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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
- Secure Door® is a patented hurricane garage door brace that converts most existing garage doors to a hurricane-resistant garage door. Does not require a building permit for purchase or installation.
- 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.
- Secure Door is designed for do-it-yourself installation by most homeowners. Set up and installation requires an electric drill, a masonry bit, a 5/16 inch socket driver, a crescent or socket wrench, a hammer, scissors or utility knife, screwdriver.
- The set-up and installation of the first brace typically can be completed in about 45 minutes with additional braces taking less time. A handyman or service can be hired usually at a very reasonable cost if the homeowner does not wish to install the brace
- Once the initial installation is complete, Secure Door is removed until needed. When not in use, only the top bracket (attached to the wall above the garage door) and the bolts for the floor anchor remain permanently in place.
- The floor anchor bolts fit flush and inconspicuously out of the way on the garage floor. After the initial installation is complete, each Secure Door brace can be put in place should a hurricane threaten (and subsequently taken down) in less than three mi
- Florida Building Code approved (FL6420); exceeds ASTM E330 and SBCCI retrofit wind speed standards.
- 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.
- Installation Instructions
- Florida Product Approval Data
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