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Scott Patterson · #8 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jerry Peck

Scott,

A fire rated door CAN HAVE a window in it, albeit of limited size (I believe it is 100 sq inches, which is why you find 3" by 33" view glass in many fire rated doors).

A door with a window the size in the photo, I agree, with a window *like that* - not fire rated.

Also neither does it meet the other two options for doors.

That is true, but I have only seen that type of door in a commercial application and not in residental construction. But, then we are also seeing more and more commercial building products entering into the residental market.