For straight levers like the schlage latitude lever handing does not apply.
Lever door handles up or down.
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.
However if the incorrect door handing is ordered the lever would curve down in the middle and up on the end.
A levers only requires the user to push down or apply some pressure to open the door.
Which way do the paddle handles go.
It just takes a pin.
This is the exterior portion of your hardware with the spindle extending from the back.
Handing applies to handlesets that include an interior lever and any non turning levers that feature a curve.
Sometimes the lever curves down sometimes they curve up.
Whether they include a lock or not lever handles are generally reversible.
Doors skylights and windows storm door lever handle lifts up not down people always tell me the door is locked cause they try to open it the normal way.
I think tips up is correct.
If you don t have one you can use a thick paperclip small pick.
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.
A lever is easier to manipulate for an elderly resident with arthritis or anyone with their hands full.
Tips down would not be as easy to use.
Pushing a lever down is much easier.
We replaced every door knob in our house with levers tips up because i have arthritis in my hands which make grasping and turning a knob painful.
This makes levers a good choice for busy parents as well as the elderly.
Is there a right way or a wrong way for the paddles to g.
Most lever handles are designed for a fancy look.
Lever handles come in a variety of styles but those that are curved typically are meant to be installed so that the middle of the curve is up and then down on the end.
In fact many rotating door handles can be removed quickly and switched to a different position.
So it just won t look right.
My thought is that a middle of the curve down end of the curve up doesn t look better or worse but it is a little bit better ux in that the hand.
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.
Why do i have to specify the door handing when i order my lever handles.
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.