Fire rated garage door.
Fire door into garage.
The current door also opens into the garage.
We have no steps.
The door between the garage and the living area of the home is generally required to be a proper fire rated door.
Particularly when the home can be built with fire rated door and door housing as a solution to eliminate being a part of these statistics doors must be properly maintained and are closed and latched in the event of a fire.
Fire doors are equipped with self closing devices essentially a door made of heavy metal or wood with a core of gypsum and no windows.
Additionally with a fire rated garage door installed on the home the owner can take advantage of the numerous features.
Fire doors are rated in minutes as in 20 minutes 60.
Inspectors will often refer to one hour fire rated doors.
Premium 6 panel left hand inswing primed steel prehung front exterior door with brickmold.
My problem is that the contractor put the metal plate on the inside.
The point is while it might be a good idea to seal the door leading into the garage to conserve energy it has nothing to do with the code intent to slow done the spread of a potential fire in the garage which is the only safety issue the code is addressing.
Steel pre hung entry door see all.
Since many fires start in the garage area having a pet door in the door to the house may allow a fire in the garage to spread more rapidly.