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A hurricane is a tropical storm that contains tempestuous rains, violent, crashing waves, and howling winds that can reach beyond one hundred and fifty miles per hour. A hurricane can also produce tornadoes. If you live on a coastal area of the eastern United States, you may have already seen a raging hurricane and the damage to homes and vehicles that's it capable of generating.
You also know that you need to properly prepare your home for a hurricane so you and your family can be protected as much as possible. One of the most important things you can do is to board up the windows of your home. Having hurricane shutters are the absolute best protection for your windows. However, even though you can save money by installing them yourself, shutters can still be rather expensive.
The next best option, then, in preparation for a hurricane, is to board up the windows in your house with wood. The wood not only helps to protect your windows from flying debris, but it also helps your windows to resist breaking from the force of the howling winds.
Using wood works much better than using tape. Some people apply duct tape or another type of durable tape across the glass in the windows of their homes. The purpose of the tape is to keep the glass from shattering and flying into a room if the window breaks. However, tape is not very resistant to the raging force of a hurricane.
The first step to board up your windows is to measure all of the windows in your house. Mark the measurements down, and take them to your local lumber yard or home improvement store. By using your measurements, the sales associate can help you determine how much wood you'll need. You'll also need to refer to these measurements later.
You'll need to purchase several sheets of marine plywood that are at least five eighths of an inch thick. This thickness should provide sufficient protection for your window glass.
The next step is to use a measuring tape and a marker to measure and mark the pieces of plywood that you'll need. But, in order for the wood to fit properly into the window frames, you'll need to make the wood pieces a bit smaller. That is, you'll need to deduct about an eighth of an inch off the width and height of each window.
As you use an electric saw to cut out each piece of wood, be sure that you use the marker to identify each piece. For example, you should mark them as "South Living Room Window", ”°Bathroom Window", "North Master Bedroom Window", et cetera.
Once all of the pieces of plywood are cut out, you'll need to have an assistant hold them in place, one by one, on their corresponding windows. Then, the next step is to use an electric drill to bore holes through the wood and into each window frame. The holes should be approximately twelve inches apart around the complete diameter of each window.
Finally, you'll need several metal or wood screws that measure approximately an inch long, to secure the pieces of wood to your windows. Place the cut pieces of plywood and the screws together in a safe place.
Then, when the next hurricane storm warning sounds, you'll be ready to board up the windows in your home. For a little added protection, you should close all curtains, drapes, and blinds that are hanging in your windows too.
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