House Exit Door Into Garage

The opening in the wall needs to be 4 inches wider and one inch taller than the pre hung entry door.

House exit door into 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. 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. Since garage doors are an exit we would install the doors to open in the path of least resistance. Whether your garage leads into your kitchen mudroom or hallway you want that door to be durable enough to handle daily traffic and reflect your personal style.

For many people the entryway between house and garage is the most used door in the home. Garage entry doors we install doors that open from the garage into the house on either side of the frame. View all house to garage doors. Remove two of the studs in the wall and create a 41 inch opening with the studs that were removed.

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. Safety is the critical issue when deciding the swing direction.