Defining Design Pressure & the Ratings for Openings

Podcast: The FORTIFIED Factor · Knockout Inspections

Opublikowano: 2026-08-28

What does a Design Pressure (DP) rating actually tell you—and how do you know whether a window, door, garage door, or other opening is rated appropriately for a FORTIFIED Home™? In this episode of The FORTIFIED Factor, our AI Experts (informed by Knockout Inspections) break down one of the more technical—but incredibly important—concepts in resilient construction: required design pressure versus a product’s design pressure rating. Required design pressure represents the wind pressure a component of the home must be capable of resisting. That pressure isn't necessarily the same everywhere on a structure...