Choose your hinge colour 6 standard options pre drilled or not standard 54 70 or not consult the packaging that your door handles.
Left or right hung door.
Fortunately answering this question is easy.
Hinges are mechanisms that allow doors to open and close.
Simply stand facing the doorway where you want to install your screen door making sure your viewing the door from the outside looking in.
Hanging terminology when opening the door towards you if the hinges are on the left handside the door would be left hung and vice versa for right hung.
The hinges support the door and provide a swinging action.
When the door opens away from you towards the outside and the knob is on the left hand side it is a right hand outswing door.
What is left hand and right hand hung we understand that it may get confusing when we ask you which side the gate is hung from.
Did you know that the handing of a door is the 1 mistake people make when purchasing a door.
In case of a fire if the door were to swing out into a hallway it could block you from quickly exiting the building.
Ordering the wrong door is an expensive mistake.
Most interior doors are identical on both sides but virtually all modern exterior doors have a definite inside and outside.
However there s one.
Customers often ask how can i tell if my door is a left hand or a right hand then i proceed to explain the door handing two step and it feels like your explaining how to square dance a right and left around the ring while the roosters crow and the birdies sing allemande left.
They come in different styles and finishes to accent home decor.
It is frustrating to order a door and find that the swinging door hinges are on the wrong side when it arrives.
VoilĂ easy as pie.
So we have drawn up a couple of simple diagrams to show you the difference.
If you re hinge will be to the left your door is left hinged and if it will be to the right it s right hinged.
The terms that describe the hinge position on a door are confusing.
Identifying whether a door is right or left hinged is important for installation.
In swing doors are common for safety.
So looking at the gate from the front will it swing in or out from the left hand side or the right hand.