Why Choose MaxForce™ Hurricane Screens Over Shutters or Hurricane Protections?

It depends on what you need the system to do. Impact glass protects against direct hurricane impact but doesn't retract — it's permanent architecture. Shutters protect well but require manual deployment or storage. MaxForce™ screens deploy in under sixty seconds, retract completely out of sight when not needed, and provide year-round UV and insect protection that the other two systems don't. For homeowners who use their patio or lanai throughout the year, the retractability often justifies the choice.

Earlier MaxForce systems used a fixed-track design — strong, but without the continuous adjustment the new system provides. Today's MaxForce™ uses a self-adjusting, spring-tensioned track that keeps the screen under steady tension as it opens, closes and takes wind load. The result is quiet, smooth, everyday operation that the fixed-track generation couldn't deliver, with the same approval for use in Miami-Dade County under Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15.

Price reflects what goes into each screen: a self-adjusting, spring-tensioned track, OmegaTex hurricane fabric, a heavy weight bar with reinforced nylon corners, a motor, and a screen custom-built to each opening and installed by an authorized dealer. It also reflects the testing behind Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15. Your dealer can walk you through the quote line by line.

MaxForce screens carry a limited manufacturer's warranty from Fenetex against manufacturing defects, with coverage that varies by component. Aluminum, proprietary components, and welded seams are covered for the life of the system — for as long as the system or compatible systems remain in production and parts are available. Motors and operators are covered for 5 years. Hurricane fabric carries a 10-year UV-stability warranty. Paint finishes are covered for 5 years when installed more than a mile from the coast, and 3 years within a mile of the coast. The warranty applies to the original owner and is not transferable. When you compare warranties, look at what each part is covered for, for how long, and whether coverage transfers if you sell the home.

MaxForce™ was tested to the lab protocols that Florida uses to simulate a major storm: Miami-Dade TAS 201 (impact), TAS 202 (static pressure) and TAS 203 (cyclic pressure), and ASTM E1886, E1996 and E330. Passing those tests is what earned approval for use in Miami-Dade County and the High Velocity Hurricane Zone under Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15.

No product can promise how it will perform in a particular storm, because every storm and every home is different. Here is what we can say: MaxForce™ hurricane screens are engineered for use in High Velocity Hurricane Zones and approved for Miami-Dade County under Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15, rated for the 185 MPH wind zone. To earn that approval, the system passed the TAS 201 large- and small-missile impact tests and the TAS 202 and TAS 203 pressure tests. A wind zone rating describes the design wind speed the building code uses for an area; it is not a promise about a particular hurricane category. In any major hurricane, follow your local evacuation orders.

Yes. Most owners use MaxForce™ every day for shade, insect and privacy control, and lower it for storms. It's installed on homes across the country, not only in coastal Florida. Building codes outside Florida set their own wind requirements, so your dealer checks what applies where you live.

Both. MaxForce™ screens can be added to existing homes as well as new construction. Your dealer checks that the framing around each opening can carry the track, measures every opening, and the screens are built to those numbers. Most residential installations take one to two days once the screens are made.