Hurricane garage doors in The Acreage.

The Acreage isn't safer — it's different.

A common myth in west-PBC: "We're inland, hurricanes don't hit us as hard." That's only half right. The Acreage and Loxahatchee don't get the storm-surge or salt-spray damage that coastal Lantana or Boca see — but the hurricane and severe-thunderstorm risk is different, not lower.

Inland west PBC takes the brunt of tornado-spawning thunderstorm cells embedded in tropical systems. After Hurricane Irma (2017), insurance claims data showed inland Palm Beach County took proportionally more individual structural failures from embedded tornadoes than coastal areas did from sustained winds. Garage doors were the most common point of failure.

The Acreage is also in HVHZ (High Velocity Hurricane Zone) per the 2023 Florida Building Code. Every new door we install on a 33470 home must carry an FL Product Approval Number and be rated for design wind speeds of 180+ mph. We only install code-compliant doors — and we handle the permit and product-approval paperwork as part of the install.

Why The Acreage benefits most.

The state's My Safe Florida Home grant program reimburses up to $10,000 toward hurricane mitigation. The state pays $2 for every $1 the homeowner contributes, capped at $10K. For single-bay coastal upgrades that ceiling rarely gets reached. But for a typical three-bay Acreage retrofit at $12K-$16K, homeowners often hit the cap — meaning the state effectively pays 60-65% of the project.

We help Acreage installation customers:

• Schedule the free state-contracted wind-mitigation inspection
• Match approved doors to grant-eligible product lines (LiftMaster + Clopay + Amarr have the broadest qualifying SKUs)
• Sequence the install to align with grant disbursement timing
• Provide the post-install documentation and inspection coordination needed for reimbursement