My contractor recently installed a fire door from the garage to the house with the door opening into the garage.
Fire door into garage.
I asked that he remove it.
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.
The door between the garage and the living area of the home is generally required to be a proper fire rated door.
Inspectors will often refer to one hour fire rated doors.
My problem is that the contractor put the metal plate on the inside.
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.
Steel pre hung entry door see all.
Additionally with a fire rated garage door installed on the home the owner can take advantage of the numerous features.
We have no steps.
Fire rated garage door.
Fire doors are rated in minutes as in 20 minutes 60.
The current door also opens into the garage.