Garage Door Wind Load Kit

Using a wind load post on your garage door.

Garage door wind load kit.

They don t make yours a wind load door. A wind loaded garage door is designed with specific components such as track jamb brackets hinges rollers and reinforcing struts that meet designated design wind pressures. The basic instructions included with your door. Crucial to the wind resistance of any garage door system is either locks or a garage door operator to keep the door closed.

Simply adding reinforcements to a non wind load rated door does not necessarily increase the door s wind resistance. All of these components along with the door sections comprise a complete wind resistive system. Failure to install the jamb brackets struts and bolt retainers exactly as shown will result in your door not passing local inspection. While these wind load posts are rated for 120 mile an hour winds they bring your door up to code.

The jamb brackets struts and bolt retainers illustrated below must be installed exactly as shown to conform to wind load regulations. This includes not only the door sections but also any struts the track brackets and supporting hardware. A wind loaded garage door is designed with specific components such as track jamb brackets hinges rollers and reinforcing struts that meet designated design wind pressures. Before you put the post in you should disconnect the arm from the operator to the door and also unplug the operator.