A Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance is the strictest product approval in the country, and it is the label Weston homeowners should look for. Impact Rated Garage Doors Weston explains how to read one.
What an NOA Is
A Notice of Acceptance is documentation issued after a product passes the High Velocity Hurricane Zone test protocols, which include large missile impact followed by thousands of pressure cycles. It is widely treated as the benchmark standard for hurricane products across Florida.
Broward County also accepts Florida Product Approvals that cover the required design pressures. Both are legitimate; the NOA is simply the more demanding of the two.
How to Read One
The document names the manufacturer, the exact door model and construction, the maximum size covered, the rated positive and negative design pressures, the approved installation and anchoring detail, and an expiration date.
Two details trip people up. First, ratings are size dependent, so a model approved to a high pressure at ten feet wide may carry a lower rating at eighteen feet. Second, approvals expire and get renewed, so an old document may no longer be current.
The Installation Detail Is Part of the Approval
An approval covers the door installed the way it was tested. Substituting anchors, changing spacing, or attaching to a substrate the approval does not cover voids compliance even though the door itself is rated.
This is the most common failure point on inspection, and it is entirely an installer issue rather than a product issue.
We Provide the Documentation
Every door we install in Weston comes with its approval documentation and a photographed label. Impact Rated Garage Doors Weston, 16000 S Post Road, Weston, FL 33331, (954) 837-8316.
Open 24 hours. Call if you want an existing door's approval verified.
Impact Rated Garage Doors Weston
- 16000 S Post Road, Weston, FL 33331
- (954) 837-8316
- Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
Main office: Impact Rated Garage Doors, 13651 NW 4th St, Pembroke Pines, FL 33028, (954) 232-0488.
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