Sources
Every source cited on this site, in one list. Quotations were checked against these sources on September 30, 2026.
- 16 CFR 1211.16, text required in residential opener manuals (CFR 2025 edition)
- 16 CFR Part 429, the FTC's Cooling-Off Rule (CFR 2025 edition)
- ANSI/DASMA 103, counterbalance systems on residential sectional doors
- Chamberlain support, lights flash and the door will not close (manufacturer)
- CPSC Publication 523, non-reversing automatic garage door openers
- DASMA Technical Data Sheet #1502, wind load labeling
- DASMA Technical Data Sheet #163, R-value and U-factor
- DASMA Technical Data Sheet #174, garage door safety
- DASMA Technical Data Sheet #190, factors affecting spring cycle life
- ENERGY STAR Residential Windows, Doors and Skylights, Version 7 specification
- FEMA National Risk Index
- FTC, Buyer's remorse: the FTC's Cooling-Off Rule
- FTC, How To Avoid a Home Improvement Scam
- ICC Building Safety Journal, garage door provisions in the International Residential Code
- NOAA NCEI, U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020
- TDI Commissioner's Order 96-1468, designated catastrophe areas in Harris County
- Texas Attorney General, how to avoid home improvement scams
- Texas Department of Insurance, product evaluation FAQ
- Texas Department of Insurance, questions to ask your contractor before installing opening protection
- Texas Department of Insurance, what you need to know about windstorm inspections
- Texas Department of Insurance, windstorm inspection program FAQ
- Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
- TWIA, coverage eligibility
- TWIA, windstorm certification
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Housing Survey 2023 public use file (our tabulation)
- U.S. Census Bureau, geography glossary: census designated place