How to Install Aluminum & Steel Hurricane Panels

To protect your home during a hurricane, start by covering your window's opening correctly with a hurricane shutter system. Hurricane shutters can be expensive and installing your own can be a great way to save money. Installation can cost as much as the product when you go through a professional shutter company. Instead, install your own aluminum or steel hurricane panels using a horizontal mounting system.

Measuring tape
Pencil
Level
Drill
Fasteners (see tips)
Screwdriver (see tips)

Instructions

- 1
  Measure your window opening's width. Next measure a hurricane panel's length. Find the difference between those numbers and divide that number by two. This gives you the amount each side of the panel should overhang the opening by.
- 2
  Hold the panel at the bottom and center of the opening, with a level check for levelness.
- 3
  Once the panel is level mark all fastener holes with a pencil. Remove the hurricane panel and use a drill to drill on your pencil marks. Use the correct size drill bit for the fasteners used.
- 4
  Insert fasteners into holes and secure the hurricane panel to the window opening.
- 5
  Place the next hurricane panel into place just above the first and repeat the previous steps until the opening is completely covered.

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