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.

Fire door required between garage and house.

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. There are requirements for the walls and ceiling door to the house hvac ducts and any other garage house penetrations. 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. 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.

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 wood 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. 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. Doors between a house and a garage can be one of three types take your pick. The wall between a house and an attached garage does have some special requirements however.

The wall between the house and garage is not a firewall nor is it a fire resistance rated wall. Of course this door can never lead to a bedroom. Solid or honeycomb core steel at least 1 3 8 thick.