Garage Door Wind Load Post

Windload kit for sutherland 1 layer and 2 layer garage door.

Garage door wind load post. But they add peace of mind that your garage is secure and you re not going to have damage to your personal property. They don t make yours a wind load door. A 20 psf wind load adds 4 800 pounds of load on the building jambs that s three times the roll up door weight. All raynor residential steel garage doors come with a wind load option except for aspen ap200lv luxevue because of its large windows.

The removable windload post is designed to be installed on any sectional garage door at the center hinge locations. For example a 20 by 20 non insulated 22 gauge chain operated hurricane garage door weights about 1 600 pounds. The design wind load pressure rating of a door is expressed in psf pounds per square foot. Before you put the post in you should disconnect the arm from the operator to the door and also unplug the operator.

Use the same installation procedure for one two or three post assemblies. While these wind load posts are rated for 120 mile an hour winds they bring your door up to code. The header lock bracket should be in line with the intermediate hinges where the post is to be installed and located such that the bottom of the bracket is approximately 2 1 2. For two or more posts each post must be evenly spaced across the door width and centered on a stile with a hinge.

For a comprehensive review of raynor wind load tested and approved garage doors choose from the following options. Design pressure has positive and negative values. Extra garage door reinforcement for areas with strong winds up to 140 mph. Wind load garage doors you don t have to compromise style for preparedness.

A wind loaded garage door is designed with specific components such as track jamb brackets hinges rollers and reinforcing struts that meet designated design wind pressures. Wind load post installation instructions step 1. Wind load is the amount of live load that hurricane garage doors can handle. Practically every door that amarr offers is available with a wind load reinforcement system to withstand high wind conditions.

All of these components along with the door sections comprise a complete wind resistive system. Approved garage doors are available in a wide variety of designs and styles. All of these components along with the door sections comprise a complete wind resistive system. The design pressure of the door must equal or exceed the design pressure for the garage door opening in which a door is to be installed.

Using a wind load post on your garage door.