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Garage door right door or left door.
If it s on your left side the door is left handed.
If the doorknob is on your right it s a right hand swing door.
Usually most garage doors will feature two springs which are separated by a divider situated at the door s midpoint mainly.
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Standing with your back against the swinging door hinges open your door.
To determine the door swing while replacing an existing door step into the doorway with your back to the hinges standing sideways in the opening facing the jamb where the door latches.
If the door is on your right it s right handed.
If the door is on your right you then have a right hand door.
If the open doorknob is on your right side it s a right hand door.
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.
What can we say it can appear a bit complicated.
The left and right springs.
Another way to determine the door hinge direction is to open the door and stand with your back against the hinge jamb or area.
If the door is on your left it s left handed.
However the clerk taking the order may still get confused especially if you re ordering over the phone.
If you do the same and the door swing is on your right and outward then it s a right hand door.
Well as we discussed before ordering door hardware like mortise locks or a lever styled door set are going to depend on the swing of the door.
In the picture below you can see rh lh doors swinging into and out of the room.
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.
If the door swing is on your left and also inward then you ve got a left hand door.
Measure the wire size.
The barrel or cylinders of the hinges should be on the opposite side of the door.
If the doorknob is on your left it s a left hand swing door.
Here s how to tell if your garage door torsion spring is a left wound spring or a right wound spring as seen from the back of the door.
They call it a right spring but when you are looking at the door from the inside it goes on the left side and vice versa.
Why is this important you may wonder.
It s best to order your doors in person.
Then you can draw a picture as if looking from above and sketch in the door hinge and swing direction.
If your right hand is nearer the doorknob then it is a right handed hinge and door.
The standard procedure is to stand with your back to the push side or exterior of the door.
The spring whose endpoints in a clockwise direction is a left wound spring while that whose endpoint in anticlockwise direction is a right wound.
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This video will show you how to repair a mis aligned garage door cable.