Front Door - Right Hand or Left Hand?

[Anonymous]

is there some rule of thumb on which to choose or is it purely personal preference?

[Anonymous]

What works for your entry way, I imagine, and what comes naturally to you.

[Anonymous]

Doors aren't actually "handed". It has to do with what swing works for your interior room layout. You want the door to swing into the open room and preferably not into a wall where you would have to walk around the door into the room. So they aren't left and right handed. Pick the swing that flows best with your entry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doors aren't actually "handed". It has to do with what swing works for your interior room layout. You want the door to swing into the open room and preferably not into a wall where you would have to walk around the door into the room. So they aren't left and right handed. Pick the swing that flows best with your entry.

+1. Remember that if it's "right-handed" to open the door from the inside, it's "left-handed" to open it from the outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doors aren't actually "handed". It has to do with what swing works for your interior room layout. You want the door to swing into the open room and preferably not into a wall where you would have to walk around the door into the room. So they aren't left and right handed. Pick the swing that flows best with your entry.

+1. Remember that if it's "right-handed" to open the door from the inside, it's "left-handed" to open it from the outside.

you stand with your back against the hinges with the door open. If the door swings to the left it is a left handed door. If it swings to the right it is a right handed door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doors aren't actually "handed". It has to do with what swing works for your interior room layout. You want the door to swing into the open room and preferably not into a wall where you would have to walk around the door into the room. So they aren't left and right handed. Pick the swing that flows best with your entry.

+1. Remember that if it's "right-handed" to open the door from the inside, it's "left-handed" to open it from the outside.

you stand with your back against the hinges with the door open. If the door swings to the left it is a left handed door. If it swings to the right it is a right handed door.
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Lol, no it's not. I've been in the interior design business for twenty years and nobody, not one architect, builder, contractor, manufacturer would say a door is left or right handed. If the knob is on the left side or the right side you'll still open it with your favored hand. It has to do with how it opens into your space.

[Anonymous]

I'm an architect and we often specify whether a door is left or right handed in door schedules. You need to know how a door is handed when specifying pre hung doors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the knob is on the left side or the right side you'll still open it with your favored hand. It has to do with how it opens into your space.

I have an enclosed porch on the left side of a small colonial, I'm thinking of putting in a left hand front door to replace the existing right hand one to get more privacy. I know it might feel awkward at first but I think its the right choice?

[Anonymous]

Porch is actually in the right side of the house, facing the street....