Door swing direction is an important piece of information when you re buying a new interior or exterior door for your home.
Left or right hand shower door.
This can be done with interior.
Interior handles are handed opposite of the patio door.
A good tip is to mark out where any windows doors or other obstructions are.
Hinged shower doors that swing inwards only are not permitted by code.
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To work out the best place to put your shower enclosure sketch the layout of your space there is a page in our free catalogue which you can use for this purpose and think about whether your enclosure needs to open to the left or right.
There are reasons this code is in place.
If the hinges are on the right hand side you need a right handed door set.
Left or right hand fitting.
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.
However they make sense if you follow the guidelines shown in.
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A left hand patio door will use a right hand interior handle.
Ordering the wrong door is an expensive mistake.
Know where to stand to figure out if you have a left hand or right hand swing door.
If the door is on your right you then have a right hand door.
If the longest side is on your left then you need a left handed enclosure and vice versa.
Without that information you may end up with a door that has the hinges on the wrong side.
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.
If the hinges are on.
When planning your shower design keep in mind that building code requirement irc p 2708 1 2000 edition states that all hinged shower doors must open outwards.
The terms that describe the hinge position on a door are confusing.
For inswing doors if the hinges are on the left hand side your door is left handed.
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.
In the picture below you can see rh lh doors swinging into and out of the room.
Choose from either a left or right handed enclosure and tray to fit the shower into your chosen space.
A style 2 shower door has four possible layouts a b c and d.