Without a doubt the most confusing thing for our customers when selecting new door levers is determining whether they need a left handed or right handed door lever.
Left handed vs right handed door handles.
Determine if the door is inswing or outswing to order the correct door you need to know both the desired handing and whether it is inswing or outswing.
Luckily many interior door levers these days are reversible that is you can decide which way you need the lever to go when you are installing it.
There is left inswing right inswing left outswing and right outswing.
Stand with your back against the hinged side of the door jamb.
If the hinges are on.
If your right hand is nearer the doorknob then the door is right handed.
When shopping for schlage door hardware we note a product s handing by including lh left hand or rh right hand in the model number.
Whereas my front door swings in and the handle is on the right hand side so it is considered a right hand inswing.
I am confused by the term left hand door and right hand door even after your rather clear explanation.
In the picture below you can see rh lh doors swinging into and out of the room.
A left hand patio door will use a right hand interior handle.
Interior handles are handed opposite of the patio door.
To make sure you get exactly the right swinging direction you need to understand the difference between a right handed and left handed door.
However they make sense if you follow the guidelines shown in.
Ordering the wrong door is an expensive mistake.
You can determine the door lever that you need by identifying which side right or left of you do the hinges go when you open the door away from you when you re standing outside your house with the key side in front of you.
The door pulls toward you from the outside.
The door handle on my exterior door is on the right hand side but it is considered a left hand outswing.
I want to place a lever handle on an interior door.
If the door is on your right you then have a right hand door.
Additional components such as rollers insect screens and interlock weatherstrip located between the stationary and operating panels are not handed and will work for either a left hand or right hand patio door.
How to determine right or left handed lever.
Easy way to tell a right handed door from a left handed door.
If you ve installed a schlage hall closet passage or bed bath privacy lever and the curve of the handle does not look right the following videos will show you step by step how to remove and swap.
For inswing doors if the hinges are on the left hand side your door is left handed.
It is frustrating to order a door and find that the swinging door hinges are on the wrong side when it arrives.
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.
This can be done with interior.