Understanding Opening Protection Ratings on the Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form “1802"

Modified on Mon, 9 Mar at 4:56 PM

Opening Protection includes exterior doors, garage doors, windows, glass blocks, and skylights.

There are generally three levels of possible credit for this segment of the inspection:

LEVEL	DESCRIPTION
A.1	The highest level of credit is when ALL openings are Large Missile Impact Rated. This means all doors, windows, garage doors, skylights, glass block, etc. are all protected by, or are rated at, the highest level. Not required in all jurisdictions.
A. 2	All glazed openings are Large Missile Impact Rated (or protected by products that qualify as such) but all solid entry doors and garage door are verified to be wind and pressure rated. This may be likely if the home was built after 2002 and in an area that does not require impact doors.
A. 3	All glazed openings (openings in home that contain glass) are Large Missile Impact Rated (or protected by products that qualify as such) and all solid doors and garage door cannot be identified to be wind and pressure rated.