide window to deal with. The biggest problem, as I understand it though, is our crappy garage. That’s where hurricane damage starts most of the time. Wind blows out the garage door and then rips the roof off. How to fix that is going to be a trick. Great landlords we have, of course, don’t give a bat’s eyelash. [...] […] For local Tampa Bay Areans (ha!) this is a really great guide to building your own plywood hurricane shutters that are, apparently, up to code. R was impressed, especially since we have a 9 ft wide window to deal with. The biggest problem, as I understand it though, is our crappy garage. That’s where hurricane damage starts most of the time. Wind blows out the garage door and then rips the roof off. How to fix that is going to be a trick. Great landlords we have, of course, don’t give a bat’s eyelash. […]

]]> Comment on Attention Hurricane Country - A Big Wind is Coming! Be prepared for the threat from wind, rain, storm surge and…Man (Part 1 of 3) by Ice Cream Franchise http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/01/a-big-wind-is-coming-be-prepared-for-the-threat-from-wind-rain-storm-surge-and%e2%80%a6man/#comment-452 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:54:39 +0000 http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/01/a-big-wind-is-coming-be-prepared-for-the-threat-from-wind-rain-storm-surge-and%e2%80%a6man/#comment-452 Good observation, your ideas are right on. Good observation, your ideas are right on.

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