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Masonite Confidential & Proprietary– Not to be distributed beyond intended parties

HANDING & SWING

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HANDING & SWINGTHE HARDEST THING ABOUT

ORDERING A DOOR…..

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INSWING VS. OUTSWING

• Inswing: door swings into the room/home

• Outswing: door swings out into the hallway/other

room/great outdoors

Simple: Does the door hit the person standing

inside the room/house or outside of it?

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“IT DO MEAN A THING…

• …If it ain’t got that swing”

– If you have an existing door frame, it is built for

inswing or outswing – order the wrong door and it

will not work as planned – the hinges will be wrong.

– Swing impacts construction of the door frame

(jambs used) as well as machining for the hinges

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HANDING 101• Handing indicates which hand will be used to open the door – left

or right – not where the handle is

• Do not use the door handle placement to figure out handing – it will lead to mistakes

• Handing will impact how the door is machined for the handleset as well as the hinges

• The handing will also impact which way the door opens to the left or right – the wrong handing may have the door banging into walls or furniture or limit accessibility to the space beyond

• Handlesets may also be impacted – some are designed specifically for right or left handed doors

‘K, we get it, handing is important

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CHOOSING SIDES

• Hinge-side: You can see the hinges when the door is

closed – door opens toward you

• Stop side: You cannot see the hinges when the door

is closed – you can see the door stop – door opens

away from you

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HANDING: HINGE PLACEMENT

• For outswing doors, if you stand in front of the door:

– Hinge-side left = right hand

– Hinge-side right = left hand

• For inswing doors, if you stand in front of the door:

– Hinge-side left = left hand

– Hinge-side right = right hand

FOR INSWING FOR OUTSWING

Handing is the same as hinge-side

Handing is the opposite of hinge-side

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NEW OPENINGS

• If the door will be

inswing:

• Stand inside the room

facing the doorway

• Which wall will the door

swing toward?

• Left wall: Right-handed

Inswing

• Right wall: Left-handed

inswing• If the door will be outswing:

• Stand outside the room

facing the doorway

• Which wall will the door

swing toward?

• Left wall: Right-handed

Outswing

• Right wall: Left-handed

Outswing

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ANOTHER OPTION - INTERIOR

LEFT

HAND

RIGHT

HAND

• Go to the doorway

• Stand with your back to

the hinges of the door

(the door will have to be

open)

• Which hand is closest to

(can reach) the door

handle?• If it is your right – right

handed door

• If it is your left – left

handed door

• If the door swings into

the room: inswing

• If the door swings out

of the room: outswing

Specifying swing is not necessary for pre-hung interior doors

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ANOTHER OPTION - EXTERIOR

• Go to the exterior doorway

• Stand with your back to the hinges of the open door

• Which hand is closest to (can reach) the door handle?• If it is your right – right handed door• If it is your left – left handed door• If the door swings into the house: inswing• If the door swings out of the house: outswing

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DODGE THE ISSUE - INTERIOR

• The challenges of handing and swing are limited to passage doors aka your standard, hinged, “see them everywhere” doors that allow 95% access to the space beyond

• Try suggesting a different type of door:

– Pocket: Yes, there will be modifications to the wall, BUT, you will only have to decide if it will slide open the left or right AND you will have 100% access to the space beyond

– Barn: Two decisions, inside the room or outside AND which way will it slide open AND 100% access to the space beyond

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STILL UNCERTAIN?• We’ll help.

• Have the customer take a picture of the existing door or the rough opening from outside the room/home

• Have them email/text the picture to you

• Email our customer service team at: [email protected]

• Attach the picture(s) or video

• We’ll identify it and help you order the right door

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