Keep the mosquitoes off your porch after a day on the trails or the water, and keep your windows safe when a storm heads for Pleasure Island. Casey Outdoors installs motorized screens, screened porches and roll-down hurricane shutters across Gulf Shores.
Gulf Shores is surrounded by water: the Gulf in front, the Intracoastal Waterway behind, and Little Lagoon, Lake Shelby and the Bon Secour marshes in between. Canal homes and lagoon-front lots are beautiful, and they sit right next to the standing water and wetlands where mosquitoes and biting midges breed.
After a summer thunderstorm, the swarms come out right around sunset, the same time you want to be outside. A porch without real screening becomes a place you walk past instead of a place you live.
A motorized screen drops from a slim housing mounted above the opening and locks into tracks on both sides. Raise it for an open porch with nothing between you and the lagoon; lower it and the bugs, glare and blowing sand stay outside.
Planning a full porch build? See our screened porches and patios and outdoor living design services.
Gulf Shores homeowners remember Hurricane Sally, which came ashore here in September 2020. Roll-down shutters mean the next storm doesn't start with a scramble for plywood. They lower from a compact box above each opening and lock down in minutes.
Gulf Shores has a lot of FORTIFIED construction, and rated opening protection is part of that standard. Many Alabama insurers offer wind-mitigation discounts for it. We'll give you the product ratings and install documentation your agent needs. Discounts vary by policy, so check with your insurer.
The beach is only part of it. Here's how locals spend a good day in Gulf Shores.
Bike or walk the nationally known Backcountry Trail, miles of paved path through pine forest, marsh and lakeside boardwalk.
Cast off the Gulf State Park Pier, drift Little Lagoon or take the boat out on the Intracoastal for redfish and speckled trout.
Catch a band at The Hangout on the public beach, or at one of the local beach bars and waterfront spots with music most nights.
Screens down, ceiling fan turning and the sound of the water, without a single mosquito making it inside.
Every October, Gulf Shores throws one of the biggest parties on the Gulf Coast. For more than 50 years the free four-day festival has filled the public beach with fresh Gulf shrimp cooked every way you can think of, live music on multiple stages, art vendors, a sandcastle contest and a 5K.
It's also the start of the best porch season of the year: cooler evenings, lighter humidity and long nights outside.
Casey Outdoors is licensed, insured and local. We install and service motorized screens and hurricane shutters from West Beach to the Intracoastal and throughout South Baldwin County, including:
Price depends on the size and number of openings, the fabric and the control options. Most porches have several openings, so we measure on site and give you a written quote. The quote is free, and we'll show you fabric samples at your home.
Yes. Waterfront porches are where they help most. We use no-see-um mesh and sealed side tracks to handle the bugs coming off the water, and salt-resistant hardware for the spray.
No. Motorized screens are built for everyday wind, not tropical storms. Raise them into their housings before a storm and lower your hurricane shutters instead.
Rated opening protection is part of the FORTIFIED Home standard and can qualify for wind-mitigation discounts with many Alabama insurers. Ask your agent which products and paperwork they accept.
Yes. We handle HOA color and mounting approvals for condos, and many rental owners use shutters to secure the property between guests.
We'll come to you, measure every opening, bring screen and shutter samples, and give you a written price for screens, shutters or both.