Bahama Awing type shutters…design need
Need a design for Bahama Awning type shutters to cover windows about 8 ft x 7ft tall. Could be segmented into two of four foot wide panels per window. Guantanamo Cuba used these on the barracks at the Navy Base.
These are used many places in the Carribean, but I can’t seem to find a design. Can soneone help me?
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Greetings W,
This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again.
Perhaps it will catch someones attention that can help you with advice.
Cheers
Thanks rez,
I still haven't found any designs for Bahama Awning type storm shutters. Have searched archives, JCL, and AIA.
Still wish to build something that will shade these 3 south facing windows during most of the year and can be lowered when hurricane activity is indicated. Currently these are 1/4 inch plate glass measuring 8ft x 8 ft installed in concrete block openings . Area is Orlando, FL
Any resource or recommendations will be appreciated.
All I ever Needed to Know I learned in Kindergarten- Robt. Fulghum
Bahama shutters are generally used to shade windows, not provide hurricane protection. My guess is that it would be tough to build shutters that size out of wood and have them strong enough to resist much wind at all. Here in south Florida the shutter companies screw Lexan to the inside surface of the aluminum shutters to get them to meet code.
Many, many years ago I was temporarily housed on top of Bay Hill at Gitmo in Cuba. A local on the base explained to me at the time that the wood shutters, which covered similar openings, were designed to be lowered during hurricanes.
The addition of Lexan to a design could be an enhancement. FEMA has a solid shutter of 5/8 inch plywood with 2 x4 stiffners in their coastal literature for this purpose. Their design is for hurricane panels only, but will not admit any light and hence makes no sense for year round use.
All I ever Needed to Know I learned in Kindergarten- Robt. Fulghum