The Rules for Handing a Door

• The hand of a door is always determined from the outside.
• The outside of an exterior door is the street or entrance side.
• The outside of an auditorium door is the corridor or hall side.
• The outside of a room door is the corridor or hall side.
• The outside of a closet door is the room, corridor or hall side.
• The outside of a single communicating door is the side of which the butts are invisible when the door is closed.
• The outside of twin communicating doors is the space between the two doors.