Even if we’re not talking about tornados, strong wind can have a significant negative impact on your property and as it turns out, your garage door is a particularly vulnerable spot.
Although garage doors are designed to withstand winds up to 65 to 70 miles-per-hour, during the windiest seasons, winds can get much stronger than the threshold, and they have a rather wide surface area. Unfortunately, the garage is a weak point and the more surface area the winds can attach to, the more damage it can cause.
If the wind pushes through the garage, the next targets are the roof and the walls. And even if the storms are not particularly strong, the damage can look a lot worse afterward. Because of these weak points, a mild storm can generate terrible damage as once it has passed the weakest point in the house, it’s rather easy to tear off a roof and rip the walls.
If you want to avoid these mishaps and a potential disaster that puts not only your property but also your family in danger, we recommend you buy a garage door that’s specifically designed and engineered to endure storms and strong winds. If buying a new garage door is not an option for you, contact a professional and retrofit the one you already have.
If you have a solid garage door jam, you can cover the base and add reinforcement to the door track using extra brackets to hold that track to keep it from blowing away, that allows the rollers to pop out and the door to blow in.
Either way, it is really important that if you have any concerns regarding your garage door, you contact a reliable garage door expert who can inspect your door before the windy and storm season starts, and give you proper advice in case if you need any upgrades or if you have to do any changes to avoid any complications with your door.