Fire Door Required Between Garage And House

Solid wood at least 1 3 8 thick.

Fire door required between garage and house.

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 the door between the house and the garage all that is necessary is to install a door that meets the fire separation requirements of the code. The wall between the house and garage is not a firewall nor is it a fire resistance rated wall. All of the doors mentioned above must be installed with a self closing or automatic closing device in order to comply.

Doors between a house and a garage can be one of three types take your pick. We recommend that the door between garage and residence should be equipped with a self closing device although no longer required by the irc and fbc. There are requirements for the walls and ceiling door to the house hvac ducts and any other garage house penetrations. No doors allowed from a garage to a bedroom.

Rich i am aware that a fire rated door is required between the house and garage florida like most of the rest of the country does not require a 20 minute rated door i checked and indeed wisconsin does require a 20 minuter rated door as mike said however most of the rest of the country does not require such a door. Of course this door can never lead to a bedroom. While the six panel door shown below gets awfully thin at the panels this is still. Let s take them one at a time.

Solid or honeycomb core steel at least 1 3 8 thick. Specifically since following specific residential fire codes and requirements are essential to keeping the family safe from undue harm and danger. Walls and ceiling the wall between an attached garage and the house living area is required to be minimum 1 2 drywall.