Tornado Cellar Doors

Fema storm shelter doors and hardware for in residence tornado shelters safe rooms.
Tornado cellar doors. 3 ea hinges bb5 4 5 x 4 5 x heavy weight design hardware. Our storm shelter doors are reasonable priced and can be completely customized to your specific situation and needs. Tornado shelter door is a critical element when designing a safe room for protection against severe storms. A storm shelter or storm cellar is a type of underground bunker designed to protect the occupants from violent severe weather particularly tornadoes they are most frequently seen in the midwest tornado alley and southeastern united states where tornadoes are generally frequent and the low water table permits underground structures.
Our cellar doors can stand up to tornado force winds won t leak and will protect your family and your belongings throughout the storm. Gordon manufactures a sloped unit for flat foundations cd and a flat unit for sloped walled foundations rd. Depending on where you re from you may refer to our products as cellar doors basement doors hatchways or bulkheads. If your cellar doors are damaged and need repair or replacement we can help.
In the modern times there is just no reason you should be at risk of bodily harm from the hazards of nature. The extra heavy duty stormpro assemblies helps to fortify the opening to withstand extreme wind speeds and flying debris during a tornado. Tornado resistant door and frame systems. Gordon is able to fit virtually any size required with either standard stock sizes or custom sized cellar doors.
Therefore the quantity shown may not be available when you get to the store. The tornado opening is a mesker nv series door 14 gauge skin and polystyrene core. In oklahoma tornados and other forms of inclement weather are a way of life. Type br door from bilco is designed for type br door from bilco is designed for installation on sloped sidewalls of brick stone block or poured concrete which are generally found on older homes throughout the country.
This design is based on extensive research on the cause and effects of windstorm damage to buildings. Ask about our tornado shelter door earthquake shelter door and basic storm shelter door. Inventory is sold and received continuously throughout the day. Securall tornado doors are constructed in accordance with the federal emergency management agency s fema guidelines and the international code council s icc 500 standard for tornado shelter doors.
And a mesker f series welded frame made out of 14 gauge steel. Our tornado doors meet all fema requirements. For these homes basement door replacement can often be more challenging than newer homes with an areaway surface that is flat or at grade level.