Stand with your back to the door.
How to figure right or hand sliding door.
In the picture below you can see rh lh doors swinging into and out of the room.
If the door opens to your right this is a right handed door.
If it s on your left side the door is left handed.
If the door is on your right you then have a right hand door.
Easy way to tell a right handed door from a left handed door.
If your right hand is on the doorknob side it s a right hand swing.
If your right hand is nearer the doorknob then the door is right handed.
Handing for door sets is determined by standing on the outside facing the door.
200 series perma shield gliding patio doors.
Out swing doors may present a security issue when located on the exterior entryway because the cylinders of the hinges are on the exterior side.
If the hinges are on the right hand side you need a right handed door set.
If the operating patio door panel is on the left side your patio door is a left handed unit.
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.
If your left hand is nearer the doorknob then the door is left handed.
Stand with your back against the hinged side of the door jamb.
If the hinges are on the left hand side you need a left handed door set.
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.
To identify whether you have a left or right.
If the hinges are on the right it s a right hand door.
Left and right hand identify the direction you want your replacement or new door to swing.
Another easy trick is to stand facing the door on the side that swings away from you.
If your left hand is on the doorknob side it s a left hand swing.
If your left hand is nearer the doorknob then the door is left handed.
Note handed from the exterior outside of the home.
If the open doorknob is on your right side it s a right hand door.
To determine the door swing while replacing an existing door step into the doorway with your back to the hinges standing sideways in the opening facing the jamb where the door latches.
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 are installing a new door and jamb in a rough opening.
With the door open stand with your back against the hinge jamb.
Let s only deal with doors that swing into the room for now.