Manufacturers offer standard french door styles that are readily available to fit standard door openings and custom options that suit unique and older spaces.
Standard french door height.
An 80 inch door is called a 6 8 door pronounced six eight.
The height of common doors is 6 feet 8 inches.
This is the most common height for passage doors that lead from one room to another.
Is now very common for newer homes and stock exterior doors are also commonly available in 30 and 32 inch widths.
The additional room allows for a 3 4 inch top jamb a shim.
Some door manufacturers sell doors in 7ft 8ft heights and door widths from 24 inches to 42 inches.
The standard height of the rough opening for a door is the door height plus 2 5 8 inches.
Standard door handle height.
This is around waist height for the average adult.
The standard height of a patio door is 80 inches 6 feet 8 inches.
If you are choosing the two panel keep in mind that the standard width is 5 feet or 60 inches.
Regardless of the size of the door the australian standard as 1428 1 design for access and mobility part 1.
Usually installed as a pair of doors that swings out from the center of the door opening there are two standard types of french doors available.
But width sizes vary and depend primarily on the patio door s configuration.
General requirements for access recommends that the height of the handle should fall within 900mm and 1100mm above the floor.
96 inches or 8 ft.