Hurricane Shutters Miami

When you think of hurricanes, you think of wind speeds. You know the faster the wind blows, the more powerful the storm.  When we design hurricane shutters, we think of wind pressures.  This is when it starts getting complicated.  

During a storm, your home will experience Positive + and Negative - wind pressures.  Positive wind pressure is what is blowing against your hurricane shutters.  But Negative wind pressure is a force that pulls away from your house and hurricane shutters.  The best way to imagine this is as a giant vacuum cleaner trying to suck out your hurricane shutter.  What you may not know is that the Negative wind pressures along the corners of your home can be TWICE that of the Positive.  

Imagine a hurricane that's twice as powerful as you think!  No worries, Miami Dade Approved hurricane shutters are more than capable of handling the forces of tropical systems.