Instead of a doorknob some doors have levers otherwise known as a door handle that either turn up or down.
Should door handles curve up or down.
The convex side faces the window creating less space through which to view.
The first step in choosing the right door handles for you is to work out what you re prepared to pay.
The curve should actually round up.
Think about how many times you open and close the cabinet doors and drawers in your kitchen.
You likely purchased the wrong handing.
So here s a quick walkthrough of how to flip a lever handle.
This is the exterior portion of your hardware with the spindle extending from the back.
The doorknob is the round mechanism used to open and close the door.
Hold one against your cabinet doors and check.
The spring operated bolt with a beveled face to permit a latching action when the door closes.
If you try to put a left handed lever that curves down onto a right hand swinging door the lever will curve up instead of down.
Have you ever purchased a new handleset or lever only to find that the lever is upside down after installation.
Most lever handles are designed for a fancy look.
So it just won t look right.
You will want your handles to be as comfortable as they are stylish.
Test out the handles you intend to buy.
This is the interior portion of your knob or lever for privacy knobs and levers you ll want to be sure the push button lock is on the inside.
Handing applies to handlesets that include an interior lever and any non turning levers that feature a curve.
With the blinds tilted up passers by can t see in.
Set a realistic maximum budget that you re comfortable with.
According to this guy on youtube the traditional way is middle of the curve up end of the curve down which looks better but you can do it the other way for disabilities.
For straight levers like the schlage latitude lever handing does not apply.
The direction up or down to close blind slats is a matter of personal preference but if you want more privacy tilt them up with the rounded side facing out.
When shopping for schlage door hardware we note a product s handing by including lh left hand or rh right hand in the model number.
Doorknobs come in a variety of materials such as antique brass rubbed bronze or satin nickel.
This lever handle was installed upside down.
Sometimes the lever curves down sometimes they curve up.
To flip a lever handle we must swap the inside and outside handles.
As it turns out mine was backwards for use in my door and i needed to reverse it.