Getting ready to replace the door that goes from my garage to my downstairs and figured I’d ask here before trying to digging through Amherst’s terrible site.
It’s an unheated attached garage so I want something insulated, just not sure about the fire code stuff.
Pretty sure any door from the garage to the house has to be the fireproof steel type. I’m not sure if the public has access to the NFPA. If not I probably have access through work and can dig for it later.
Just installed a 90-miunte fire rated door at my house… and if I am not mistaken all doors from an attached garage to the house must be Fire-Rated at least 20 minutes IIRC.
The definitely must be a fire door, not sure on the duration. I was informed during my home inspection (ToT) in June.
Opening protection. Openings from a private garage directly into a room used for sleeping purposes shall not be permitted. Other openings between the garage and residence shall be equipped with solid wood doors not less than 1 3/8 inches (35 mm) in thickness, solid or honeycomb core steel doors not less than 1 3/8 inches (35 mm) thick, or 20-minute fire-rated doors.
you also can not have any type of pet door in the door, as well as no windows unless the glass is fire rated as well.
^ That one is the national code, which I found. Local codes can be more strict though.
Pretty sure I’m just going to throw in a steel door, insulated core with a 90 minute rating and be done with it. Should be more than enough to meet any code.
hmm…doesnt amherst list codes in pdf form right on the towns website?
i know pendleton does, however the majority of what is listed is the same as national.
Jay - you installing the door yourself?
Also, just to give you an idea, I had specially ordered my door at Lowe’s. Pretty nice door I do may add as well.
Yeah planning on a DIY. Gotta measure and make sure it’s a standard door but I expect it is. Not looking for anything too fancy, just a 6 panel that I can paint white to match the other interior doors in the downstairs. This all part of my home theater room build.
NYS fire code requires openings from private garage to residence to be 3/4hr rated minimum as per R309.1 of the 2010 Residential Code of NYS
http://publicecodes.cyberregs.com/st/ny/st/b400v10/st_ny_st_b400v10_3_sec009.htm
:tup: Thanks man.
I believe also has to have self closing hinges. I thought the code was one hour, but it’s been awhile.
Yeah, I’ll add those if I ever sell the house because they’re just a pain in the ass.
correct
90 min fire code and self closing hinges is code. AKA ugly and a pain to deal with day in day out.
I’ve seen people put other stuff in, but some realtors and home inspectors will get ghey about it, however that is not allways the case.
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90 min from the fire code does not apply to residential homes…NYS cares more about the saftey of a room full of 50 lawyers than it does a house full of children. I directly linked the 2010 NYS residential code on garage opening protectives in my previous reply.
My thing with the self closing hinges is it’s about as stupid as 7 bullets in a 10 round magazine.
If I need to take a bunch of stuff in and out I’m just going to prop the door open with something, defeating the self closing hinge. The rest of the time there is no reason I would want that door open so it will be closed negating the need for some hinge nanny to remind me to close the thing. But every time I walk through the door with someone behind me I’ll have to put up with that stupid hinge shutting the door in their face.
As usual the government can go suck a dick IMO. I’ll put convenient hinges on my door and if I ever want to sell I’ll just slap a set of self closing ones on there.
I get the need for code so my roof is strong enough that it doesn’t collapse on me in the first snow storm, and even the need for a fire barrier between garage and house, but stupid stuff like self closing hinges that any homeowner is just going to defeat any time they need to is stupid.
My house passed inspection without self closing hinges. :gotme:
Is there a fire door there now?
How many current homeowners in here could not buy their house because there was no fire door installed?
I’m not saying don’t install a fire door. My house was built in '64 and the door is a wooden door with a 2 pane window; interior door.
I’m just curious.
It’s a metal skinned door now filled with foam insulation. I know it’s filled because I cut a giant hole in it to install a dog door years ago which is the main reason I’m replacing it now. No idea if it’s a fire door but even if it is the dog door defeated that. No one mentioned if it was a fire door or not during the FHA inspection or the re-finance inspection I did a few years ago.