Single Family Residence Garage Door Fire Rating

Open flame or smoking material 16 9.

Single family residence garage door fire rating.

Solid wood at least 1 3 8 thick. When there is a living area habitable space above the garage the ceiling requirement ramps up to 5 8 type x fire rated drywall. One could make the argument that given the wording in irc 302 5 1 a fire rated door or its equivalent is required. Solid or honeycomb core steel at least 1 3 8 thick.

In single family homes a fire rated door or fire rated frame assemblies are not a requirement thus the term fire door is not always accurate. Back to top of page. Hot or smoldering objects 18 5. Heat spread from another fire 14 7.

To be clear fire doors are minute and hourly rated assemblies. 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. Likely needs a self closure device. This door assembly is not specifically required to be fire rated.

Heat from powered equipment 42. While the six panel door shown below gets awfully thin at the panels this is still a 20 minute fire rated door so there s nothing wrong with it being used. If you still want to replace the door a fire rated door is only one option to meet the fire separation requirement the garage and residence shall be equipped with solid wood doors not less than 1 3 8 inches in thickness solid or honeycomb core. Code does not require a fire rated door in single family residences.