If the door is on your right it s right handed.
Left or right hinged storm doors.
The knob is typically placed on the side of the door opposite the hinge direction.
On aug 8 2018 open on the left hinged on the right.
3 measure opening height and cut hinge side z bar.
The terms that describe the hinge position on a door are confusing.
If the door opens to your right this is a right handed door.
Fortunately answering this question is easy.
Now hinging is either left or right and is simply determined by the side you want the storm door hinges to be on.
Put the z bar against the opening on the hinge side and mark the top with tape.
Stand with your back against the hinged side of the door jamb.
Step 6 look at the knob.
Visitors need somewhere to stand out of the way of the swing when opening the screen door.
If you re hinge will be to the left your door is left hinged and if it will be to the right it s right hinged.
If it opens to your left it s a left handed door.
Now a good rule of thumb is that you want the handle of the screen door to be on the same side as the entry door.
Before you visit the store carefully measure the height and width of the door frame.
Measure the width at the top center and bottom.
Use the measurement from the space between the exterior brickmould or trim not the inner door jamb.
3000 series white left hand fullview etched glass easy install aluminum storm door with brass hardware model 3vgbezl36wh 2392.
However they make sense if you follow the guidelines shown in the photos.
Simply stand facing the doorway where you want to install your screen door making sure your viewing the door from the outside looking in.
Another easy trick is to stand facing the door on the side that swings away from you.
The entry door is a left hand swing and by that i mean when pushing the door in your left arm hits the hinge side.
VoilĂ easy as pie.
In trying to determine the swing of the screen door i am presented with obviously two options left hand and right hand.
Stand with your back to the jamb that has the hinges.
Most doors are designed so that you can hang them with the hinges on either side using the same z bar.
See the picture for a visual reference.
By looking at the photo for convenience to those standing outside your screen door should open on the left.
In the one scenario i feel that by doing hinges on opposite sides there is a natural flow into the house.
That s the way it is normally done.