New Accordion Shutters: a local accordion shutter installer in Florida City, FL
Hurricane Andrew made a direct hit on Florida City and leveled or damaged most of the city, so many homes here were rebuilt after 1992. If you are reading this, you want accordion shutters on the whole house, or on the openings you choose, before hurricane season. Right now those windows and doors have nothing to close over them. The first step is to have every opening measured.
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Florida City is the southern tip of the mainland. Biscayne Bay, Card Sound and the Everglades keep the air humid and salty, and the Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30. Florida City is in Miami-Dade, so shutters here need to carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance. A good install starts with the right product for each opening, not one product for the whole house.
What to have ready
- Don't order from your own measurements. Spans differ from window to door to slider, and one opening may need a different product than the next.
- Don't drill into the stucco to test it. Most walls here are concrete block under stucco, and the installer needs to find the block before choosing anchors.
- Don't pick a colour before checking your rules. If an association, landlord or building manager sets colour or style, that needs to be known before anything is ordered.
- Don't assume what the inspector or insurer will think. The building department inspects the install, and your insurer decides what it does with the result.
What happens on the visit
- Every opening is measuredThe installer measures each window, sliding door and opening you want covered. Spans that need a different product are flagged at this stage.
- The wall is checkedThe installer looks at what is behind the finish, usually block under stucco, so the anchors suit the wall.
- You get a written quoteProducts carry the approval the county requires, and are quoted in a colour your association allows, if you have one. The estimate is free, and nothing is ordered until you approve the price.
- The installer pulls the permitA new install normally needs a building permit. The independent installer holds the license Florida and the county require, and files the permit with the building department.
- The shutters go in to the product's approvalTracks and anchors are installed the way the product approval describes. You can ask the installer to show you how each one opens and closes.
- The building department inspectsThe inspection is the building department's job. It checks that the install matches the product's approval.
In Florida City, FL
Much of Florida City's housing was built in the rebuild after Andrew, and that stock is mostly concrete block with stucco, hip roofs and tie-downs. There are also older pre-1992 block homes, apartment buildings and manufactured housing. The mix leans toward single-family homes and rental multifamily buildings rather than condos, and gated or HOA communities are less common here than in newer Homestead-area subdivisions. If your building does have an association, check its colour and style rules first. Masonry anchors suit block and stucco walls, so the wall type matters as much as the shutter.
The air near the bay and the Everglades is brackish and humid, with heavy rain from May to October. Florida says periodic cleaning, lubrication and hardware checks are normal upkeep for shutters, and that applies here. Demand also jumps when a storm is named, and during Keys evacuations along US-1. Florida also sees a rush in the spring before June 1. Asking for an estimate before the season gets busy gives you time to pick products and colours at a steady pace. It works whether you are near downtown Florida City, the Krome Avenue corridor or out toward the Redland.
Questions people ask
- What kind of shutters will the installer quote for Florida City?
- Florida City is in Miami-Dade, part of the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. Products there carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, and the installer quotes accordion shutters with that approval. The permit and inspection belong to the building department.
- My house is block with stucco. Does that change anything?
- It changes the anchors. Block takes masonry anchors, and the installer needs to find the block behind the stucco. Wood framing or tie beams, which you may find on an upper storey, need different fasteners.
- Do I need a permit for new shutters?
- A new install normally needs a building permit, and the installer pulls it. Small repairs on an already permitted system often do not, but that is a local decision. Confirm with the building department that covers your address.
- Can I do only some of the openings?
- Yes. The scope can be the whole house or the openings you choose. The installer will tell you which openings are covered and which are not.
- Will shutters change what my insurer does?
- Opening protection may be considered in a wind-mitigation inspection. What your insurer does with that is up to the insurer. The installer can only tell you what is installed.
One call
Call (754) 432-6449 or send a request through the form, and One Call Accordion Shutters will arrange a free estimate with a vetted, independent installer. The installer measures first and gives you the price, and no work starts until you approve it.
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One Call Accordion Shutters arranges the visit; the installer does the work and gives you the price.