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PATENTED VERTICAL BRACING SYSTEM FOR GARAGE DOORS
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Secure Door® is an extremely effective, Florida Building Code approved (FL6420),
highly affordable solution that provides wind protection for garage doors in the
event of a major hurricane. The product is a vertical bracing system made from high
quality aircraft-grade aluminum that attaches to the inside of the garage door.
Secure Door® hurricane garage door protection strengthens the door and provides
support for the door in addition to the garage door tracks. Secure Door® is a patented
hurricane garage door brace that converts most existing garage doors to a hurricane-resistant
garage door. While no garage door can be considered a hurricane proof garage door,
Secure Door’s exceptional performance capabilities have been proven through independent
laboratory tests and may be as close to that goal as possible.
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- Florida Building Code approved (FL6420) ; exceeds ASTM E330 and SBCCI retrofit wind
speed standards.
- Patented with a unique telescoping design that enables the brace to fit almost all
garage doors.
- Brackets attach to hinges to keep the door from blowing in or being sucked out and
are adjustable to permit the brace to be installed on doors with horizontal braces.
- The brace is anchored into the wall above the garage door,
into the garage floor, and to each hinge, providing the necessary reinforcement
of the garage door tracks.
- Made of high-quality aircraft-grade aluminum that is lightweight
yet incredibly strong; each brace weighs less than 15 pounds.
- Selected by the University of Florida for their Windstorm Training
Center hurricane-resistant model homes(Davie, Fort Pierce, St. Augustine and Escambia,
FL) and by Hurricane Warning for display in their Disaster Survival House in Deerfield
Beach, FL.
- Does not remain permanently attached to the garage door.
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Secure Door installed on door without bracing (left) and door with 2 x 4 bracing
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FAQ's
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Product Benefits:
- Provides
protection against up to 180 mph winds (dependent upon the quality, condition type
of material used in the fabrication of your garage door).
- Much
less expensive than hurricane-resistant garage doors and garage door shutters
- More
effective than retrofitted horizontal garage door braces
- Can
be set up in three minutes or less should a hurricane threaten
- Does
not attach permanently to the garage door; stores inconspicuously and conveniently
out of the way
- Does
not require a building permit for purchase or installation
- May
qualify you for some type of homeowners insurance discount
- Fits
almost all garage doors
- Lightweight,
requires no maintenance
- Reinforces
the garage door and provides an anchor and support in addition to the garage door
tracks
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Can your braces be installed if I have horizonta braces on my door?
Yes, the multiple holes on the "deflection brackets" are designed to permit our
brace to be installed behind horizontal bracing up to 6 inches thick.
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Can your braces be installed in the center of the door when an electric door
opener is installed?
Yes, but the "hockey-stick" shaped arm that connects the opener to the
door must be released before the brace is installed (and re-attached after the brace
is removed). This is normally done by removal of a cotter key and pin. Since you
may do this several times during the period you own the brace, you may want to consider
a quick-release cotter pin available for about $1 at most hardware stores.
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If my door is wood or fiberglass, will your braces help?
Yes, our bracing system will strengthen most every garage
door. However, we cannot determine how much our brace will improve your specific
door's ability to withstand hurricane force winds. Our bracing system works in conjunction
with your door and cannot compensate entirely for a door that is in poor repair
or condition, improperly installed, or built of flimsy material. Doors that cannot
withstand the impact of flying debris are subject to failure for reasons other than
just high winds. Similarly, garage doors with windows are at great risk as the windows
are often the weakest part of the garage door. Options to protect the window range
from replacing that panel of the door to fabricating a shutter to cover them, or
adding some form of covering securely mounted inside the door to cover the window
area. Of course, the other options are to replace the door with a hurricane-resistant
door or adding shutters to your garage to cover the garage door but these latter
two options are relatively expensive and may require a building permit.
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What do you do if you have windows in the garage door?
The windows must also be protected for the Secure Door
bracing system to be effective. Some solutions we have seen utilized by homeowners
are to replace the top panel with a panel that does not have windows. This approach
would require ordering a panel from your garage door manufacturer that is compatible
with your specific model of garage door. A second approach is to cover the windows
with a "shutter" fabricated from plywood and securely bolted to the top panel
of the door. A third approach we have seen utilized is to permanently mount Lexan
inside the top panel behind the windows to provide added protection. Please note
that none of these homeowner solutions have been laboratory tested to assess their
effectiveness.
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Is there an insurance discount for homeowners that use your product?
Insurance discounts are determined by individual insurance
companies. Many have granted discounts to Secure Door protected homes. Since Secure Door is statewide Florida Building Code approved and the only retrofit product
designed for the garage door that has been tested and certified, it is more likely
than any other garage door retrofit product to be approved by your insurance company.
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