At what height are the door handles installed?

Regardless of the modification, each door is considered a complex structure with its own individual elements that perform specific functions. When installing the unit, all component parts are equipped with fittings, each individual product has its own special place. You need to decide at what height to install the doorknob.

The difficulty in making a decision in a particular case is influenced by several factors at once, which will be discussed below.

• A kind of door structure. On an interior door made of solid wood, the doorknob can be placed anywhere. Only one criterion will remain important - convenience for household members. If we talk about paneled door models, then things are more complicated here, since such an interior door is a frame with inserts, which are often made too thin. For example, such inserts can be plastic or glass. And in this case, there is no point in attaching the door handle to elements made of such material, because, firstly, it simply will not hold for a long time, and secondly, it may be absolutely impossible. The handle can only be fixed to the frame and will have to be placed above the door lock. But the locks are cut in different ways - it all depends on the location of the horizontal lintel on the frame.

• Door handle type. All fittings for opening may differ in the type of construction, method of fastening, shape or size. This is another reason why, in principle, there cannot be specific standards for calculating the height for fastening such an element, given the huge range of door structures.
• Family members. During the installation of the door handle, it is necessary to take into account the height of every person living in the house, and even the smallest children, since the baby is unlikely to be able to reach the handle, which is located too high.
• Pets. For some reason, such an indicator as the presence of pets is not taken into account when installing door handles. And this, of course, is in vain, because if the handle is set at the correct height, the dog, for example, can always open the door. The question here is different - whether animals are allowed to enter all the rooms of the house.

As it turned out, there is no specific standard for the height at which the handles should be attached to the interior doors. They just need to be installed in such a way that at the time of opening or closing the interior door there are no inconveniences. Therefore, for each door, the attachment point must be chosen individually, taking into account all the features of the opening and the canvas itself, where the door handle will be mounted.

An exception is considered to be ready-made models of door structures with already produced and applied markings for each element of the fittings. In this case, all that remains is to secure all the necessary elements in a special sector.

In the first option, they consider the possibility of focusing on family members, that is, on the growth of a household, who is considered the average of all those living in the house. Having decided on who is of average height in the family, you need to put this family member right next to the sash with hands down.Right at wrist level plus an additional 200mm upward and there should be a point of acceptable height at which the handle will be installed on the interior door.

The second option to resolve the issue of mounting the door handle is as follows: it is necessary to do the same actions that were described above for the first option (you need to choose one with an average height from all household members and attach it to the door leaf). However, this time the mark should not be performed at a distance from the floor to his wrist, but to the level of the elbow joint. In this case, there is no need to make an additional shift from the resulting markup.

Usually, the handle is placed on the door to the nursery a little lower so that it is more convenient for the kids to use the door. However, children grow up quite quickly, and replacing doors every 3-4 years is not economical and not practical. In addition, high-quality interior designs are not cheap, and no one wants to drill constantly fresh holes for reinstalling fittings every time. In some cases, it is more advisable to install a push door handle, and then tie some beautiful decorative string to it - this way you can solve the problem of opening the door for a small child. After 5 years, the lace can be removed - the child will grow up and will freely reach the door handle.

When, for any reason, the area for the fittings specified by the manufacturer is completely inappropriate, it is necessary to move the door handle lower, higher or sideways. Here you should take into account the standard width of all frame rails of a paneled door structure (its size is 100 mm). It is for this reason that it is absolutely impossible to drill holes in such a canvas.

You should also take into account the features of the fasteners of the door structure. Sometimes the interior door is specially raised. For example, this is necessary in the case when it is necessary to increase the ventilation intensity or, conversely, to install a decorative sill. Such an upward shift should be taken into account at the time of calculating the height indicator for the future fastening of door handles.

The whole process of installing door hardware produced in several stages.

1. Work should be started by marking the points, which, after drilling, will turn into holes necessary for installation. The first height that needs to be measured is for the future fastening of the fittings to the interior door structure. Carry out the markup with horizontal lines and very carefully. But the vertical lines usually mark the center, where the fittings themselves will be located. At the intersection of the lines, holes are drilled for mounting the lock mechanism and door handles.
2. Immediately after drilling, proceed to the installation of fittings. Usually, the manufacturer's instructions indicate all the necessary steps to make the installation correctly and efficiently.

After fixing the handle, make sure and check the reliability of the installed fittings. The result of the manipulations done is that the lock should be easily closed and opened, like the door itself, without any problems.

As practice shows, when all the necessary nuances are taken into account, it is not difficult to calculate the correct height for attaching the handle.

You will learn more about the height at which the door handle should be installed in the following video.