Research study
What the product approval register says about garage doors
Most guides treat a Miami-Dade approval and a Florida approval as two lookups. Florida law says one is enough. We opened the register to check.
Written by HyreGarage Research Desk Primary-source research and register analysis
Audited by HyreGarage Research Desk Citation, count verification and retrieval-date audit
The finding
One lookup is enough. Florida Statute 553.842 names Miami-Dade’s Product Control Division as a recognized statewide evaluation entity.
Florida’s free register at floridabuilding.org shows an “Approved for use in HVHZ: Yes/No” field for each door. We counted 54 roll-up door approvals from 26 manufacturers (retrieved 2026-09-06).
In a sample of 25, only 16 of 68 configurations (24%) were HVHZ-approved.
What did we find?
Florida Statute 553.842 names Miami-Dade’s Product Control Division as a recognized evaluation entity. Once a product holds statewide approval, local governments may not demand more testing for it.
Every exterior-door listing at floridabuilding.org carries an “Approved for use in HVHZ: Yes/No” field. HVHZ is the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone: Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
We counted the Roll-Up Exterior Door Assemblies category in full. In the 25 we opened, design pressures ran from ±11.5 to ±120 psf.
16 of 68 were approved for use in the HVHZ. The rest are approved outside the HVHZ only, which is a much lower bar.
Sectional Exterior Door Assemblies is the common home style. Page one showed four manufacturers, all Approved, out of 14 result pages. The page controls returned a server error beyond page one.
Its product search returned “Error Processing your request” on the retrieval date.
What does this page claim, and what doesn’t it?
It is an audit of a public register, not a shopping guide for any one product.
We did not invent a workaround. Florida Statute 553.842 names Miami-Dade’s Product Control Division as a recognized statewide evaluation entity. That is why the register’s HVHZ field can answer a Miami-Dade question.
Roll-Up Exterior Door Assemblies: all 54 applications retrieved, no gaps. Sectional Exterior Door Assemblies, the category most people mean by “garage door”: we confirmed page one of 14 and stopped there rather than estimate the rest.
The ±11.5 to ±120 psf spread exists because “roll-up door” covers everything from light rolling doors to heavy commercial coiling doors. It does not tell you what your house needs. That comes from a site-specific wind analysis.
We tried three different category searches at miamidade.gov/building/pc-search_app.asp on the retrieval date. Each returned “Error Processing your request.” We do not claim the portal is always broken, only that it did not work for us that day.
Several sampled applications had a newer “Pending” revision next to the current one. Any FL# and revision here is only current as of the retrieval date. Confirm against the live register before relying on it.
An approval number does not mean a door is correctly specified, installed or permitted for a given house. Confirm design pressure requirements with your local building department before ordering.
Is Miami-Dade approval separate from Florida approval?
No. Most guides say a homeowner in Miami-Dade or Broward must check both a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance (NOA) and a Florida Product Approval (FPA). The law that governs both says something more specific.
Florida Statute 553.842 tells the Florida Building Commission to “adopt rules to develop and implement a product evaluation and approval system that applies statewide.” It then names the evaluation bodies the Commission recognizes.
That list reads: “the National Evaluation Service, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials Evaluation Service, the International Code Council Evaluation Services, Underwriters Laboratories, LLC, Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc., and the Miami-Dade County Building Code Compliance Office Product Control Division.”
So Miami-Dade’s own office is on the list by name. Its review has long been the strictest in Florida. Miami-Dade and Broward carry the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone rules written after Hurricane Andrew. A product that passes can carry both a Miami-Dade NOA number and a statewide FL# in the same register.
The statute then adds the practical part: “statewide approval shall preclude local jurisdictions from requiring further testing, evaluation, or submission of other evidence as a condition of using the product,” as long as the product is used within its approved conditions.
HyreGarage analysis: so the register’s “Approved for use in HVHZ: Yes/No” field is not a second-best signal. It is where the same recognized system records the Miami-Dade and Broward question. It was also the one register that worked for us on the retrieval date.
A separate NOA lookup is not pointless. Makers still hold NOA numbers directly, and some products carry an NOA without a matching FL# yet. But the statewide register gives you a free, no-account check even when the county’s tool does not respond.
For how the wider hurricane code applies to doors, see garage doors and the hurricane code.
How many roll-up garage doors are approved in Florida?
54 applications are listed, and we retrieved every one, page by page. Five examples below show the range. The register itself is the primary source for the full list.
| FL# | Manufacturer | Status at retrieval | What the detail page shows |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL742-R13 | Overhead Door Corporation | Approved | Series 600 coil-away, model 742.1: not HVHZ-approved, approved outside HVHZ, not impact-rated. |
| FL14636-R9 | Cornell Iron Works, Inc. | Approved | Eleven listed configurations, all approved in HVHZ and outside it — design pressures from ±60/-60 to ±120/-120 across the line. |
| FL47471 | SteelBlue Building Components LLC | Approved | Five configurations, none HVHZ-approved, design pressures as low as ±11.5/-13 — the lightest-duty rating found in the sample. |
| FL48069-R0 / -R1 | Cookson Company, The | R0 Approved, R1 Pending | The currently enforceable approval (R0) sits alongside a newer revision (R1) still moving through the process at retrieval — the register shows both. |
| FL23801-R2 | Rollingdoors.com | Approved | One of only two sampled applications approved for HVHZ on every listed line item, not just some. |
Five of the 25 sampled applications, chosen to show the range. We retrieved and counted the full list of 54 applications from 26 manufacturers, but it is too long for a table here. Check any product against the live register by its FL# before relying on it.
Which sectional garage doors did page one confirm?
Eight applications from four familiar home garage door makers, all Approved. The register says it has 13 more pages, which we could not retrieve.
| FL# | Manufacturer | Application type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL5587-R14 | Wayne-Dalton, a division of Overhead Door Corporation | Affirmation | Approved |
| FL5678-R8 | Clopay Building Products Company | Revision | Approved |
| FL5684-R13 | Clopay Building Products Company | Revision | Approved |
| FL8026-R8 | Carriage House Door Company | Revision | Approved |
| FL8057-R10 | doorLink Manufacturing, Inc. | Revision | Approved |
| FL8071-R7 | doorLink Manufacturing, Inc. | Revision | Approved |
| FL8248-R23 | Wayne-Dalton, a division of Overhead Door Corporation | Revision | Approved |
| FL9174-R15 | Wayne-Dalton, a division of Overhead Door Corporation | Affirmation | Approved |
Page 1 of 14, retrieved 2026-09-06. Every row is a current Approved application from a national home garage door maker, so the category is live and full. We could not list all 14 pages once the site’s page-jump control began returning a server error to automated requests.
How does the approval register work?
Each FL# is a product line with its own revisions and its own HVHZ answers. Here is what the detail pages showed.
An FL# is a product line, not one door
Each application (for example FL742) covers a named product series. Under it sits a “Summary of Products” table listing several models, sizes or setups. Each row has its own design pressure and its own HVHZ answer.
Cornell Iron Works’ FL14636 alone listed eleven configurations, from ±60/-60 to ±120/-120 psf.
Revisions build up; only the current one counts
FL742-R13 means the 13th revision of application 742. Several sampled numbers (FL48069, FL47173, FL14396) showed an Approved revision next to a newer one still Pending. The Pending one is not yet enforceable. The register shows both because the history is public.
HVHZ and outside-HVHZ are two separate yes/no fields
Every configuration we opened has two answers: “Approved for use in HVHZ” and “Approved for use outside HVHZ.” A product can be approved outside the HVHZ only, and most sampled ones are. A blank field means it was not evaluated for that condition, not that it failed.
Makers prove compliance in different ways
Some applications rely on an “Evaluation Report from a Florida Registered Architect or a Licensed Florida Professional Engineer.” Others cite an “Evaluation Report from a Product Evaluation Entity.” Both are valid statewide routes, and the register names which one each FL# used.
How can you check your own garage door’s approval?
It takes about five minutes, with no account, on the same register this page used.
Makers print it on a permanent label inside the door frame or in the installation instructions. If you can’t find it, ask the installer or maker for it before trusting any spoken “hurricane rated” claim.
No account is needed for a basic search. Check the status reads “Approved,” not “Pending,” “Disabled” or “Revoked.” Note which revision (the -R number) is current.
One FL# can cover many setups. Find the row that matches your door’s model number and size before reading its design pressure. The top-line figure does not apply to every listed size.
In Miami-Dade or Broward County, “Approved for use outside HVHZ: Yes” does not answer your question. You need “Approved for use in HVHZ: Yes.”
The register shows what the door is rated for, not what your house needs. That comes from your county’s wind speed map, your building’s exposure and its mean roof height. Our wind-rating checker explains the inputs.
What do the terms on this page mean?
- FL#
- The statewide Florida Product Approval number, for example FL742-R13. The number after “-R” is the revision. Higher is newer, and only the current Approved revision is enforceable.
- NOA
- Notice of Acceptance: Miami-Dade County’s own product approval, issued by its Building Code Compliance Office Product Control Division. Florida Statute 553.842 also recognizes that office as a statewide evaluation entity.
- HVHZ
- High-Velocity Hurricane Zone: the stricter wind and impact rules that apply only in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. The “in HVHZ” field is separate from the “outside HVHZ” field.
- Application status
- Approved, Pending, Disabled, Revoked or similar. Only Approved is enforceable. Pending means a submitted revision has not yet cleared review.
- Design pressure
- The push and pull wind pressure (in psf, pounds per square foot) a door setup is rated to withstand, for example “+22.00 / -24.66.” It is listed per model and size, not once per FL#.
- Compliance method
- How an application proved it meets code. Most often it is an evaluation report from a Florida-licensed engineer or architect, or from a recognized Product Evaluation Entity.
What couldn’t we retrieve?
A total count of sectional garage door approvals. This category matters most for a home garage door. We confirmed only its first page: 8 applications, all Approved, from Wayne-Dalton, Clopay, Carriage House Door Company and doorLink Manufacturing.
The site says the category runs to 14 pages. Its “Go to Page” and “Next Page” controls returned a server error to every automated request beyond page one on the retrieval date. We report the confirmed page rather than multiply it into an estimate.
Any result from Miami-Dade County’s own Product Control search. miamidade.gov/building/pc-search_app.asp returned “Error Processing your request” to three category searches (Doors / Rollup, and two nearby combinations) on the retrieval date. We don’t know if the fault is lasting or specific to our setup and date.
Design pressure and HVHZ figures for all 54 roll-up applications. We opened 25 of them, a real sample, not the full set. We did not read all 54 multi-page records by the retrieval date. The sample of 25 applications and 68 line items is called a sample throughout, never “all.”
Whether the door in your home is still the revision we recorded. Revisions keep coming. Several applications in our sample already had a newer Pending revision next to the current Approved one. Everything here is only as current as the retrieval date.
Questions
Is a Miami-Dade NOA the same as a Florida product approval?
How do I check if my garage door is approved for Miami-Dade or Broward (HVHZ)?
How many garage door products are approved in Florida?
What design pressure does a garage door need to be HVHZ-approved?
Why couldn’t you get a result from Miami-Dade’s own website?
What does “Approved for use outside HVHZ” mean?
What is the difference between an FL# and a revision number?
Does a Florida product approval expire?
Should I believe a contractor who says a door is “Miami-Dade approved” without a number?
Written and audited by
HyreGarage Research Desk
Primary-source research, data analysis and fact checking
We are not a garage door company. We read the agency file, the code record, the standards document or the public register ourselves, compute the figure from it, and publish it with the source and the date we retrieved it.
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Buying or replacing a door in Miami-Dade or Broward?
Ask for the exact FL# or NOA number before ordering. Then check it yourself at floridabuilding.org/pr, looking at the “Approved for use in HVHZ” field for your model and size.
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