Garage door reinforcing during hurricane your garage door is probably the largest opening in your house and needs to be protected especially older doors installed before more stringent building codes went into effect.
Storm surge overjead garage door.
Whether you replace or repair put a surge protector on the unit 900 joules or higher and this won t happen again.
1 use a sturdy and safe ladder to reach the opener.
Storm shield garage door threshold creates a tight seal between the bottom of your garage door and the concrete closing any gaps left by uneven concrete or the garage door rubber seal.
With this door you shut it lock it and it s done says kriste lamay co owner of broten garage door in pompano beach.
Home improvement expert danny lipford shows you how to reinforce and brace your garage doors.
To begin troubleshooting your garage door opener with electrical issues.
It will block wind driven rain snow dirt sand leaves and rodents out.
Alpine s redi storm is a high windload wind rated overhead door designed specifically for hurricanes tornadoes and crucial wind protection.
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.
The redi storm wind rated tornado doors are constructed to withstand powerful windstorms while retaining the functions of a normal service door.
If the garage door is blown open wind enters your home.
Preparing yourself and reinforcing this weak spot is always a good idea.
2 unplug the garage door opener from the electrical outlet.
A hurricane resistant retrofit kit for garage doors includes braces and hardware and costs about 500 for a double garage door.
Allow the opener to operate without.
The surest way to prevent a garage door from failing in hurricane force winds is to brace the door using a garage door bracing kit.
If your garage door opener has a button that opens the garage door and another button to close it press the close button.
We have enough to do when preparing for a storm and you don t want to.
You can probably install braces yourself if you re handy with a drill.
3 remove the outer cover over the motor and circuit board.
When high winds hit a reinforced garage door is one of your home s most important safeguards against nature s fury.