I have a homeowner who has 3/4" oak shutters coverings all the glazings at his house. I am a bit stumped how to rate this coverings on the Wind Mit form. They are certainly stronger than plywood, but I can’t find where this protection has been tested.
So you are telling me that the custom made one of a kind door that was impact rated and approved by an engineer, but not tested and rated by MDC, but has all supoprting paperwork, would not qualify for impact rating? Think again. Same thing for this.If they want to go though the expense and get it approved b the engineer, it should be accepted.
Waste of time and money for engineering on oak planking storm panels. No credit for wood panels anyway, at least in my area. And I doubt they would be approved by an engineer without something to reinforce all of the seams in a planked system.