PATIO Door Handing
HOW TO: Determine Your Patio Door handing
Use the information below to help identify the handing of your Andersen patio door.
GLIDING PATIO DOORS | |
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 operating patio door panel is on the left side, your patio door is a left-handed unit. | 200 SERIES PERMA-SHIELD GLIDING PATIO DOORS Note - Handed from the exterior (outside) of the home If your patio door is left-handed (meaning the operating patio door panel is on the left side when viewed from the exterior), the patio door panels are ordered as 'operating left' and 'stationary left'. Exterior handles, frame or jamb weatherstrip, and exterior keyed locks are handed the same as the patio door Interior handles are handed opposite of the patio door. Example: a left-hand patio door will use a right-hand interior handle Additional components such as rollers, insect screens and interlock weatherstrip (located between the stationary and operating panels) are not handed and will work for either a left-hand or right-hand patio door. |
| 200 SERIES PERMA-SHIELD GLIDING PATIO DOORS Note - Handed from the exterior (outside) of the home If your patio door is left-handed (meaning the operating patio door panel is on the left side when viewed from the exterior), the patio door panels are ordered as 'operating left' and 'stationary left'. Exterior handles, frame or jamb weatherstrip, and exterior keyed locks are handed the same as the patio door Interior handles are handed opposite of the patio door. Example: a left-hand patio door will use a right-hand interior handle Additional components such as rollers, insect screens and interlock weatherstrip (located between the stationary and operating panels) are not handed and will work for either a left-hand or right-hand patio door. | |
 Left Hand  Right Hand  Stationary / Left Hand / Stationary | |
| 400 SERIES FRENCHWOOD & 200 SERIES NARROLINE® GLIDING PATIO DOORS Note - Handed from the exterior (outside) of the home If the operating patio door panel is located on the left side from the outside of the home, the unit is left-handed. Exterior handles, jamb or frame weatherstrip, exterior keyed locks and retractable insect screens are handed with the unit Interior handles are handed opposite of the patio door Additional components such as rollers, gliding insect screens and interlock weatherstrip (located between the stationary and operating panels) are not handed. | |
Left Hand Operating Right Hand Operating  Stationary / Right Hand / Left Hand / Stationary | |
FRENCHWOOD® INSWING PATIO DOOR | |
Panels are handed as active, passive or stationary Handed from the exterior (outside) of the home using the location of the hinges on the patio door panel | Handles: Exterior handles are handed the same as the unit, Interior handles are handed opposite of the unit. Hinges are handed the same as the unit and may consist of left handed hinges and/or right handed hinges Lock Mechanisms are universally handed and have an adjustment to switch the handing THESE COMPONENTS ARE NOT HANDED Gliding insect screens, exterior keyed locks, and weatherstrip |
 Left Hand  Right Hand  Active Left / Passive Right | |
FRENCHWOOD® HINGED OUTSWING PATIO DOOR | |
Handed from the exterior (outside) of the home using the location of the hinges on the patio door panel | Handles: Exterior handles are handed the same as the unit Interior handles are handed opposite of the unit Lock mechanisms are universally handed and have an adjustment to switch the handing THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS ARE NOT HANDED Exterior keyed locks and weatherstrip |
 Left Hand  Right Hand  Active Left / Passive Right | |
