If your right hand is nearer the doorknob then it is a right handed hinge and door.
Door opening left or right.
This method works in the store where the doors are.
Ordering the wrong door is an expensive mistake.
Put the z bar against the opening on the hinge side and mark the top with tape.
Most interior doors are identical on both sides but virtually all modern exterior doors have a definite inside and outside.
When the door opens away from you towards the outside and the knob is on the left hand side it is a right hand outswing door.
Today s refrigerators include many models with a single door on a single set of hinges.
If the door is on your right you then have a right hand door.
In swing doors are common for safety.
This can be done with interior.
However they make sense if you follow the guidelines shown in.
Now hinging is either left or right and is simply determined by the side you want the storm door hinges to be on.
In the picture below you can see rh lh doors swinging into and out of the room.
After all you must also specify whether you want your right handed or left handed door to swing inward or outward.
Prior to storm door installation decide which way you ll want the door to open.
In case of a fire if the door were to swing out into a hallway it could block you from quickly exiting the building.
If your left hand is closest to the door knob it is a left hand door.
Inswing doors open into the interior.
Most doors are designed so that you can hang them with the hinges on either side using the same z bar.
With the door closed stand on the hinged side of the door.
If the movement of your left hand matches the door it s a left handed door.
If your right hand is closest to the door knob it is a right hand door.
Placing an order for a new door can still be confusing especially if you order over the phone.
Now a good rule of thumb is that you want the handle of the screen door to be on the same side as the entry door.
If you can see the hinges with the door closed you are on the hinged side of the door.
The push side also referred to as the outside or exterior side is the side of the door typically used to determine if the door is left or right swing.
These refrigerator doors can be hinged on the left or right side.
Storm doors can open from the left or right.
Another way to determine the door hinge direction is to open the door and stand with your back against the hinge jamb or area.
If you are replacing an existing interior door open that door place your back against the hinges and if the door is on your left you then have a left hand door.
See the picture for a visual reference.
A right hand refrigerator opens left to right with door hinges on the right while a left hand refrigerator opens right to left with door hinges on the left.
