No they usualy just need a good dusting or hosed off.
Plantation shutters can sometimes be difficult to dust and clean because of all of the slats on the shutters. It is best to use a damp cloth or dusting wand on the shutters to clear the dust and dirt, but you can also use the brush head of your vacuum cleaner. If there are some hard to clean areas, try reaching them with a toothbrush. You can use a commercial dusting spray to clean your shutters if they seem especially dirty. If your shutters are made of wood, you should not use water on the wooden slats.
No they are no to hard to clean. You can use a presure washer.
Vinyl is hard to clean , its cold in winter, when its new it out gasses (toxic) since its from petroleum derived products.It can tear easily when its older , weakened if you clean with acetone/ispropyl alcohol and also its ugly
On the soft vinyl you should use a vinyl paint and on the hard plastics use a epoxy paint or plastic paint. Make sure to thoroughly clean all surfaces to be painted with acetone or TSP then rinse in clean water.
Unfortunately, it can be hard to quickly remove shutters. Consider boarding windows over the shutters if you have to abandon due to a storm.
Installing vinyl flooring is hard if does not get tips and step-by-step instructions to help with installing vinyl sheet flooring.
What would look better all depends on you. Vinyl molds and is hard to keep clean so you would have to keep changing it. Fabric is easy to clean just toss in the washer and dryer and you really don't need a liner with it. I prefer the Fabric curtains I just think they look better to me.
Plastic can be soft or hard, depending on its composition and processing. Some plastics are engineered to be flexible and soft, while others are rigid and hard.
A plantation was a large piece of land with a big house, slave quarters and fields of crops. The slaves were made to tend the crops and do all of the hard labor around the plantation.
Installing hurricane shutters is pretty much the same as regular shutters. All you need is a drill and an extra guy to help you hold them in place. If the windows are up high, make sure someone is bracing the ladder at the bottom, and also have someone inside the room upstairs to help hold the shutter in place.
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