Uniform fire code fire code enforcement adopted amendments.
Self closing garage door code.
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.
Vision panels shall be limited to 1 296 square inches for each door.
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.
0602 2018 requires r 1 and r 2 occupancies to have self closing doors where doors provide access to interior corridors or stairs.
Where a door opens over a landing the landing shall be at least as wide as the door and at least 5 feet long.
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.
Here is the applicable section from the 2018 irc.
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.
The doors shall close the openings with only the clearance necessary for proper operation under self closing or automatic closing and self latching and shall be without undercuts louvers or grilles.
Where the door opens into the stairway of a smokeproof enclosure the landing need not have a length of 5 feet.
The purpose is to keep a garage fire from spreading to the house.