FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

Certified hurricane protection from Hurricane Solution costs $125 to $185 USD per square meter of protected opening (windows and doors), installed, or roughly $11.60 to $17.20 USD per square foot. The price includes custom fabrication, stainless-steel anchors, installation, staff training and a written warranty. The range is the same in Cancún, the Riviera Maya, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Mazatlán, Acapulco and Puerto Escondido.

Hurricane Solution prices by the area of protected openings, meaning windows and doors, not by the size of the house. A 200 m² (2,150 sq ft) house with 30 to 40 m² of windows costs about $3,750 to $7,400 USD.

A 2–3 bedroom condo usually has 25 to 40 m² (270 to 430 sq ft) of openings, which with Hurricane Solution comes to about $3,125 to $7,400 USD installed. Upper floors in towers may need scaffolding or lift equipment, quoted as a separate line item.

Hurricane Solution prices hotels on the same base of $125 to $185 USD per m² of opening; large spans, work at height and the HS-1500 Level E system push a project toward $185. An exact price requires an audit of the whole building envelope, including lobbies, restaurants, kitchens and service entrances.

The most common extras are steel reinforcement (PTR framing) where a wall can't safely hold an anchor, scaffolding for work at height, difficult access, island logistics, AquaGrid for very large openings and HS Terrace for rain on terraces. Hurricane Solution identifies them during the free on-site assessment, before quoting.

When a quote is much cheaper, one of five things has usually changed: fewer openings were measured, a different anchor is used, there is no verifiable certification number, the provider must deploy it, or there is no written warranty. Hurricane Solution recommends getting those five items in writing from every provider, including us, before comparing prices.

Yes. In Hurricane Solution's experience, a rush installation during an active alert can cost 30% to 60% more, if it can be done at all, because materials and crews are in demand everywhere. A permanent system can't be fabricated and installed in the few days of an alert, so we recommend installing between November and April.

Hurricane Otis (2023) caused about $2.1 billion USD in insured damage in Acapulco, including an estimated 7.7 billion pesos in damage to 101 assessed hotels, according to the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions (AMIS). For a hotel, the biggest cost is rarely the glass; it's rooms out of service, closure and a late reopening.

Most hurricane protection failures happen at the connection to the building, the anchor, not in the fabric or panel. That's why Hurricane Solution uses a patented 8-point flexible stainless-steel anchoring system designed for each property's actual wall: concrete, block, stone or wood.

When a window or door fails in a hurricane, wind enters and pressurizes the interior, so the roof is pushed up from inside while suction pulls it from outside. That's why Hurricane Solution protects the entire building envelope, not just the largest windows.

No. Hurricane Solution assesses and protects the full envelope, including service doors, kitchens, laundries, electrical rooms and vents, because one unprotected opening is enough to pressurize the interior. In a hotel, the opening that fails is often one no guest ever sees.

Hurricane screen protects windows and doors from wind and flying debris and greatly reduces rain intrusion, but it doesn't stop waves, storm surge or flooding from rivers. For rain on terraces and restaurants, Hurricane Solution offers HS Terrace; for surge and flooding, we recommend civil engineering.

A slow hurricane loads a building for many hours: repeated stress on anchors, sustained pressure differences and wind-driven rain. In October 2026, Hurricane Simon moved at about 7 km/h (4–5 mph) off Cabo Corrientes, near Puerto Vallarta, for hours without making landfall. Hurricane Solution designs its anchoring to withstand duration, not just a peak gust.

Less than it seems. A hurricane watch is typically issued about 48 hours before the first tropical-storm-force winds and a hurricane warning about 36 hours before, and once those winds arrive it's no longer safe to work at height. Hurricane Solution recommends deploying at the watch, not the warning.

A renovation that adds or changes openings can leave parts of a previously protected building unprotected, and your insurance documentation no longer matches the real building. Hurricane Solution recommends a new assessment after any change to windows, doors or facades.

Hurricane Solution's warranties remain 10 years (HS-1500), 7 years (HS-1250) and 5 years (HS-875); we have reports of screens in service for up to 20 years: its fabric passed a UV exposure test equivalent to 10 years of sun, and a screen is only exposed during the season, not all year. Care is basic: rinse with fresh water after each use, dry completely before storing and check every year that each screw threads into its anchor.

Neither wins everywhere. Hurricane Solution's certified fabric screens are lighter (about 1 kg per 3 m²), absorb and spread impact energy, are nearly invisible between seasons and usually cost less per square meter. Roll-down and accordion shutters are more practical for openings you close every day, but they're heavy, visible year-round and their mechanisms suffer from salt air.

Plywood isn't designed or certified for hurricane winds, has to be bought for every alert, damages walls when fastened and its fastenings tend to loosen in long storms. Hurricane Solution treats it as an emergency measure, not protection.

Metal and polycarbonate storm panels resist impact well, but they're heavy, hard to store and slow to install, especially on tall buildings, and being rigid they concentrate load on their fasteners. Hurricane Solution's fabric screens deploy in minutes per opening and spread the load across flexible anchors.

In Mexico, most glass sold as "certified" is impact glass, not hurricane glass tested as a complete system (glass, frame and installation). Impact glass is much cheaper and can give way after the first hit in a strong hurricane; once it does, wind enters and the interior pressurizes.

Real hurricane glass is designed not to fail, but it still breaks, and a replacement panel can take many months to fabricate, especially after a hurricane. That's why many of Hurricane Solution's hotel clients protect their hurricane glass with fabric: a small cost compared with very expensive glass and months with a cracked panel in the lobby.

ASTM E1996 is the standard that defines flying-debris impact tests; Level E is its highest impact level (a 9-lb 2×4 at 80 feet per second, versus 50 at Level D); and a Miami-Dade NOA is a public product approval from Miami-Dade County. Hurricane Solution's HS-1500 has all three: tested to Level E and approved under NOA 25-0519.01.

Hurricane Solution's three fabric systems differ in strength, use and warranty: the HS-1500 (over 1,500 psi, Level E-tested, 10-year warranty) is for beachfront homes and hotels; the HS-1250 (over 1,250 psi, Category 5, available in white, 7 years) for oceanfront properties or those within 2 km (1.2 miles) of the coast; and the HS-875 (tested to 825 psi, Category 3, 5 years) for properties more than 2 km inland. All three cover openings up to 3.8 meters (12.5 ft) between anchors; wider spans use AquaGrid.

You can, but buying the fabric isn't buying the system: approvals such as a Miami-Dade NOA cover the system installed to tested specifications for anchoring, tension and distance from the glass. Change the anchor and it's no longer the system that was tested, and it will be hard to document for an insurer.

A fixed anchor point, such as a grommet or rigid ring, sends all the impact energy into one spot on the fabric and the wall; a flexible anchor, like Hurricane Solution's patented clip, moves with the screen, helps decelerate the projectile and spreads the load. Hurricane Solution's fabric has no grommets or holes, which are weak points in the material.

The Mullen Burst test (ASTM D3786) measures how much pressure a fabric withstands before it bursts, in pounds per square inch (psi). Hurricane Solution's HS-1500 fabric exceeds 1,500 psi: in Clemson University's test, the machine reached its limit before the fabric did. The HS-1250 exceeds 1,250 psi, and the HS-875 (875 is the product name) is tested to 825 psi. The HS-1500's 1,500 psi value also appears in its approved Florida engineering file.

Hurricane Solution only installs hurricane screen systems because, across more than 30 storms since 2008, it has seen other systems fail in real conditions (plywood, poorly fastened panels, shutters with salt-damaged mechanisms) and won't sell what it doesn't stand behind. Fabric flexes to decelerate impact, is light and deploys quickly.

AquaGrid is Hurricane Solution's high-strength mesh for openings standard hurricane screen can't span: it covers up to 20 meters between anchor points, and its 50% open weave reduces wind load on the structure and anchors. It's used for openings wider than 3.8 meters (12.5 ft), the maximum span for standard hurricane screen, such as lobbies, car showrooms, hospitals and large glass facades.

Hurricane Solution is the only company in Mexico with a hurricane protection system tested to ASTM E1996 Missile Level E: its HS-1500 fabric withstood a 9-lb 2×4 fired at 80 feet per second, about 2.56 times the impact energy of Level D. The test was performed by Fenestration Testing Laboratory in Florida. In a later test at the same lab, the fabric withstood the same missile at 113.4 feet per second.

Hurricane Solution's HS-1500 screen stopped a 9-lb 2×4 fired at 113.4 feet per second (about 77 mph, 124 km/h) without penetration in Fenestration Testing Laboratory test No. 6950 in Florida: 1.4 times the Level E speed and about 2 times its impact energy. That speed falls within the range Australia's standard requires for cyclone debris in its most severe cyclone region (Region D, 34 to 44 m/s).

Protection is really certified when it has an approval number you can look up in a public database. Hurricane Solution's HS-1500 holds Miami-Dade NOA 25-0519.01 (High Velocity Hurricane Zone, large and small missile impact, ±60 psf design pressure, valid through October 20, 2030) Florida Product Approvals FL17661-R5 (HVHZ, revised August 2026) and FL15208-R7, and an active Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) approval. The HS-875 holds Florida Product Approval FL15186-R7 (outside the HVHZ, large missile impact Level D, up to ±80 psf). Any architect, engineer or insurer can check them online.

Hurricane Solution has documented more than 30 storms since 2008 with no failures in correctly installed systems. The documented failures occurred when the building's structure gave way before the system, or when Hurricane Solution did not perform the installation.

When Hurricane Delta made landfall near Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, in October 2020 as a Category 2, a hotel protected by Hurricane Solution reopened on the third day while its neighbors took weeks, according to its director of operations. In another project, a 2,500-room hotel was fully protected in a single day by its own staff.

The International Hurricane Protection Association (IHPA) is a Florida-based industry association, and Hurricane Solution is its only member in Mexico. Membership requires documented licensing, liability insurance, approved products, a code of ethics and board approval.

Hurricane Solution is an authorized distributor and certified installer in Mexico of US-manufactured hurricane protection systems; HS-1500, HS-1250 and HS-875 are Hurricane Solution's designations for those systems. Public approvals such as Miami-Dade NOA 25-0519.01, Florida FL17661-R5 and Florida FL15186-R7 are registered under the manufacturer's company and product name, which is why a different name appears when you look them up. The approval number is what to verify. What Hurricane Solution adds: technical assessment, custom fabrication for every opening, anchoring designed for the actual wall, certified installation, staff training, insurance documentation and service in Mexico since 2008.

Yes, if the opening is set up for it. The system has an emergency egress capability approval: in an interior-mounted installation with clips, anchors and thumbscrews, the screen releases from inside without tools. Hurricane Solution recommends this setup for emergency exits in hotels, hospitals and occupied homes.

Hurricane Solution's fabric and hardware are made in the United States with patented technology under an independent quality-assurance program: NAMI QA #1142-1, based on ISO/IEC 17020, issued by NAMI, a Florida-approved quality assurance entity (QUA1789), valid through December 31, 2026. Every screen is custom-made to the exact size of its opening, with no generic pieces or on-site cutting.

Hurricane Solution protected the DIF Solidaridad shelters in Playa del Carmen with hurricane screen, and the agency recommended it in writing. Through Project Protect, hotels, companies and governments fund protection for shelters and buildings in vulnerable communities.

Customer reviews of Hurricane Solution are on its Google profile. To evaluate any provider, we recommend looking for reviews that mention the city, the type of property and a real storm, and asking to speak directly with a previous client.

Fernando Loría is Director of Hurricane Solution, the hurricane protection brand of American Development Group, and the author of its signed technical analyses on certification, anchoring, hotel deployment and insurance documentation.

Hurricane Solution recommends the HS-1500 (Level E) for beachfront properties and hotels, the HS-1250 (Category 5) for oceanfront properties or those within 2 km (1.2 miles) of the coast, the HS-875 (Category 3) for properties more than 2 km inland and AquaGrid for openings wider than 3.8 meters. The free on-site assessment confirms the recommendation.

Hurricane Solution recommends getting these in writing from any provider, including us: (1) the system's approval number and where to look it up; (2) the independent lab report for impact and pressure; (3) fabric strength in psi (Mullen Burst); (4) the anchor type, fixed or flexible, and which wall it's designed for; (5) whether the fabric has grommets or holes; (6) the square meters of openings measured; (7) who deploys it before each storm and how long it takes; (8) the warranty in years; (9) whether the system has failed in real storms, and why; (10) what documentation you'll get for your insurer.

Yes, with the HS-875 and HS-1250: both have 5% openness, let light through and let you see out. The HS-1500 is translucent: it lets light through but you can't see out clearly, because it forms a full protective envelope. Either way, the home isn't left in the dark the way it is with metal panels or plywood.

You can, but Hurricane Solution recommends rolling them up: deploy the screens at a hurricane watch and take them down once the threat passes. Months of sun and salt air speed up wear and shorten their life, and with the screens rolled up the property keeps its view and ventilation.

Yes. Hurricane Solution adapts its systems to almost any existing structure (homes, condos, hotels and historic buildings) with screens made to the exact size of each opening and anchors designed for the actual wall. Where a wall can't hold an anchor, steel reinforcement (PTR) is added.

Hurricane screen isn't the best option for an opening you use every day and need to close many times a year, such as a storefront; a motorized roll-down shutter may be more practical there. It also doesn't solve storm surge or flooding, which need civil engineering. Hurricane Solution says so during the assessment, even when it means a smaller quote.

With Hurricane Solution, your own staff or property manager deploys it: the anchors stay permanently installed, and each custom-made screen weighs about 1 kg per 3 m². In a hotel, one employee protects a room in 3 to 5 minutes; in a home, two people usually finish in 1 to 3 hours.

Hurricane season on Mexico's Pacific coast starts on May 15 and in the Caribbean and Atlantic on June 1; both end on November 30. Hurricane Solution recommends buying between November and April so the system is fabricated, installed and your staff trained before the season starts.

Hurricane Solution recommends deploying as soon as a hurricane watch is issued for your area, without waiting for the warning or a confirmed landfall point. In October 2026, Hurricanes Simon and Trudy both changed track off Jalisco and Colima; with a reusable system, deploying when it turns out unnecessary costs hours, while not deploying can cost weeks.

At the end of every project, Hurricane Solution delivers a mitigation file (protected openings, certification numbers, photos, invoice, warranty and deployment protocol) to present to your insurer, and it is a preferred provider in the Chubb Masterpiece protection network.

Hurricane Solution provides a written warranty of 10 years on the HS-1500, 7 years on the HS-1250 and 5 years on the HS-875.

Hurricane Solution is based in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, and works along Mexico's coasts: Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Cozumel, the Riviera Maya, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, Mazatlán, Manzanillo, Acapulco, Puerto Escondido and Huatulco. The technical assessment is free with no obligation: phone and WhatsApp 984 404 5980 or info@hurricanesolution.com.

With Hurricane Solution, the property manager or the owner's staff deploys it: the anchors stay permanently installed, and each custom-made hurricane screen weighs about 1 kg per 3 m². Hurricane Solution trains staff on site and leaves a written manual for future staff changes. In a hotel, one employee protects a room in 3 to 5 minutes; in a home, two people usually finish in 1 to 3 hours.

Materials take 4–6 weeks to arrive from the United States. Install time depends on access to the openings. Hurricane Solution recommends buying between November and April so the system is fabricated, installed and your staff trained before the season starts.

Yes. Hurricane Solution adapts its systems to new construction and projects under construction, as well as to existing structures — homes, condos, hotels and historic buildings — with hurricane screens made to the exact size of each opening and anchors designed for the actual wall. Where a wall can't hold an anchor, steel reinforcement (PTR) is added. In the quote form, "Construction Project" is one of the evaluation options.