This is somewhat wood related

Face the door as it will swing to you. If the latch is in the right its a right hand door. That’s the way its done in Texas.

Storm and screen doors are opposite. They are called as right or left “hinge”. So if the latch is on the right its a left hinge door.

-- Ron Wilson - maker of fine firewood!

MrRon
Handing a door can be confusing. A door is only considered a RH or LH swing. Where reverse bevel comes into play is only in describing the location of a keyed lock. A RH swing door is a door that swings away from you and the hinges are on the right. A LH swing is the same but the hinges are on the L. Reverse bevel comes into play when there is a keyed lock involved, and where it is located on the door. If the keyed side is on the side of the door that opens towards you then it is considered a reverse bevel, and depending where the hinges are, it would be either RH reverse (Hinges on your right)as the door swings towards you, or LH reverse (Hinges on your left) If the door swings away from you and the keyed lock is on that side then it is still either a RH or LH swing, only when the keyed side is on the side that swings towards you, would it be considered reverse bevel.
This is probably as clear as mud.

peace to all.

-- Joe from Western Ma.... Peace to all

stand with back to hinge side of jam if door swings right its rh

That’s the way i was taught. IF you stand with your back to where the hinges are ( or will be) and you want the door to swing to your right, you need a RH door. Doesn’t matter about in-swing/out-swing just stand where you want the hinges to be on a new door opening. If you then want it to swing outward ( or inward) note which direction that is from where you stand IN the opening.

If you wanted an out swinging door, with the hinges on the right as you are looking out the opening, hmmm, that would be a RH door. simple as that. Try it out sometime…..

-- A Planer? I'M the planer, this is what I use

Put your butt to the butts, which ever direction it swings is the hand left or right.

-- ~Just A Guy With A Hammer~