Every exterior opening residential or commercial must be provided with protection by shutters or impact resistant windows against wind borne debris caused by hurricanes in the hvhz.
Broward county impact windows code.
Code which applies to miami dade and broward counties.
The florida product approval system under the florida building.
All replacement windows and doors must comply with the minimum 130 miles per hour wind speed resistance specification.
If you install impact protection shutters on your replacement door and window it must have an approval number from the state of florida and an evaluation report from the manufacturer.
Here is an example.
U 5 4 shgc 18 window floor ratio no oh 15 wfr 2 oh.
08 30am 06 00pm sat.
10 00am 02 00pm or by appointment.
How the energy code works the code compares a residentialbuilding s potential annual energy use as it will be built to that of a baseline building with optimized features.
It requires windows to be impact resistant or protected by a shutter if the structure is located within one mile of the coast where the wind speed is 100 mph or greater.
This is an area consisting of palm beach county broward county miami dade county and monroe county.
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This also applies to sliding doors and windows.
U 5 4 shgc single pane clear south.
Dania beach fl 33004.
Current noa documents can be found on our product approvals and certifications page.
Product approval pressure rating required design.
Furthermore the high velocity hurricane zone hvhz section of the fbc states every exterior opening residential or commercial must be provided with protection by shutters.
Building code information all of pgt s noas are fully updated and approved by miami dade county to the new code.