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Which way should doors swing? MiamiCuse 02-10-2008
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Posted by MiamiCuse on February 10, 2008, 7:33 pm
I need some advise about door swing in/out/left/right...

Here is the floor plan of my family room.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/family%20room/doors.jpg

On the lower left it opens to a hallway that turns south to the west side of
the house, and on the lower right it opens to a hallway that will go pass
one suite then turns south to the east side of the house.

I am trying to decide which ways the east and west doors should swing into /
out of the hallway and whether it's left or right. It seems if I make the
best decision at each location individually, then those two doors will not
swing in a consistent manner as you walk past one to the other.

One restriction, the lower right door cannot swing right to the glass door
entrance. It also cannot swing left into the hallway because there is a
major electrical box there for many light switches. The lower left door
cannot swing left into the hallway obviously because it will end up blocking
the hallway. Also, both doors probably will be left opened 80% of the time.

Is there a "right" way to do this?

Thanks,

MC



Posted by Michael \(LS\) on February 10, 2008, 10:48 pm

> I need some advise about door swing in/out/left/right...
>
> Here is the floor plan of my family room.
>
> http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/family%20room/doors.jpg
>
> On the lower left it opens to a hallway that turns south to the west side
of
> the house, and on the lower right it opens to a hallway that will go pass
> one suite then turns south to the east side of the house.
>
> I am trying to decide which ways the east and west doors should swing into
/
> out of the hallway and whether it's left or right. It seems if I make the
> best decision at each location individually, then those two doors will not
> swing in a consistent manner as you walk past one to the other.
>
> One restriction, the lower right door cannot swing right to the glass door
> entrance. It also cannot swing left into the hallway because there is a
> major electrical box there for many light switches. The lower left door
> cannot swing left into the hallway obviously because it will end up
blocking
> the hallway. Also, both doors probably will be left opened 80% of the
time.
>
> Is there a "right" way to do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> MC
>
>

Why do you even need doors there?



Posted by MiamiCuse on February 11, 2008, 12:08 am

>
>> I need some advise about door swing in/out/left/right...
>>
>> Here is the floor plan of my family room.
>>
>> http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/family%20room/doors.jpg
>>
>> On the lower left it opens to a hallway that turns south to the west side
> of
>> the house, and on the lower right it opens to a hallway that will go pass
>> one suite then turns south to the east side of the house.
>>
>> I am trying to decide which ways the east and west doors should swing
>> into
> /
>> out of the hallway and whether it's left or right. It seems if I make
>> the
>> best decision at each location individually, then those two doors will
>> not
>> swing in a consistent manner as you walk past one to the other.
>>
>> One restriction, the lower right door cannot swing right to the glass
>> door
>> entrance. It also cannot swing left into the hallway because there is a
>> major electrical box there for many light switches. The lower left door
>> cannot swing left into the hallway obviously because it will end up
> blocking
>> the hallway. Also, both doors probably will be left opened 80% of the
> time.
>>
>> Is there a "right" way to do this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> MC
>>
>>
>
> Why do you even need doors there?
>
>

To close off the bedroom quarters or other sections of the house when I am
entertaining outside but opening up that room only, or for noise control.



Posted by Jude Alexander on February 11, 2008, 1:20 pm

>
>>
>>> I need some advise about door swing in/out/left/right...
>>>
>>> Here is the floor plan of my family room.
>>>
>>> http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/family%20room/doors.jpg
>>>
>>> On the lower left it opens to a hallway that turns south to the west
>>> side
>> of
>>> the house, and on the lower right it opens to a hallway that will go
>>> pass
>>> one suite then turns south to the east side of the house.
>>>
>>> I am trying to decide which ways the east and west doors should swing
>>> into
>> /
>>> out of the hallway and whether it's left or right. It seems if I make
>>> the
>>> best decision at each location individually, then those two doors will
>>> not
>>> swing in a consistent manner as you walk past one to the other.
>>>
>>> One restriction, the lower right door cannot swing right to the glass
>>> door
>>> entrance. It also cannot swing left into the hallway because there is a
>>> major electrical box there for many light switches. The lower left door
>>> cannot swing left into the hallway obviously because it will end up
>> blocking
>>> the hallway. Also, both doors probably will be left opened 80% of the
>> time.
>>>
>>> Is there a "right" way to do this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> MC
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Why do you even need doors there?
>>
>>
>
> To close off the bedroom quarters or other sections of the house when I am
> entertaining outside but opening up that room only, or for noise control.

I'd put in the "bottom" door (relative to page) because the other door
interferes (overlaps) into the hallway leading to the bath/bedroom.
>
>



Posted by HVS on February 11, 2008, 3:05 am
On 11 Feb 2008, MiamiCuse wrote

> I need some advise about door swing in/out/left/right...
>
> Here is the floor plan of my family room.
>
> http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/family%20room/doo
> rs.jpg
>
> On the lower left it opens to a hallway that turns south to the
> west side of the house, and on the lower right it opens to a
> hallway that will go pass one suite then turns south to the east
> side of the house.
>
> I am trying to decide which ways the east and west doors should
> swing into / out of the hallway and whether it's left or right.
> It seems if I make the best decision at each location
> individually, then those two doors will not swing in a
> consistent manner as you walk past one to the other.
>
> One restriction, the lower right door cannot swing right to the
> glass door entrance. It also cannot swing left into the hallway
> because there is a major electrical box there for many light
> switches. The lower left door cannot swing left into the
> hallway obviously because it will end up blocking the hallway.
> Also, both doors probably will be left opened 80% of the time.
>
> Is there a "right" way to do this?

I don't know if there's any code about this, but all other things
being equal I'd say that having both swinging into the room --
against the south wall -- minimises their intrusiveness and gives a
bit of symmetry.

--
Cheers,
Harvey

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