Should The Garage Door Swing Into Th Ehouse

If it s on your left side the door is left handed.

Should the garage door swing into th ehouse.

Since garage doors are an exit we would install the doors to open in the path of least resistance. If there s a fire or explosion in the garage the outward swinging door blocks damage to the interior of the home more effectively than an inward swinging door. Typically in residential construction doors swing into the home. Having said this you should also know that these reports are now highlighting the fact that these incidents can be avoided.

If the exterior door swings outward it could catch the wind on a windy day and basically get pulled away from your hand and possibly bang into something. To determine the door swing while replacing an existing door step into the doorway with your back to the hinges standing sideways in the opening facing the jamb where the door latches. Garage entry doors we install doors that open from the garage into the house on either side of the frame. There is no reason you can t swing the door out into the garage.

You would need to build a landing. The door between your house and an attached garage is considered an exit door from the home and should swing into the house and not the garage. Some builders have them swing inward to the garage instead of the home for safety reasons. You want to keep the door hinge pins secure inside the building room.

You are required to have a closer on the door. If the open doorknob is on your right side it s a right hand door. 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. 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.

Fire door between garage and house. It cannot swing out over stairs though. Garage to home entry doors may be an exception to the inward swinging rule. But in commercial they swing out for fire code.

If it s one step down to the garage floor it will be ok. Safety is the critical issue when deciding the swing direction.