How Do You Brace A Garage Door For Hurricane Protection?
Your garage door is the largest and weakest door in your house. In gale force winds of 100 miles per hour, a 16-foot by x 7-foot garage door has to withstand over 2095 lbs. of inward pressure. Unless you have installed a hurricane shutter system over your garage door, it won’t last under that kind of pressure. There are several things you can do to help brace a garage door for hurricane protection that will work on any size garage door and won’t cost as much as installing a hurricane shutter system. Close the garage door. If your garage door has a lock, lock it. Measure any windows in the garage door and transfer those measurements to one of your sheets of plywood. Add one inch to your measurement of the window as you transfer to the wood. Cut out the window pieces from the plywood. Nail them over the windows from the outside of the garage door. Do not attach them on the inside. Better you put some holes in your door that you have to putty later than to have to replace the glass. Measu
