Residential Garage Door Fire Rating

Solid wood door not less than 1 3 8 thick.

Residential garage door fire rating.

That means the doors are tested to withstand a minimum of 20 minutes of fire exposure at temperatures that reach more than 1400 degrees fahrenheit. A door with a 20 minute fire rating. And they don t split crack or rot. The door panel and frame are made from galvanneal steel to ensure a good final paint adhesion.

Self closers on these fire doors are no longer a requirement. Fire rated doors simpson offers thousands of choices for fire rated doors including 20 minute fire rated wood doors and mdf doors with fire ratings up to 90 minute. The reason the inspector wants to see the tag is because then they know it is a 20 minute fire rated door and meets one of the choices for type of door for garage house fire separation. And can be used with new masonry or drywall construction when the wall is being built.

If the door is not solid wood or steel honeycomb and at least 1 3 8 thick then it must have a 20 minute fire rating. Heat from powered equipment 42. For instance according to nfirs and on track garage door in phoenix here are several incidents that have occurred and the cause of residential garage fires. So for all these reasons the international residential code irc and residential edition of the florida building code fbc r302 5 have safety standards for a door that separates the garage from the house interior.

Steel door with a solid of honeycomb core not less than 1 3 8 thick. The door and frame assembly is fire rated with a 1 1 2 hours rating. Extremely durable this jeld wen twenty minute fire rated 6 panel primed white steel prehung front door with brickmould will enhance your entryway. The door cannot open directly onto a room used for sleeping purposes bedroom and must be one of the following types.

The stairway enclosure throughout should be constructed to be fire resistant for at least 30 minutes with fd20 rated fire doors which are resistant for at least 20 minutes to all habitable rooms along it. All doors comply with nfpa 80 and are listed for both masonry and non masonry applications including installation to wood or steel jambs within drywall. Designed to close automatically in the event of a fire or alarmed event our fire rated doors are available for service door and counter applications in commercial industrial institutional and retail projects. Hot or smoldering objects 18 5.

Open flame or smoking material 16 9. It is not likely that any raised panel 1 3 8 door will ever have such a rating or qualify for proper garage house fire separation. And since simpson fire doors have been designed to match other interior doors your fire rated doors will blend seamlessly with all doors in your home. Most of our solid panel fiberglass wood edge doors can be ordered as a 20 minute fire rated product.

By the way cutting a hole in the door to install a pet door flap voids the 20 minute rating.