Most braces are made of heavy duty aluminum or steel and need to be drilled in to the concrete floor.
Garage door braces for hurricanes.
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How to install a hurricane brace.
Secure door is a hurricane tornado and high wind garage door brace that converts most existing garage doors to a storm high wind or hurricane resistant garage door.
Reviewed in the united states on august 28 2017.
They have brackets that attach to the door in multiple places to keep your garage door secure.
Secure door is a patented statewide florida building code approved garage door brace that was successfully tested to protect a home s largest and weakest opening.
5 0 out of 5 stars great for my single car door opening.
The door was very solid with the braces in place.
You can have a professional install a special hurricane rated garage door or use a ready to install garage door storm kit.
When it comes to preparing your garage door for a heavy storm you have several options.
Another option is to build custom 2 by 4 braces that will help reinforce the door as demonstrated below.
Testing showed that secure door offers excellent wind protection for even a cheap 26 guage rolled steel double car garage door under hurricane wind conditions rated at a strong category 5.