While all of this is intended to create a fire barrier between garage and house it is not specified as one hour rating or fire wall by the residential editon of the florida building code fbc or the international residential code irc.
Fire rated house to garage door.
Fire rated house to garage single prehung interior door.
Mmi door 20 minute fire rated prehung solid core interior doors offer you both piece of mind when purchasing and confidence after installation.
When there is a living area habitable space above the garage the ceiling requirement ramps up to 5 8 type x fire rated drywall.
Solid wood at least 1 3 8 thick.
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.
We check the bug on the glass and it is usually safety glass but have yet to find one with glass that is fire rated.
While the six panel door shown below gets awfully thin at the panels this is still a 20 minute fire rated door.
The door shown below is an example.
Craftsman right hand primed composite 20 min.
6 panel primed 20 minute fire rated steel prehung right hand inswing front door with brickmould irving 15 in.
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.
Solid or honeycomb core steel at least 1 3 8 thick.
Mmi door 32 in.
Primed finger jointed casing door 5 pack.
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.
Contractor cedar shim woodgrain millwork wm 356 11 16 in.
Fortunately mmi door offers a complete fire rated door unit solution across numerous ratings as well as door hardware and glass style.
Some therma tru doors can be ordered as 20 minute or 90 minute fire rated products.
Protect your home against severe storm damage with impact rated doors and glass required by building codes in some areas.
For instance there are fire rated doors that have a 20 minute several hours rating and they can be selected to meet fire department code requirements for residential spaces check your condo or townhouse local building codes for any requirements of fire rated entry or house to garage doors.