Opening direction of doors
The opening direction of doors (often stop (s) direction or open (s) direction ) can refer to whether the leaf of a door opens to the left or right, as well as to whether it opens into or out of a room opens. In the building industry, these directions of hinged doors (and windows) are determined in the planning phase of a building and recorded in the floor plan. The opening direction of a door also determines the type of fittings for it.
Left Right
The stop side of a door is the side at which the belts (hinges) (the movable connections to the door frame or - frame ) are hinged (fixed). The hinge side of a door is also called the hinge or hinge side. If you stand on the side of the door leaf on which the hinges can be seen (with the door hung and closed) and if the hinges are on the left edge of the door, the door is hinged on the left . If they are on the right, one speaks of a door hinged on the right .
Which opening direction is chosen by the building owner or architect for a door depends on the floor plan. Decisive factors are, for example, the (planned) furnishing of a room and the (probable) directions and routes of the users. In an apartment there are usually doors that open in both directions.
Outside inside
As a rule, doors and fittings are installed in such a way that a door leaf swings into a room - i.e. from a traffic area, such as a hallway, into the actual room. Exceptions are sometimes very small rooms, such as toilets or storage rooms, the doors of which can also open from a room in order to be able to enter and use it better.
There are, in some cases, more extensive building regulations on this issue , so escape doors may only open in the direction of the escape route . For Germany, the special building regulations such. B. the Ordinance on Places of Assembly (VStättVO).
Left-right designation in Germany
DIN 107 is decisive for Germany (designation with left or right in construction) . This standard applies to both doors and windows and the associated frames and fittings. A clear designation, for example as DIN left or DIN right, is necessary so that when ordering, manufacturing and installing components, those communicating can be sure that they mean the same thing.
The rule below is formulated in a complicated way. As a rule of thumb, “ DIN is where the hinges are visible ”. If you open a window with the hinges on the left, it opens to the left .
DIN 107 defines the term opening area as:
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The opening area is that area of a sash of revolving doors, windows or shutters that is on the side towards which the sash opens.
- The closing surface is in this terminology, the surface that is on the side to which the door closes.
- The opening area is the reference area for the designation with left or right.
Left wing is defined as:
- A left wing is a wing of swing doors, windows or shutters, the axis of rotation of which is on the left when looking at its opening area [...].
Right wing is defined as:
- A right wing is a wing of swing doors, windows or shutters whose axis of rotation is on the right when looking at its opening area [...].
In addition, the code letters “L” for left-hand sash and “R” for right-hand sash are specified in DIN 107 and the left-right assignments are also extended to frames and fittings.
Directional designations in Austria
Similar to DIN 107 , ÖNORM B 5328 (Windows and doors - terminology as well as position and directional designations) regulates the directional designations for windows and doors in Austria . All definitions of terms in ÖNORM B 5328 are identical to DIN 107.
Supplementary standards
DIN EN 12519, Windows and Doors, Terminology has existed since 2004 . It is a supplementary standard. In addition to the terminology, the topic of opening directions is taken up again and supplemented in various ways in the appendix. In addition to the direction of rotation, other possible types of opening are listed with the standard-compliant graphic representation, such as: reversible windows, pivot windows, vertical sliding windows, horizontal sliding windows, lift and slide windows / doors, lift and slide windows / doors, slide and turn windows, top-hung windows, tilt windows, top-hung windows, louvre windows.
See also
- Sliding door , folding door - door systems without distinctive direction
Individual evidence
- ↑ DIN 18104-2: 2013-05, p. 8