mavman427
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Hi all,
I own a home in California (originally built in 2006) with a 3-car tandem (2 car spaces in front, 1 in back) garage. A "cabana" was built next to the rear space in the garage by the home builder. A normal insulated, wood-framed wall with 1/2" drywall on both sides was installed between the garage and the cabana. The cabana has a 1/2 bathroom in it and the only access to the cabana originally was a door that faced into the backyard. I took the liberty of cutting out a door-sized rough opening in the drywall, which made the cabana much more useful and essentially converted my garage into a 4-car garage.
This brings me to my question. I will be selling my house in the coming months and I want to make sure that the opening/door between the garage and cabana meets the building code. Is a typical 20-minute fire-rated door necessary between the garage and the cabana or would a normal interior door suffice? Since the cabana doesn't open directly into the house, I'm not sure it would be necessary. Would just installing a door frame (with no door) to tidy up the rough opening meet the building code?
Thanks in advance!
I own a home in California (originally built in 2006) with a 3-car tandem (2 car spaces in front, 1 in back) garage. A "cabana" was built next to the rear space in the garage by the home builder. A normal insulated, wood-framed wall with 1/2" drywall on both sides was installed between the garage and the cabana. The cabana has a 1/2 bathroom in it and the only access to the cabana originally was a door that faced into the backyard. I took the liberty of cutting out a door-sized rough opening in the drywall, which made the cabana much more useful and essentially converted my garage into a 4-car garage.
This brings me to my question. I will be selling my house in the coming months and I want to make sure that the opening/door between the garage and cabana meets the building code. Is a typical 20-minute fire-rated door necessary between the garage and the cabana or would a normal interior door suffice? Since the cabana doesn't open directly into the house, I'm not sure it would be necessary. Would just installing a door frame (with no door) to tidy up the rough opening meet the building code?
Thanks in advance!