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Old 04-26-2020, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by collie1228 View Post
Code requires that the door between your garage and house be fire rated, but if there's no sticker on it, you probably can't know for sure, especially if your house was purchased pre-owned. Someone may have replaced the door out of code. I took my fire rated door off the hinge pins to paint it a couple years ago, and the weight of it really surprised me.
You are right. We got a mouse in the house which destroyed the weatherstripping under the door. When my husband took it off, it was incredibly heavy, so it must be solid-core.