Hurricane & Weather

BW Ben Wilder Owner, Alpha Sliding Doors & Windows Repair Quick Answer A pre-hurricane sliding door inspection takes about 30 minutes per door and covers 12 specific checkpoints, from rollers and locks through weep holes and Florida Product Approval verification. Run the inspection in May or early June, before the season starts and before service […]

BW Ben Wilder Owner, Alpha Sliding Doors & Windows Repair Quick Answer After a hurricane passes, inspect sliding doors for four damage types: frame distortion that prevents closing or locking, roller impact damage from debris hits, glass seal failure that admits water, and lock or latch deformation from wind load. A door that will not

BW Ben Wilder Owner, Alpha Sliding Doors & Windows Repair Quick Answer Florida Building Code Chapter 16 sets the structural design loads, including hurricane wind pressures, that exterior openings must resist. For sliding doors in wind-borne debris regions, this means impact-rated assemblies with a current Florida Product Approval. Older non-impact doors are not required to