Garage Door Wind Post

As the largest point of entry your garage door offers the largest opportunity for high pressure havoc.

Garage door wind post.

The removable windload post is designed to be installed on any sectional garage door at the center hinge locations. Use the same installation procedure for one two or three post assemblies. Before you put the post in you should disconnect the arm from the operator to the door and also unplug the operator. But they add peace of mind that your garage is secure and you re not going to have damage to your personal property.

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. When high winds hit a reinforced garage door is one of your home s most important safeguards against nature s fury. 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. Wind load post installation instructions step 1.

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. 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. For two or more posts each post must be evenly spaced across the door width and centered on a stile with a hinge.

Our industry leading wind rated garage doors are the pinnacle of high wind protection and stylish designs. All raynor residential steel garage doors come with a wind load option except for aspen ap200lv luxevue because of its large windows. Approved garage doors are available in a wide variety of designs and styles. 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.