anyone use shutters for patio sliders?

last year

Building new house and wall to lanai has two sliders—one 12’ wide in den portion and one 8’ in dining portion with a 35” window on adjoining corner of dining.
Would do all of them in same design/material — no other windows in main living area. The lanai has 10-12 ft covered ceiling but sun will be strong in late afternoon/evenings.

My husband thinks vertical blinds (which I really despise) because they can be tilted to filter amount of light and would be easier to move to allow going in/out of sliders.
I am thinking plantation shutters would be much more $$$ but would allow same type of functions.
Drapes are conventional choice but don’t offer as much functionality…

We have plantation shutters in fixed windows in front living area and in our bedroom—love them—not truly blackout capable but tilting slats are versatile. Since glass is fixed rarely need to open shutters themselves. But don’t know how well shutters for sliders would hold up since at least one section would be moved multiple times in day to go in/out.
Would be PVC material—house in gulf coast FL area—wood is no-go.
Anyone actually HAVE shutters over patio doors?

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chispa
last year
I would want to keep the sliders uncovered, so I would opt for some type of solar shades on the outside of the patio/lanai.

We used hurricane shutters that do double duty at giving us a protected area for our outdoor patio/lanai furniture and decorative pots during hurricanes and also filters the morning sun from our family room.

Ours looks similar to this, also from Storm Smart in SW Florida.
loves2read
Original Author
last year
Our neighbor added auto shades to her lanai but those block the view.
So you don’t have bypass shutters
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eld6161
last year
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Yes!

My doors are hurricane rated. We have been through 2 hurricanes so far.

This is three panels that stack to the left.

The bedrooms all have just two panels. All other windows have them too.

I'm not one for coordinating curtains. My home is odd in that it has 3 different type of window.
chispa
last year
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I don't have any coverings on my sliders. I have a nice open lake and golf course view.

My doors are also hurricane rated, but the storm shutters on the lanai means that I don't have to worry about bringing in my outdoor furniture and can just roll/push my large pots w/plants into the lanai too.

I figured it also gave me a protected area for my dogs to go potty "outside" if we were stuck sheltering in place during a hurricane. I got pee pads to put down on the lanai pavers during Ian.
loves2read
Original Author
last year
Our sliders are hurricane rated
I dont understand how panels on a lanai can be hurricane rated?
What are they attached to that makes them strong enough to take hurricanr winds?
chispa
last year
The runners (side brackets) and upper housing are all screwed into the outside of the house. No different than the way that the old style metal or newer plexiglass shutters are attached with screws on the outside and they all stop flying debris from breaking non-hurricane rated windows.

We bought from this company:

https://www.stormsmart.com/screens/storm-catcher/roll-down-screens/
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Fenstermann LLC
last year
Vertical blinds (i know you despise them) are perfect for sliding doors. First, they operate in the same direction as your sliding door, second you can fully or partially close them and third, they looks really amazing if you pick the right one. Did you know that the slabs are from fabrics between 3 inches to 10 inches? Here are some samples just in case...
annettea
last year
We have shutters over several sliders, and generally keep one side open for entry/exit.