Garage Door Wind Post

While these wind load posts are rated for 120 mile an hour winds they bring your door up to code.

Garage door wind post.

Because garage doors are so large pressure from hurricane activity or high winds can cause garage doors to detach from their tracks or even collapse. For two or more posts each post must be evenly spaced across the door width and centered on a stile with a hinge. But they add peace of mind that your garage is secure and you re not going to have damage to your personal property. The removable windload post is designed to be installed on any sectional garage door at the center hinge locations.

Attach the header lock bracket to the header using the 4 5 16 x 1 5 8 lag screws provided as shown in figure 1. Our industry leading wind rated garage doors are the pinnacle of high wind protection and stylish designs. New garage doors have adequate support structures designed into the door which can resist both positive and negative pressures created by a hurricane or other wind related events. Approved garage doors are available in a wide variety of designs and styles.

They don t make yours a wind load door. For a comprehensive review of raynor wind load tested and approved garage doors choose from the following options. All raynor residential steel garage doors come with a wind load option except for aspen ap200lv luxevue because of its large windows. Wind load post installation instructions step 1.

Before you put the post in you should disconnect the arm from the operator to the door and also unplug the operator. As the largest point of entry your garage door offers the largest opportunity for high pressure havoc. Positive pressure occurs when the wind is blowing against your door and negative pressure is when the wind acts in such a way as to pull or suck your door outwards. When high winds hit a reinforced garage door is one of your home s most important safeguards against nature s fury.