Using the picture below you see a x on the moving or operating panel and a o on the non moving or stationary panel.
How to determing handing of sliding patio door.
However to be true to our handymen ancestors the terms handing and hand of a door refer to the hand you pull the door open with.
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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.
When viewed from outside the handing is always the operable panel.
Again depending on the style of your home measure from the header to the bottom of the door sill siding to the bottom of the door sill or edge of the stucco to the bottom of the door sill.
The following components are not handed.
To measure the height of a sliding patio door extend your tape measure vertically.
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Sliding glass patio doors handing if you are planning on doing your own sliding glass door installation it is important that you purchase a door that has the correct handing.
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Handed from the exterior outside of the home using the location of the hinges on the patio door panel.
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2 panel sliding doors xo ox.
3 panel sliding doors xoo oxo oox.
Holt the magazine in your left hand if you are right handed.
On the left xoo in the middle oxo or on the right oox.
Interior handles are handed opposite of the unit.
Lock mechanisms are universally handed and have an adjustment to switch the handing.
If the left hand panel moves when viewed from outside it is a lh door.
Push the back of the round into the magazine with your right hand by sliding it in and under the magazine lips.
Always check the door mfgr to ensure proper handing though.
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To determine whether you require an xo or ox door simply view the doorway from the exterior of your home.
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Take a look at the door you are replacing and you should see that one panel is stationary and the other slides open and closed.
With 3 panel sliding doors choose the location of the operable panel.
Exterior handles are handed the same as the unit.
When determining handing for sliding patio doors you always view the door from the exterior or outside facing the door.
2 if the hinges are on the right side when you walk through it it is a right hand door.