"jerryl" wrote in message
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"MiamiCuse" wrote in message
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Question about hurricane proof garage doors in Miami, FL.

I understand all new doors in south Florida need to be hurricane proof
doors. Does anyone know what exactly that means?

It is a special kind of doors or does it mean a special way of installing
the door with reinforcement?

Thanks,

MC

Hurricane garage doors are very susceptible to blowing out in a hurricane
thus allowing the wind to enter the house, blow out the windows and
possibly lift the roof. Most garage doors in Florida are metal doors. What
they do is put horizontal metal braces across the door. Then they give
you at least one vertical brace (usually stored on the door itself). This
vertical brace would be placed on brackets installed on the door and then
into a socket on the garage floor. This would prevent the wind from
blowing the door in.


Thanks, so if it's a standard metal door, the other hurricane proof measures
(bracing) and done at install time?

MC