door handle height ?

what height do you install the handles at
900mm
what authority do you claim as basis of your answer
Thats what i have been taught.

 

dirtyd,

what height does the other guy say?

 

Are we talking new build so Part M would apply? If so - 900mm - 1100mm. So you're not wrong - but neither is he.

 

i was always told 1m so i have always stuck to that

 

That's right cotb, sit on the fence, bang in the middle

 

I agree with chip always 1m from floor to centre of spindle

 

1m was what i was taught in college

 

Mine at 1000 too. Unless householders are very tall or very short

 

I was taught 39" from the floor,exactly the middle of a six six door.

 

It is a well known fact that the internal door handle is set at the exact height of an average height man's hip. The average man being 5'10", the top of his hip being 3'(or 900mm) approximately.

There are people walking round with permanent scars on their hips at 900mm from walking into georgian/victorian door-handles all their life.

So it must be true.



Mr. Handyandy - really

 

Yep, mine at a metre too.

 

My City and Guilds course outlined that the positioning of the centre of door spindles should be at 900mm to 1m from floor level on internal doors.
Always been happy between them heights.

 

Politely point out that that is the height you were taught to fit handles at, and in the abscence of a written specification directing otherwise...

 

Hi DD,

In the absence of a middle rail, I was taught 990mm from bottom of door to centreline of lever.

City & Guilds, Institute of Carpenters.

 

If it is a Metric door I ensure that the latch is 1020 mm up and the spindle positioned at whatever height is needed to make that work. Reason for this is that the main supplier of these doors (Swedoor) makes them symetrical top to bottom so that the prehung doors can be turned up side down and used in left or right hand frames. With Swedoor latches this means the spindle is at 1040mm but with a core conventional lever latch the spindle is at 1020mm.

On an Imperial door I go for the spindle at half way (990mm) unless there is a structural reason to avoid this. The mid rail is usually lower than this so no restriction there. Reason .... it looks right.

 

i have allways placed the handle hight at 990mm to the centreline of the latch wether there is a middle rail or not.