EASY STEPS TO DETERMINE DOOR HANDING
Learn in 5 minutes what it takes most carpenters years to learn. Handing of a door is required when buying door handles or levers as inside or outside trim. Follow these few simple steps before purchasing your door handles or levers.
1. First start with a fresh mind. Go back to basics.
2. Look at the door; it should be pretty easy to tell what side of the door is the outside, and what side is the inside. Outside of a bedroom door you would be standing in the hallway, if you are in the bedroom you are looking at the inside of the door. If you are standing on your front porch looking at the front door, then your are looking at the outside of the door. Know this before installing door levers and handles.
3. Door handing is always done from the OUTSIDE of the door. Whatever side the hinges are on, when viewed from the outside is the same as the door hand. If the hinges are on the right, it's a right hand door. If the hinges are on the left, it's a left hand door. It does not matter if the door pulls towards you or opens away from you. If you dont know your left from right, ask someone. You only need to determine what side the hinges are on from the OUTSIDE. Forget the "reverse bevel" term.
4. Now you are ready to install your doors handles or door levers.
Note: There is one exception to this rule...single dummies. When handing a single dummy you stand on the side of the door that you are mounting the dummy on, not the exterior side.
Right Handed:
If the hinges are on the right and the door swings in you need a right-handed lever.
Left Handed:
If the hinges are on the left and the door swings in you require a left-handed lever.
Note: You may not need to figure out the handing of your doors, many of Baldwin products are reversible. Baldwin interior knobs and levers are all reversible, even the privacy sets. Schlage levers do need handing information. Baldwin or Schlage knobs do NOT need handing information
