Door from house to garage?

knightstyle

I want to knock through from the hallway to the garage.  What sort of door should I use?

Robin9

A fire door,
Is the floor in the garage lower than the house ?  

knightstyle

Garage is lower by about 150mm

ComicGeek

Technically it should also be an insulated door with maximum U-value of 1.8 W/m2.K if your garage is unheated. But always seems difficult to find an insulated fire door as external doors don't need fire protection, and it's very much a UK thing to require a fire door between the garage and house.

FreeBear

Also well worth fitting a door with a real good locking system - I used a 15 point lock plus dead bolts for my door. Probably a bit over the top, but it was a good price at the time.

A new doorway will require lintels and the work should be compliant with building regs and signed off by Building Control. For some people, this isn't important, but it will cause issues when you come to sell.

Emmia

FreeBear said:

Also well worth fitting a door with a real good locking system - I used a 15 point lock plus dead bolts for my door. Probably a bit over the top, but it was a good price at the time.

A new doorway will require lintels and the work should be compliant with building regs and signed off by Building Control. For some people, this isn't important, but it will cause issues when you come to sell.

I'd consider the security aspect as key - no point having a secure front door if the garage is easy to enter and the connecting door unlocked / insecure. 

Mutton_Geoff

Beefing up the locks on internal doors is a waste of time (in my opinion). Once burglars are in, they have all the time in the world to get through it. It's the external doors (ie garage door) that needs sorting out if you do this.

Ajmason42

Memory serves me right 60 min fire door not 30 and that includes the frame  as others have said good locks are essential

DevilDamo

Only require 30 minutes, not 60 minutes so an FD30 with a self-closer will suffice.

knightstyle

Thanks all, so I will get a 30min door and frame.  Yes I know about lintels, it is an outside 11inch wall.
Not worried about regs as this is a long term house and if necessary we will remove door and brick up when selling.