Garage Fire Door Swing

Which way should a garage fire door swing.

Garage fire door swing.

You are required to have a closer on. Some builders have them swing inward to the garage instead of the home for safety reasons. The code does not specify the direction of swing for fire doors between the garage and the house. If there is a fire or explosion that occurs an outward swinging door could become a barrier to escaping the house.

I am planning to install a fire door between my garage and home. It cannot swing out over stairs though. The door should be a steel insulated door and the frame should be sealed as well to prevent carbon monoxide fumes from getting into your home. 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.

Flush primed right hand inswing steel prehung front door. Typically in residential construction doors swing into the home. You would need to build a landing. This places the hinges outside the home although this is in the garage.

The door needs to be outswing left handed viewing from within the home due to the meeting of 3 doors garage exterior to backyard and finished basement addition at this location in a small amount of space. Fire rated garage door. If there s a fire or explosion in the garage the outward swinging door blocks damage to the interior of the home more effectively than an inward swinging door. If it s one step down to the garage floor it will be ok.

Since garage doors are an exit we would install the doors to open in the path of least resistance. There is no reason you can t swing the door out into the garage. Openings in a wall separating a garage from the house must be protected by one of the following. Steel pre hung entry door see all.

But in commercial they swing out for fire code. 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. Safety is the critical issue when deciding the swing direction. Garage to home entry doors may be an exception to the inward swinging rule.

Solid wood door not less than 1 3 8 inches thick.