1.1 This voluntary AAMA guideline establishes the minimum requirements to confirm that a window or sliding glass door anchorage system provides a load resistance with appropriate safety factor that is equal to or greater than the project specific design pressure requirements, and supports the product in a manner equivalent to that tested.
1.2 If the project specific design pressure requirements have not been established by the project documents, the minimum load resistance with appropriate safety factor required for the window and sliding glass door attachment systems and methods shall be at least the minimum required by local code requirements. In the absence of code requirements, the minimum requirements of the current ASCE 7 standard shall be met.