- Storm protection from hurricanes and damaging storms
- Secures against break-ins
- Protection against extreme temperature and damaging sun fade
- Reduces annoying outside noise
- Easy to use with flip of the switch operation—5 control options available
Great for single-family homes or multi-family hi-rises. Rolling shutters have a clean, consistent look even when a multi-story building is completed in phases. Roll-a-way shutters roll into a small housing designed to blend into the building’s architecture
Our unique design of the Roll-a-way roll shutter allows our shutters to roll up into a smaller housing than other roller shutter products.
Roll-a-way offers curved, beveled, or square housings to blend into your home’s architecture. Engineered to protect very large window or door openings.
No power-no problem battery operated system available.
The roller shutter design also impedes water infiltration from hurricanes and strong storms, thus reducing the occurrence
of mold and mildew. Watch the water infiltration video as the solid slat rolling doors are blasted by a fire hose.
Color Options
Consult actual mfr. product samples for exact color representation.
Operating Systems
Manual Controls
Manual Strap
Standard control for smaller shutters. Controls up to 25 lbs.
3-1 Strap Crank
3-1 crank ration for small to medium size rolling doors. An economical way to control a medium size shutter. Controls up to 45 lbs.
Pole Crank
Geared system with pole operator for medium size rollup shutters. Optional removable pole operator available. Controls up to 80 lbs.
Manual Push-Up/Pull-Down
Quick and easy installation. Simply push up and pull down the shutter. An exclusive feature of QMI roller shutters with no-slip hinges.
Electric Controls
Motor Operated
Electric motor for all roll shutter sizes. Optional manual override, and advanced electrical control systems are available. Draws 1.5 to 3.5 amps depending on size.
Low Voltage
Our EZ-Drive System features the Smart Drive Motor. Just plug in to recharge. No electrician is necessary.
Curtain Profiles
AL7-E Extruded aluminum single wall rollup shutter
Rolls up in tight coil to reduce head box size.
US60 Extruded aluminum double wall roller shutter
Air space enhances energy performance
AL2E Extruded aluminum double wall roll up shutters
Light slits to illuminate during daylight with shutters closed.
Smaller roll-up and narrower side tracks.
P55 PVC double wall roll shutter
Excellent protection against cold, heat and noise
Aluminum retained bars through slat from side channel to side channel
Miami-Dade HVHZ Building code approved
Florida Building Commission (FBC) approved
Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) approved
Wind and impact test approved
Which of the seven hurricane products stop water infiltration?
Hurricane Ivan crashed into Gulf Shores, Alabama in 2004 as a category 3 storm. The beachfront condo shown below had some units protected with
Roll-a-way rolling shutters, while some left the unprotected patio doors to fend for themselves. Besides the high winds and driving rain, the
first floor units of this condo also incurred a storm surge. The ocean’s forces were pounding the lower units and washed all the sand from under
the building. Prior to Ivan, the foundation did not show and people stepped off their patios right onto the beach.
The patio doors without Roll-a-way™ Rolling Shutters quickly failed behind the storm’s pressure. The protected condos only had trickles of water seep past the sliding doors.
Patio doors and French double doors are the most susceptible to water infiltration.
Water damage, causing mold and mildew growth, is the most common problem following a hurricane. Often the power is out for weeks and mold spores prosper in the
non air-conditioned homes and condos. After hurricane Andrew, nearly 65% of the homes suffered extensive damage from water, not flying debris and winds.
Roll-a-way’s rolling shutter design uses end-retention to capture the curtain slats into the side rails, holding back enormous wind and water pressures.
The shutter design pushes downward onto a gasket at the bottom of the curtain to help seal the opening from wind, sand, and water. Check out the Fire Hose
Test video above to see how casement and double hung windows performed both with and without a rolling shutter to protect them.
The problem with impact glass windows and doors is they still leak water. As long as a window or a door must be operable, they will leak water starting at
just 40 mph driving rain. “Joe Lstiburek of Building Science Corporation likes to point out that there are only two types of windows and doors, 'Those that
leak and those that are going to leak.' Since windows and doors are going to leak, he makes the point that the key is to minimize or manage the water intrusion.
Keeping water from being driven against and building up on windows and doors is one way to try and minimize the water intrusion during a hurricane.”
(Source: www.floridadisaster.org)