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.
Fire rated door garage to house.
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.
Solid or honeycomb core steel at least 1 3 8 thick.
The door shown below is an example.
6 panel primed 20 minute fire rated steel prehung right hand inswing front door with brickmould irving 15 in.
The suggested rough opening is 34 in.
All of the doors mentioned above must be installed with a self closing or automatic closing device in order to comply.
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.
Solid wood at least 1 3 8 thick.
For example if a 20 minute fire rated door is installed in an opening between a garage and the house it must be self closing.
Primed finger jointed casing door 5 pack.
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.
Doors between a house and a garage can be one of three types take your pick.
Mmi door 32 in.
Common door size is 32 in.
Fortunately mmi door offers a complete fire rated door unit solution across numerous ratings as well as door hardware and glass style.
This unit comes with a 4 9 16 in.
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.
Wide 20 minute rated primed finger jointed frame.
Craftsman right hand primed composite 20 min.
Fire rated house to garage single prehung interior door.
Severe weather if you live in a hurricane zone or other high winder areas our severe weather entry unit provides a beautiful weather safe solution for your entry doors.
Contractor cedar shim woodgrain millwork wm 356 11 16 in.
Unit dimension is 33 5 in.
By the way cutting a hole in the door to install a pet door flap voids the 20 minute rating.
We check the bug on the glass and it is usually safety glass but have yet to find one with glass that is fire rated.