In the picture below you can see rh lh doors swinging into and out of the room.
How to determine hand of sliding door.
To determine whether you require an xo or ox door simply view the doorway from the exterior of your home.
Let s only deal with doors that swing into the room for now.
To identify whether you have a left or right.
If the hinges are on the left hand side you need a left handed door set.
2 panel sliding doors xo ox.
If your left hand is nearer the doorknob then the door is left handed.
To determine the hand of a door view the door from the outside security side or key side of door.
And for those of you who like pictures a graphical view of interior door handing.
With the door open stand with your back against the hinge jamb.
All gliding patio doors are handed based on the location of the operating or sliding patio door panel when viewing from the outside of your home.
If you want the sliding panel to be the one on your left choose xo and if the operable is to be on the right choose ox.
If the hinges are on the right hand side you need a right handed door set.
When the door opens toward you.
Decide which side of the frame will have the door hinges.
The reason being that when ordering hardware it matters which side the lock is on where for carpentry it does not.
If the operating patio door panel is on the left side your patio door is a left handed unit.
If the door is on your right you then have a right hand door.
If you follow the standard carpentry rules for handing instead of following the.
Determining handing when ordering door hardware is a bit different that how you determine door handing for carpentry ordering and hanging doors.
Determining the hand or handing of a door first the simple way to determine door handing.
If the door swings away from the viewer push the door open it is considered a straight hand door.
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 doors because there is no threshold attached to the bottom of the door frame so the door frame can be reversed.
200 series perma shield gliding patio doors.