My problem is that the contractor put the metal plate on the inside.
Fire door into garage.
Fire doors are equipped with self closing devices essentially a door made of heavy metal or wood with a core of gypsum and no windows.
The door between the garage and the living area of the home is generally required to be a proper fire rated door.
Particularly when the home can be built with fire rated door and door housing as a solution to eliminate being a part of these statistics doors must be properly maintained and are closed and latched in the event of a fire.
Fire doors are rated in minutes as in 20 minutes 60.
Fire rated garage door.
We have no steps.
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.
Steel pre hung entry door see all.
I asked that he remove it.
Inspectors will often refer to one hour fire rated doors.
They impede the spread of fire smoke throughout a home or into the escape routes or provide extra protection to storage areas housing flammable materials.
The current door also opens into the garage.
The point is while it might be a good idea to seal the door leading into the garage to conserve energy it has nothing to do with the code intent to slow done the spread of a potential fire in the garage which is the only safety issue the code is addressing.