We have noticed that most doors have the doorknob directly in the center of the door.
Why are european door handles so hih up.
Australian door handle notoriety.
The latch hardware that s contemporary with the door isn t inset in the door but is attached to the inside and the old key is long to reach right through the door s thickness.
The position of door handles in australia has even been a source for fascination for overseas visitors.
In my last house my door lock appeared to be high cos i had a couple of steps leading up to the house so when i was stood on the bottom step my door lock would appear to be at shoulder height but if i stood on the top step then the lock was just above the door handle.
The international building code has established doorknob height between 34 and 48 inches above a finished floor.
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We have yet to figure out why but we have many hypotheses about it.
Installers typically drill the hole centered 36 inches above the floor if not specifically instructed to do so differently exceptions to the rule include doors that provide egress into swimming pools or other water features.
I get that door handles in the us have become waste height for ada purposes and that they have levers instead of knobs.
Placing the deadbolt in the normal location of 5 1 2 from the handle knob makes it just the right height to deal an easy kick to the locks.
Perhaps they think it is more aesthetically pleasing.
Maybe it puts less stress on the door itself.
Well then that s strange i live in the uk and all my locks are just below the door handle and so are my neighbours locks.
They are high doors as opposed to low doors so commoners feel like royalty when they use them.
Answered december 5 2011 author has 83 answers and 28 4k answer views placing the deadbolt so high up near chin level has the main advantage that the door will be much hard to kick in.
Door handles may have been fitted high to follow this theme.
Why are english door knobs so high.
The standard height for an english door knob is only between 34 to 36 which is approximately only 1 3 1 2 the height from the floor this is a very comfortable height unless you re an undersized individual.
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