# Wind load rating

A term used when buying garage door.

Florida's product approval, statewide or local, that a door must hold before installation, inland included.

The geography most people assume is wrong. Florida requires a product to be approved before its use in construction anywhere in the state, either statewide or locally, and statewide approval then stops a local jurisdiction from demanding further testing. The wind-borne-debris region decides how much pressure and impact a door must take, not whether approval applies, so an inland shop sits inside the same regime as a coastal one. Doors are approved as exterior door assemblies and not as structural components, and the approval carries its installation instructions with it. A building official may still refuse a particular installation, by written report saying why it is inconsistent with the approval. The commercial teeth sit on whoever markets a product as hurricane protection without approval, which is a deceptive trade practice.

Part of: Buying a Garage Door Business (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-garage-door-business)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-garage-door-business/terms/wind-load-rating
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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