Hi there - may seem like a strange request. I need to build some detachable screens to protect the glazing at the front of a property from occasional storm waves. If I do it in stainless framework in box section of 100 x 500 x 5 the panels become too heavy to handle. They won't be sliders, they'll need to be manually lifted into place at times of need. The height is approx 2.8m and I need to cover a width of 6m. If i was doing them in steel the most I could possibly hope to lift would be panels of 500mm wide, but even that would be difficult. The idea is to fix these panels in place when a storm is predicted. There would be a slot about 100mm deep at the bottom and a rail about 100mm deep at the top to fix against.
These panels will take an occasional pounding from the sea. My only experience of carbon fibre is in my windsurfing mast which takes a beating like no other
Thank you in advance.