Garage entry

[allseason]

Is a garage entry door into a finished room required to open into the finished area or is it permitted to open into the garage? The problem is a step in the finished area beneath the door. If they reverse the door it will not open over the step.

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[MMustola]

I see no reason the door can't open into the garage, just build a landing to remove the fall hazard.

[allseason]

Not enough room for a landing. I guess they'll have to dent the side of the Lexus with the new door.

[Jim Katen]

It can open into the garage. That's how I built mine.

[emalernee]

Can they not build a platform in the finished area to allow for the proper entry and exit with the door hung that way it is now?

[John Kogel]

Can they not build a platform in the finished area to allow for the proper entry and exit with the door hung that way it is now?

There is a stairway right there, making a landing for the garage door seem impossible, but .... If the landing was extending to the base of the stairs, it could serve both the door and the stairs and become a design feature.

Another way is to put the door at the home floor level, maybe bring the doorway into the room three feet but farther from the stairs, then two steps up to the garage. But a big landing would be relatively easy.

[hausdok]

Yeah, that was my thought, extend the bottom step right across in front of that door and you've killed two birds with one stone.

[gtblum]

Yeah, that was my thought, extend the bottom step right across in front of that door and you've killed two birds with one stone.

DING!

Then it would have the landing it should.

[Steven Hockstein]

As long as the garage floor is not higher than the interior floor why not cut out the sill and lower the bottom of the door. Eliminate the extra step.

[gtblum]

As long as the garage floor is not higher than the interior floor why not cut out the sill and lower the bottom of the door. Eliminate the extra step.

More work and expense than it's worth. Besides, that bottom step is pretty much the whole problem. It's a short sighted design and a tripping hazard.

[allseason]

The garage floor is at the same level as the bottom of the door. The existing step is on a landing allready. Basement steps, landing, step down into hallway from where I took the picture. By the time you redesign everything and replace the tile you could pay for a new door and install three times over.

[Tom Raymond]

I suggest a roll of flourescent grip tape. One could easily mark all of the step edges in that room and have tape to spare.

[Bain]

(Or you could tell people there's a f**king step beneath the garage door and they need to be mindful of it. )

[Tom Raymond]

Apparently you were wrong about the smileys.

[John Kogel]

The garage floor is at the same level as the bottom of the door. The existing step is on a landing allready. Basement steps, landing, step down into hallway from where I took the picture. By the time you redesign everything and replace the tile you could pay for a new door and install three times over.

Yeah, but ... That step is too narrow and too slippery. So they could swing the door into the garage but the step needs work too, IMO.