In certain zones you ll be required to have a garage door that can withstand well over 100 mph winds.
150 mph garage door.
Determine the minimum wind speed mph your door must meet or exceed from the map.
That rating means that after having a 2 4 piece of wood shot out of a canon at the door 3 times the door did not have any holes larger than 3.
Impact rating is a separate rating which means the garage door was tested for large missile impact rating.
Clopay assigns a windcode door w rating to our doors based on code requirements determined by wind speed in miles per hour mph home exposure and home structural type.
Windows made of clear impact resistant glass are compatible with a.
Your wind requirements could be for 140mph winds 150 mph winds or 160 mph winds and so on.
Impact resistant garage doors also have heavier gauge track than standard garage doors.
Many wind resistant garage doors feature the newly patented tapered strut or t strut design.
New hanover county 120 mph zone west of hwy 17 130 mph zone east of hwy 17.
Pender county 130 mph zone east of intercoastal waterwat 120 mph zone in the township of topsail island and the remainder of the county is the 110 mph zone.
This is a pleasing minimalist garage door reinforcement strut with the same wind resistant power as our previous reinforcement strut.
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.
Hyde county 120 mph zone west of us route 246 130 mpg zone east of us route 246.
For context it might be helpful to understand just how fast wind speeds are during a hurricane.