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.
Self closing garage door code.
Where a door opens over a landing the landing shall be at least as wide as the door and at least 5 feet long.
Vision panels shall be limited to 1 296 square inches for each door.
0602 2018 requires r 1 and r 2 occupancies to have self closing doors where doors provide access to interior corridors or stairs.
Installing an automatic closing device on a garage door or a bedroom door would allow the door to be opened and closed manually but would help to ensure that the door is closed if there is a fire.
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.
It s code in most areas that the entry door to an attached garage be fire rated and have self closing hinges.
Title 24 part 2 section 2 3303 i 1 and i 2 exception.
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But don t worry making this door self closing is as simple as changing two or three of the door s hinges or installing a door closer at the top of the door.
Where the door opens into the stairway of a smokeproof enclosure the landing need not have a length of 5 feet.
Here is the applicable section from the 2018 irc.
Building owners have until july 31 2021 to comply with this requirement and failure to maintain self closing doors results in a class c immediately hazardous violation which must be corrected within 21 days.
The purpose is to keep a garage fire from spreading to the house.