{"id":368177,"date":"2026-08-11T07:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368177\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T07:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:36:31","slug":"florida-homes-turn-to-hurricane-impact-windows-for-storm-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368177\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida homes turn to hurricane impact windows for storm protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida homes turn to hurricane impact windows for storm protection<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786433791_163_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Default author avatar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">As hurricane season reaches its peak, Florida homeowners are increasingly opting for hurricane impact windows, which are designed to withstand severe storm conditions and protect homes from damage.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">\u201cThey&#8217;re designed to keep water outside of the house. They&#8217;re also designed to stand up to wind or big changes in suction. And finally, they&#8217;re designed to either not shatter at all or to at least keep the glass in place and contained in the event that a piece of flying debris hits them,\u201d said Paul Hope with Consumer Reports.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Complete Coverage: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\/hurricane-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gulf Coast Hurricane Week<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Consumer Reports tested eight windows, priced between $400 and $2,000, by shooting a nine-pound two-by-four at them at over 30 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Regular windows shattered during the test, sending glass flying\u2014a significant danger to anyone inside the home. In contrast, hurricane impact windows broke but kept the glass contained.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The tests also simulated the pressure changes before and after a hurricane. While the impact windows bent under pressure, they remained intact within their frames.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">The PGT WinGuard, priced at $640, emerged as the top performer, scoring 98 overall and receiving top marks for wind and rain resistance, as well as impact protection.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/qrco.de\/gcnapp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylocal.com\/wbbh-ft-myers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida homes turn to hurricane impact windows for storm protection FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2014 As hurricane season reaches&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,57102,28,145223,10734,149159,897,149160,149164,4329,3790,149153,1847,149158,149155,149163,149162,149157,149161,149154,149156],"class_list":["post-368177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-consumer-reports","tag-florida","tag-florida-homeowners","tag-florida-homes","tag-flying-debris","tag-fort-myers","tag-glass-shatter","tag-gulf-coast-hurricane-week","tag-gulf-coast-news","tag-hurricane-damage","tag-hurricane-impact-windows","tag-hurricane-season","tag-impact-protection","tag-paul-hope","tag-pgt-winguard","tag-pressure-changes","tag-rain-resistance","tag-regular-windows","tag-storm-protection","tag-wind-resistance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}