Pet Door Between Garage And House

Installing a pet door in a fire door is a no no.

Pet door between garage and house.

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. Maybe you didn t know but cutting a hole for a doggie door into your attached garage from your living area in your house breaches the fire rating. If you want to install a pet door look for one where your pet. If so can i just remove the screws from the old door hinges and hang the new one of the same size in the existing jamb.

The door from my attached garage into the house had large gaps between the sides of the door and the frame with molding installed. The door between the garage and the living area of the home is generally required to be a proper fire rated door. It is specially made to take longer to burn than a regular interior door. If the door goes to the yard from the home i would be extremely cautious as a person can access the area through the door opening.

Since many fires start in the garage area having a pet door in the door to the house may allow a fire in the garage to spread more rapidly. We ve got a pine interior door going from the kitchen into the garage. 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. While it may seem convenient to install a doggie door into your garage door to give your pet the independence to come and go as he or she needs while protecting entry from unwanted pests to the rest of your house you may want to reconsider.

In most homes this is the only door of its kind. The owner had the maintenance guys come out and put more molding over the existing molding and moved the strike plate further inwards towards the house side of the door causing the door to have to be pulled harder. So what s a pet owner to do. Doing so increases the danger of a fire spreading from the garage to the house.

A pet door cut into the bottom of the one these fire resistant doors puts a hole in the door that voids the fire protection and vapor seal. Would it do any good to change this door into a steel insulated exterior door. Or do i have to get a pre. Inspectors will often refer to one hour fire rated doors.

I believe a pet door in a garage door is one of the most dangerous and unwise things anyone can do says rob greenberg of chicago area garage door.