To meet fire separation requirements the door must be one of three types of doors.
Garage door on fire.
Here s a simple way to add a closer to the door and bring your house up to code.
On the other hand when the owner has fire rated doors installed on their homes these doors have fiberglass and steel materials instead.
For instance the traditional garage door is often made of wooden materials.
Use a door closer if hinge replacement is not a good option or you need a little more power and control.
Therefore it is very easy for a fire to burn through these doors and consume them within minutes.
According to mitchell fire marshal shannon sandoval the wiring from the garage door opener motor.
The basement to garage doors are proper fire doors but there is an issue here as to which way they should open.
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.