The new Amarr Classica 3000 garage doors have been installed. These new steel doors are stamped with three panels and look like wooden carriage-house doors.

Ernie Hutto from DAB Garage Doors explains that the garage door is the largest opening into any home. Hurricane winds can twist and shred a door, bringing wind force and pressure vacuums into the home and causing building failure. Hurricane Master doors are made of 24-gauge steel to make them more resistant to failure. DAB Hurricane Master doors are strengthened with their patented Interforce system that reinforces the top and bottom panels to prevent door twisting and blow-in. Denver Miller and his crew install the panels starting at the bottom. Reinforcing bars are integral to the design of these hurricane-resistant doors. The Interforce bars are added to the top and bottom panels to give more strength during high winds. The garage-door tracks are also reinforced with seven brackets, a flag bracket, and a 14-gauge steel track. This prevents the tracks from pulling, twisting, and blowing in during a hurricane. The garage door opener is also installed but, as Miller points out, it need not be heavy duty because the strength of the system relies on the torsion springs not the opener. An opener's job is simply to guide the door, not pull it.

Bob talks with Robert Rainey of PJ Overhead Door as the garage door panels and tracks are installed on the Norwell home. The installation of the springs for the garage door can be dangerous, so while it may seem that installing the garage doors is a do-it-yourself job, this may be a job that is best left to a professional. This garage-door installation shows how complicated it is to put a garage door in place. When complete, the new garage doors are a big improvement over the old ones.

Bob and Kevin take a brief tour of the project before Bob goes off to meet Kent Forsland of Designer Doors Inc. to look at the new garage doors.