Standard Front Door Height
Entry doors are usually 36 inches wide.
Standard front door height. The additional room allows for a 3 4 inch top jamb a shim. Exterior doors seldom are shorter than 80 inches but you can find doors 7 and 8 feet in height. The most common widths are 28 30 and 32 inches. The height of common doors is 6 feet 8 inches.
Doors can be as narrow as 30 inches and as tall as 96 inches and thickness can depend on the door material. The standard height of the rough opening for a door is the door height plus 2 5 8 inches. Some door manufacturers sell doors in 7ft 8ft heights and door widths from 24 inches to 42 inches. The standard size for an exterior door is 80 inches by 36 inches which is 6 ft 8 inches by 3 ft.
The international building code has established doorknob height between 34 and 48 inches above a finished floor. While a door width of 36 inches is oversized for an interior door it s the standard size for front doors. One of the most common front door sizes in american houses is 36 inches wide by 80 inches tall and almost 2 inches thick. The standard height remains the same however at.
Exceptions to the rule include doors that provide egress into swimming pools or other water features. 1 however not all doors will have these measurements.