Is Your Garage Door Ready for the Florida Hurricane Season?

Is Your Garage Door Ready for the Florida Hurricane Season?

The 2019 hurricane season is here and NOAA forecasters monitoring oceanic and atmospheric patterns say conditions are now more favorable for above-normal hurricane activity since El Nino has now ended. Two named storms have formed so far this year and the peak months of the hurricane season, August through October, are now underway. After hurricane … Read more

Replacing Older Florida Garage Door Can Save Your Home

Backing your car against the door provides little additional bracing. It may help brace the panel the car bumper pushes against from positive (inward acting) pressure; but, it will do nothing to help with negative (outward acting) pressures. It just puts the car closer to possible debris impact damage.

Florida coastal property owners want to make sure their garage door meets updated building code wind-resistance requirements. As much as 80 percent of the dollar damage to residences during Hurricane Andrew were attributed to garage doors.  According to this FEMA Bulletin: High winds from hurricanes and tornadoes can damage garage doors or even blow them … Read more