Is An Attached Garage Requyired To Have An Exterior Door

I have an attached garage.

Is an attached garage requyired to have an exterior door.

This door assembly is not specifically required to be fire rated. One could make the argument that given the wording in irc 302 5 1 a fire rated door or its equivalent is required. 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. Walls and ceiling the wall between an attached garage and the house living area is required to be minimum 1 2 drywall.

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. An attached garage to room entry door its threshold needs to be slightly elevated placed higher than the garage floor surface. A vehicle door in an attached garage is not considered as an outdoor entrance. Many building codes require a step or curb between the house door and the garage floor.

No weatherstripping is required for entry doors. Let s take them one at a time. Then you have the door that goes from inside the garage to inside the house this door is special and it s called a fire door. There is the door that goes from the inside of the garage to the outside yard this is just a regular exterior door you can buy easily.

The in 1981 the lighting requirements shifted from 210 26 to 210 70. Because garages inherently have a greater risk of fires cars engines etc there can t be any openings between the garage and the dwelling door or window unless they re sealed with a fireproof door or barrier. We recommend that the door between garage and residence should be equipped with a self closing device although no longer required by the irc and fbc. One example of a problem area is the entry door between the garage and the residence.