A good rule of thumb is to center the hardware horizontally on the stile.
How high should the center of door handle be.
How far up on the stile you place the hardware is a matter of personal preference.
According to tim carter of ask the builder the proper height for drawer pulls and handles is approximately 2 to 3 inches from the lowest corner of the door.
Most people place the hardware between 2 and 4 inches from the bottom edge of the door.
256mm center to center and about 10 long bar pull.
These federal regulations for door handle height state that door handles must be at least 48 inches from the floor level.
Exceptions to the rule include doors that provide egress into swimming pools or other water features.
This may change for taller doors but generally not.
Those are what i recommend in the diagram.
Door handles pulls latches locks and other operating devices shall be installed 34 inches 864 mm minimum and 48 inches 1219 mm maximum above the finished floor.
Locate the lower right or left hand corner of the cabinet and measure up at least 2 inches.
The international building code has established doorknob height between 34 and 48 inches above a finished floor.
That means it attaches roughly in the middle of the stile.
Locks used only for security purposes and not used for normal operation are permitted at any height.
This makes it much easier to open.
Installers typically drill the hole centered 36 inches above the floor if not specifically instructed to do so differently.
The exception to this is when the height of a drawer front is greater than 12 in this case we recommend placing the hardware towards the top of the drawer front.
They must also be easy to operate with one hand without a tight grasp or a twisting of the wrist.
Move in a minimum of 1 inch and mark the space.
Deadbolts are typically placed above the door handle anywhere from 48 to 70 inches from the ground.
For a single pull i like doing a 1 3 of the width of the drawer if possible.
The best method is to actually use a laser level as not all floors all level and i have seen rooms where you can see the slope.
This is generally the easiest most standard ones are placed around 36 off the floor level with all the other knobs in the room.
