Fire Door Into Garage

Inspectors will often refer to one hour fire rated doors.

Fire door into garage.

Premium 6 panel left hand inswing primed steel prehung front exterior door with brickmold. We have no steps. My problem is that the contractor put the metal plate on the inside. The current door also opens into the garage.

Steel pre hung entry door see all. Fire rated garage door. I asked that he remove it. 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.

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. 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. They impede the spread of fire smoke throughout a home or into the escape routes or provide extra protection to storage areas housing flammable materials. Additionally with a fire rated garage door installed on the home the owner can take advantage of the numerous features.

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.