Most contractors use the x o to indicate x for exit and o for ouch it s a quick and easy way to remember similar to lefty loosey righty tighty.
How to determine hand of sliding door.
This is a perfectly fine method if it helps you remember.
Using the picture below you see a x on the moving or operating panel and a o on the non moving or stationary panel.
All gliding patio doors are handed based on the location of the operating or sliding patio door panel when viewing from the outside of your home.
If the door in question is an interior door then determine the handing standing outside the room looking into the door through the doorway.
For residential the rule of thumb is with your butt at the door hinge which hand touches the door.
Left hand its a left hand door.
Take a look at the door you are replacing and you should see that one panel is stationary and the other slides open and closed.
When determining handing for sliding patio doors you always view the door from the exterior or outside facing the door.
However to be true to our handymen ancestors the terms handing and hand of a door refer to the hand you pull the door open with.
To determine whether you require an xo or ox door simply view the doorway from the exterior of your home.
Use the information below to help identify the handing of your andersen patio door.
For exterior doors you have to tell the door supplier if it.
2 if the hinges are on the right side when you walk through it it is a right hand door.
2 panel sliding doors xo ox.
If the operating patio door panel is on the left.
Determine if the door is inswing or outswing to order the correct door you need to know both the desired handing and whether it is inswing or outswing.
For inswing doors if the hinges are on the left hand side your door is left handed.
I know how how to hand regular hindged doors but what about sliding exterior doors.
Determine your patio door handing.
Yes i believe that most can be re handed to be a left or a right but it would be nice to order the correct ones to start with.