Garage Door Opens Into Hallway

For today s design dilemma i m talking about how to design a living room where the front door opens into it.

Garage door opens into hallway.

Anyone had this done. Let s take them one at a time. Homes designed in this manner are sometimes duplexes that were converted into single family residences with a living room to the left a dining room to the right bedrooms along the hallway and a kitchen at the back of the house. Probably a load bearing wall and a few bits of electrics will need shifting.

When the garage door opens automatically they just walk in. This is to prevent doors being opened into a traffic path and possibly blocking or bumping into someone going by. There s no harm in it simply call the office that is responsible and ask. We re in yorkshire and happy if anyone can recommend a company thanks in advance.

To reiterate the security issue just because you don t have an exterior door that accesses the garage does not make the garage secure. There are requirements for the walls and ceiling door to the house hvac ducts and any other garage house penetrations. Googling seems to bring just installation of doors into existing doorways but we ll need someone to knock a hole and fit the door. At the same time keeping a house in pristine guest condition 24 7 is unrealistic.

A concrete lintel would be sufficient for that size opening but be sure you prop the joist of the ceiling first then install a lintel the same width as the wall brickwork by 75mm thick you also must have if the house floor is the same level as the garage floor two courses of brick step over and a half hour fire door installed. For many people the entryway between house and garage is the most used door in the home. You don t have to say you ve already done it if you re worried about it you could say you are planning on doing some remodeling and ask them if a door opens into a landing if that s ok and see what they say. The rule of thumb is to hang interior doors to open into the room not out into a hallway or other common area.

I asked redrow if they could swap the door so it opened outwards into the garage and was told initially that it wouldn t be a problem. My house in atlanta is the perfect example of this dilemma. I m having a door installed to allow you to access the garage from the house and i was sent some plans showing the door opening inward into the house. Most garages have a ceiling secured to the bottom chord of the roof.

Long narrow dark hallways are a huge turnoff especially if the hallway constitutes the entire view from the entryway. It is common for criminals to use a device that basically blasting all the garage door codes it can. It s from the hallway into the garage. No one wants to open the door for guests into a big mess.

Whether your garage leads into your kitchen mudroom or hallway you want that door to be durable enough to handle daily traffic and reflect your personal style.