Second Story Seisnmic Corner Bracing Garage Door

Studies have shown that walls containing garage doors perform poorly when subjected to lateral wind and seismic forces.

Second story seisnmic corner bracing garage door.

If preferred install the floor brace after installing the vertical braces. Builders hardware product type. When the narrow sections of the wall on each side of the opening are not reinforced or braced the weakness is worse. Garage door hardware builders hardware product type.

Price low to high. This is especially true when the wall containing the garage door is offset by more than a few feet from other braced wall lines parallel to the garage door see illustration below. 1 inch 25 4 mm 1 foot 304 8 mm. Set your store to see local.

Install a 2 by 4 on the garage floor at the base of the door to act as a base for the brace with the length extending just beyond the door hinges. Method pfg portal frame at garage door openings in seismic design categories a b and c. A bryan readling p e responds. Zinc plated heavy duty corner brace 2 pack model 15442 4 28 4 28.

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