The 2002 florida building code requires homes in most coastal areas have windows installed that can withstand 350 foot pounds of impact energy.
Impact resistant garage doors florida.
High velocity hurricane zone hvhz miami dade and broward counties require all garage doors meet the large missile impact rating regardless if the garage door has windows or not.
Your local overhead door distributor can suggest a wind resistant garage door that offers the highest level of protection for your situation or geographic region.
If you do not have a tested wind rated door high winds can force it out of the opening causing an uncontrolled buildup of internal pressure and ultimately a blowout of your home s roof and supporting walls.
Smooth structurally enhanced window frame.
This is a pleasing minimalist garage door reinforcement strut with the same wind resistant power as our previous reinforcement strut.
The number and thickness of the steel layers can help improve the maximum wind speed the door can withstand.
But other than being shielded from storms our glass garage doors also deter criminals from trying to enter your home.
Garage doors play a critical role in protecting your home especially if you live in a hurricane prone or high wind regions like florida connecticut texas north carolina and south carolina.
Impact rated garage doors offer a few different structural benefits over standard issue garage doors.
Many wind resistant garage doors feature the newly patented tapered strut or t strut design.
Standard unreinforced garage doors generally contain only a single or perhaps a double layer of metal.
Choose these features when you re looking for a hurricane resistant garage door.
Impact windows windows made of clear impact resistant glass are compatible with a variety of decorative trim styles to complement all home designs.
Impact resistant garage doors are built with a minimum of one layer of steel.
How to protect your garage door from hurricanes.
Part of the pgt family of brands.
Sstd 12 astm e 1886 and astm e 1996 or miami dade pa 201 202 and 203 2.
No amount of human force can possibly break through our impact resistant glass.
Strong durable uv resistant clear lexan glazing.
Offered on clopay windcode garage doors up to w6 not available in miami dade or broward counties.
Impact resistant garage doors also have heavier gauge track than standard garage doors.
Our impact resistant glass garage doors are usually installed because floridians want extra protection from storms.
In addition to steel many wind resistant garage doors also have additional layers of aluminum wood paneling and insulation.
In florida being farther south and closer to the shoreline it is more likely a home or building will be in the wind borne debris region.
Clopay impact resistant windows meet this new stricter code.
Pgt custom hurricane and impact resistant windows doors serving miami fort lauderdale jacksonville orlando naples tampa sarasota all of florida and the gulf coast.