How To Install Right Hand Door Handles

If the door swings to the viewer pull the door open then it is considered a reverse swing door.

How to install right hand door handles.

This video is about how to fit a door latch and door handle in an interior door. Decide which side of the frame will have the door hinges. A right opening door is one that when opened swings to the right. If your left hand is nearer the doorknob then the door is left handed.

It is also a door that is grabbed with your right hand to open it. Left hand lh or right hand rh which ever side the hinges are on. Removing the door lever itself rotating it 180 degrees and installing it on the other side of the door will cause the lever to be inverted yet it will still operate the latch mechanism in exactly the same manner. For interior doors you would stand on the side of the door you enter from i e.

If you are installing a new door and jamb in a rough opening. If the hinges are on the left it s a left hand door. If you ve installed a schlage hall closet passage or bed bath privacy lever and the curve of the handle does not look right the following videos will show you step by step how to remove and swap. The terms that describe the hinge position on a door are confusing.

If the room is small changing the door from a right opening to a left opening may give the room the appearance of having more space. Doors open into the room in which you are entering. In the hall if a hall closet in the bedrooom if a door opens to a bath in the kitchen if a door opens to the pantry. It is frustrating to order a door and find that the swinging door hinges are on the wrong side when it arrives.

Tools needed for this job. Changing a door s handle from left handed operation to right handed is simply a matter of orientation. When shopping for schlage door hardware we note a product s handing by including lh left hand or rh right hand in the model number. Tape measure pencil flat drill bit for wo.

If the hinges are on the right it s a right hand door. Ordering the wrong door is an expensive mistake. However they make sense if you follow the guidelines shown in.