Fire Door To The Garage
We check the bug on the glass and it is usually safety glass but have yet to find one with glass that is fire rated.
Fire door to the garage. The basement to garage doors are proper fire doors but there is an issue here as to which way they should open. For example if a 20 minute fire rated door is installed in an opening between a garage and the house it must be self closing. Version a is they should open out into the garage with the panic doors on the inside and version b says they should open into the building with the panice bars on the garage side. All of the doors mentioned above must be installed with a self closing or automatic closing device in order to comply.
Here s a simple way to add a closer to the door and bring your house up to code. To meet fire separation requirements the door must be one of three types of doors. Use a door closer if hinge replacement is not a good option or you need a little more power and control. The door shown below is an example.
A solid wood door not less than 1 3 8 inches thick a solid or honeycomb core steel doors not less than 1 3 8 inches thick or a 20 minute fire rated door with a self closing device. Doors around the outside of your house swing in or out depending what type of door it is. Perfect for home to garage door use this 20 minute fire rated door will perfectly match to your existing interior molded doors while providing extra protection for your home. Which of these is the proper installation.
Since garage doors are an exit we would install the doors to open in the path of least resistance. Fire door see all. If there is a fire or explosion that occurs an outward swinging door could become a barrier to escaping the house. 6 panel primed right hand inswing steel prehung front door w brickmould.
While the six panel door shown below gets awfully thin at the panels this is still a 20 minute fire rated door so there s nothing wrong with it being used between the house and garage. Fire rated garage door.