Sliding Door Handedness

A left handed door opens on the left side and a right handed door opens on the right.

Sliding door handedness.

Note handed from the exterior outside of the home. Mp doors 60. If you extended the left arm then you need to order a left handed door set. If you are installing a new door and jamb in a rough opening.

If the door is on your right you then have a right hand door. If the operating patio door panel is on the left side your patio door is a left handed unit. 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. Handedness of a sliding door is expressed as seen by an observer outside the building.

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. 200 series perma shield gliding patio doors. 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. In the picture below you can see rh lh doors swinging into and out of the room.

Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Get free shipping on qualified right hand slide sliding patio door patio doors or buy online pick up in store today in the doors windows department. Woodgrain interior composite prehung left hand sliding patio door with low e blinds between glass model g6068l3n2wle 1 225 00 1 225 00. These relationships are sometimes described with the letters o and x where o is the fixed panel and x is the sliding panel.

Stand with your back against the hinge side of the frame and extend an arm in the direction you wish the door to open.