This section of the code outlines the garage home separation door requirements.
Door from house to garage code.
Re doors between house and garage.
By the way cutting a hole in the door to install a pet door flap voids the 20 minute rating.
If you are under 2009 irc you may use the same type wood frame and sill as you have on any other entry doors of the house and you must use either a code prescribed door or any door carrying a 20 minute fire rating.
It also covers the size.
Door to house this is the only place where any fire rating is specified.
On july 1 2017 the heading to article 9 10 13 15.
The ontario building code doors between garages and dwelling units 9 10 13 15.
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.
Of division b of the regulation is revoked and the following substituted.
When i said less door i should have been more specific.
The international residential code table is similar.
This chapter provides guidelines on door height and width based on the function of the structure.
I would like to put a cat door in the door from the kitchen to the garage but i suspect this would not be up to code maybe not so much because of fire but because of the danger of carbon monoxide.
The door cannot open directly onto a room used for sleeping purposes bedroom and must be one of the following types.
For many people the entryway between house and garage is the most used door in the home.
So for all these reasons the international residential code irc and residential edition of the florida building code fbc r302 5 have safety standards for a door that separates the garage from the house interior.
If the door is not solid wood or steel honeycomb and at least 1 3 8 thick then it must have a 20 minute fire rating.
The opening between the garage and the house must be equipped with a door that provides protection per section r302 5 1 of the international residential code.
View all house to garage doors.
Code requirements for exterior doors are covered in chapter 10 of the ibc.