Opening Protection pertains to exterior doors, garage doors, windows, glass blocks, and skylights.
There are generally three levels of possible credit for this segment of the inspection:
- The highest level of credit is when ALL openings are Large Missile Impact Rated (Level A.1). This means all doors, windows, garage doors, skylights, glass block, etc. are all
protected by, or are rated at, the highest level. - Since this is not required by code in all jurisdictions, a home may qualify for the second level (Level A.2) which is where 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.
- The third option is when 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 (Level A.3)
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