Self Closing Garage Door Code

Here is the applicable section from the 2018 irc.

Self closing garage door code.

0602 2018 requires r 1 and r 2 occupancies to have self closing doors where doors provide access to interior corridors or stairs. Building owners have until july 31 2021 to comply with this requirement and failure to maintain self closing doors results in a class c immediately hazardous violation which must be corrected within 21 days. Where the door opens into the stairway of a smokeproof enclosure the landing need not have a length of 5 feet. Uniform fire code fire code enforcement adopted amendments.

It s code in most areas that the entry door to an attached garage be fire rated and have self closing hinges. Get free shipping on qualified self closing door hinges or buy online pick up in store today in the hardware department. 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. Installing an automatic closing device on a garage door or a bedroom door would allow the door to be opened and closed manually but would help to ensure that the door is closed if there is a fire.

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. Doors between garages and houses or dwelling units 1 a door between an attached or built in garage and a dwelling unit shall be tight fitting and weatherstripped to provide an effective barrier against the passage of gases and exhaust fumes and shall be fitted with a self closing device. The purpose is to keep a garage fire from spreading to the house. 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.

Vision panels shall be limited to 1 296 square inches for each door.