Sliding Door Handedness
If you extended the left arm then you need to order a left handed door set.
Sliding door handedness. Handedness of a sliding door is expressed as seen by an observer outside the building. Note handed from the exterior outside of the home. 200 series perma shield gliding patio doors. 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.
If you are installing a new door and jamb in a rough opening. Decide which side of the frame will have the door hinges. 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.
A left handed door opens on the left side and a right handed door opens on the right. If your right hand is nearer the doorknob then the door is right handed. 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. If the operating patio door panel is on the left side your patio door is a left handed unit.
If the door is on your right you then have a right hand door. In the picture below you can see rh lh doors swinging into and out of the room. Woodgrain interior composite prehung left hand sliding patio door with low e blinds between glass model g6068l3n2wle 1 225 00 1 225 00. 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.
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