When an easily removable door is needed.
Rising door hinge left or right.
If your right hand is nearer the doorknob then it is a right handed hinge and door.
It s best to order your doors in person.
Hinges are right or left handed and can have a fixed or removable pin the latter lets you remove doors without unscrewing the hinges.
With rising butt hinges you can have inward opening door without the gap and gravity will help to close it for you.
However there s one more thing you may need to specify when ordering.
Rising butt hinges can be either left handed or right handed depending on which way the door opens and to which side the hinge is to be attached.
When pushing the door open if the hinge is on the right of the door and frame it s a right handed if it s on the left it s left handed.
If the door opens away from you and the hinge is to be on the left then use a left handed rising butt hinge.
If the hinge is to be on the right then a right handed hinge will be required.
Left or right handed.
The difference between right and left rising butt hinges and how.
However if the door opens towards you reverse this and choose a left handed hinge for the right side or a right handed hinge for the left.
With rising butt hinges you can have inward opening door without the gap and gravity will help to close it for you.
Left or right handed.
Voilà easy as pie.
When pushing the door open if the hinge is on the right of the door and frame it s a right handed if it s on the left it s left handed.
If the door is on your right it s right handed.
As stated when a new thicker carpet is fitted installing a rising butt hinge will prevent the scuffing and dragging as it acts to lift the door as it is opened.
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.
Then you can draw a picture as if looking from above and sketch in the door hinge and swing direction.
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.
When to use rising butt hinges.
Rising hinges are usually used to lift a door over a floor that is not level or is carpeted.
However when installing a rising butt hinge in this situation you ll also want to make sure that the installation height of the rising butt hinge is adjusted just right in order to keep the bottom of the door from scraping against the thick floor covering when the door is being closed.
