Garage Door On Fire
A solid wood door not less than 1 3 8 inches thick a solid or honeycomb core steel doors not less than 1 3 8 inches thick or a 20 minute fire rated door with a self closing device.
Garage door on fire. For instance the traditional garage door is often made of wooden materials. The service door between an attached garage and a house must be self closing as a protection against fire. Version a is they should open out into the garage with the panic doors on the inside and version b says they should open into the building with the panice bars on the garage side. Use a door closer if hinge replacement is not a good option or you need a little more power and control.
On the other hand when the owner has fire rated doors installed on their homes these doors have fiberglass and steel materials instead. Therefore it is very easy for a fire to burn through these doors and consume them within minutes. The basement to garage doors are proper fire doors but there is an issue here as to which way they should open. To meet fire separation requirements the door must be one of three types of doors.