Protecting Your House With A Quality Garage Door
Do you know that in a high-wind event, such as a hurricane, garage doors are one of a home's greatest danger zones? This fact reinforces the importance of having a garage door that is up to code. For a garage door system to be up to code in the hurricane-prone areas, it must meet the wind-load requirements of the county in which it is installed.
These wind-load requirements are very demanding in Florida. In he Tampa Bay area a garage door system must be able to resist a wind speed of up to 150 mph depending on location.
Testing on garage door systems and retro-fit kits includes subjecting the products to hurricane-force winds using a wind-tunnel testing lab and using air guns to fire 2x4s and other materials at the garage door surface to simulate the effects of flying debris in a high-wind situation.
One way to make the garage hurricane-ready and code compliant is to buy a new garage door. Your replacement doors will meet the new State of Florida Building Code from September 2007 and will be hurricane-ready, protecting both you and your family.