Garage Door Indudtry Standards

1 this section shall apply to every exit door.

Garage door indudtry standards.

Buildings or structures used for human occupancy shall have at least one approved exit door. The consumer product safety commission commission or cpsc is amending its regulation safety standard for automatic residential garage door operators to reflect changes made by underwriters laboratories inc. The single standard garage door is 7 feet or 84 inches high. The width varies depending on the builder and the needs of the user ranging from 8 to 10 feet wide.

With technicians in orange county inland empire and all other surrounding areas we can guarantee efficiency in garage door assistance. Inability to comply will result in the operator being limited to constant contact to close operation. Therefore some pre 1982 garage door openers may have been manufactured with other safety features which may stop the door but not cause it to reverse. The ideal size for an 8 x 14 garden shed is a 6 x 6 6 garage door.

Standard specifications return to index new query 3235. Ul 325 2010 standard update all commercial door operators bearing the ul label must continuously monitor safety devices such as photo sensors and or sensing edges. Ul325 in its full definition is the standard for safety for door drapery gate louver and window operators and systems. For an approximately 12 x 22 detached garage or one attached to your house the most common width is 8 or 9 feet.

Those with an suv will find that the 10 by 7 foot garage door is the right fit. A receipt should be obtained for your records. This is a mandatory requirement for operation other than constant contact to close. Let caliber garage doors be your number one call for all southern california garage door needs.

All instructions included by the manufacturer with the operator must be left with the customer upon completion of any installation. Ul in the entrapment protection provisions in ul s standard ul 325 sixth edition standard for safety for door drapery gate louver and window operators and systems. Door drapery gate louver and window operators and systems seventh edition. However in terms of height it can go up to 12 feet to accommodate an rv.

Four door family cars will easily fit through an 8 or 9 by 7 foot door. General industry safety orders group 1. Garage doors and garage door operators should be installed maintained tested and operated in accordance with the instructions contained in the owner s manual. In 1982 ansi created a voluntary industry standard ansi ul 325 1982 which requires automatic reversing mechanisms on garage door openers sold in the us.

General physical conditions and structures orders article 2. Some states even prohibit the repair of garage doors that were constructed before or in spite of the ul325 standards demanding that the door is replaced with a ul325 compliant one instead. Doors to individual. The consumer product safety commission commission or cpsc is issuing a final rule amending the regulations for the safety standard for automatic residential garage door operators to reflect changes made by underwriters laboratories inc.