Self Closing Garage Door

The purpose is to keep a garage fire from spreading to the house.

Self closing garage door.

Self closing hinges replace two of the existing hinges with self closing hinges. It s code in most areas that the entry door to an attached garage be fire rated and have self closing hinges. 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. One theory is that it is inconvenient to have a self closing door in that location.

Hinge outlet adjustable spring hinges 4 inch with 5 8 inch radius in satin nickel self closing hinges door closing hinges 2 pack 4 3 out of 5 stars 46 23 95 23. Houseables self closing door hinges mortise spring hinge 5 8 radius corner 4 x 4 2 pack 2 7 mm satin nickel finish automatic closer adjustable tension loaded auto close pin heavy duty. 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.