Self Closing Garage Door Code

Title 24 part 2 section 2 3303 i 1 and i 2 exception.

Self closing garage door code.

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. The purpose is to keep a garage fire from spreading to the house. It s code in most areas that the entry door to an attached garage be fire rated and have self closing hinges. Here is the applicable section from the 2018 irc.

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. 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. 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.

Uniform fire code fire code enforcement adopted amendments. Where the door opens into the stairway of a smokeproof enclosure the landing need not have a length of 5 feet. The doors shall close the openings with only the clearance necessary for proper operation under self closing or automatic closing and self latching and shall be without undercuts louvers or grilles.