Learn how to determine the hand or swing of single commercial doors and the active hand of double doors.

Which side are the hinges on as you are viewing the door? If the hinges are on your Left side, and the door is pushing away from you, it is a Left Hand (LH) Swing. If the hinges are on your Right side, and the door is pushing away from you it is a Right Hand (RH) Swing.

– Right Hand Reverse (RHR) – Left Hand Reverse (LHR) The easiest way to identify which handing your door has it to do the following: (1) Standing / Viewing Position: (a)Stand in front of the door, building or room as you are going to enter, or go inside the space. This should also be the keyed side, where you can put in a key.

If the door on the Right side is to be active, and the door is pulling towards you, it is a RHR Active Opening (RHRA). Sometimes a pair of double doors have leafs which swing in opposite directions. This is called a Double Egress opening. The handing will be LHR/LHR or RHR/RHR (typically both door leaves are active).

2014年6月27日 · 창호도 중 도어 설계시 문 방향에 대해 잘 모르시는 분들을 위해 아래와 같이 참고 그림을 오렸습니다. 도어 하드웨어 (Door Hardware)의 키가 설치되는 곳은 외부를 기준으로 방향이 결정됩니다. 도어 하드웨어 설계를 하실 경우 아래 용어를 알고 계시면 실무를 보다 손쉽게 할 수 있을 거라 생각 합니다.

2025年2月20日 · RHR doors feature an exterior-facing swing, pushing open to the right with hinges still mounted along the right edge. Like LHR doors, these are typical for building entrances and high-traffic exits needing a push bar for convenient egress. Here’s what …

2014年8月19日 · The to or from designation refers to the direction of the door swing – the door is swinging from the lobby to the exterior, or to the classroom from the corridor. Doors that are LH or RH will be “to” and doors that are LHR or RHR will be “from. Here’s a …

But a problem arises in commercial applications with outswing doors as they are actually either a Left Hand Reverse (LHR) or a Right Hand Reverse (RHR). Doors are always handed from the outside of the door so a good way to tell if you have a reverse hand door is if you are standing facing the outside of the door and you have to backup (reverse ...

Designations for handing are: RH, LH, RHR, LHR. On pairs of doors, the suffix -A may indicate that a leaf is the active leaf in the pair (i.e.: RHR-A). Video: How to Determine Door Handing

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