Fire Rated Door Garage To House Code

While the six panel door shown below gets awfully thin at the panels this is still.

Fire rated door garage to house code. If the door is not solid wood or steel honeycomb and at least 1 3 8 thick then it must have a 20 minute fire rating. Doors between a house and a garage can be one of three types take your pick. The 2006 edition of the international residential code irc. A remodeler doing a flip house changes out all the doors in the home to update the interior and replaces the old door to the garage with a hollow core interior door.

For instance there are fire rated doors that have a 20 minute several hours rating and they can be selected to meet fire department code requirements for residential spaces check your condo or townhouse local building codes for any requirements of fire rated entry or house to garage doors. But don t worry making this door self closing is as simple as changing two or three of the door s hinges or installing a door closer at the top of the door. Solid wood at least 1 3 8 thick. 6 panel primed 20 minute fire rated steel prehung right hand inswing front door with brickmould irving 15 in.

It s code in most areas that the entry door to an attached garage be fire rated and have self closing hinges. The purpose is to keep a garage fire from spreading to the house. No doors allowed from a garage to a bedroom. Solid or honeycomb core steel at least 1 3 8 thick.

All of the doors mentioned above must be installed with a self closing or automatic closing device in order to comply. 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. The international residential code table is similar. An attached garage is a garage that is physically attached to a house.

Door to house this is the only place where any fire rating is specified. Contractor cedar shim woodgrain millwork wm 356 11 16 in. The door shown below is an example. It is not likely that any raised panel 1 3 8 door will ever have such a rating or qualify for proper garage house fire separation.

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. The reason the inspector wants to see the tag is because then they know it is a 20 minute fire rated door and meets one of the choices for type of door for garage house fire separation. By the way cutting a hole in the door to install a pet door flap voids the 20 minute rating.