Serious question, why does everyone in my town keep installing door hinges with the pin on the wrong side?

I've fixed three doors this month where the hinge barrel was facing the jamb, not the room, so the door swings the wrong way. Has anyone else seen this trend, or is it just my local hardware store giving out bad advice?

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charles_price3mo ago

It's probably a mix of cheap pre-hung doors and DIYers not paying attention. The hinges come assembled wrong straight from the factory sometimes. People just slap them in without checking the swing. I see it all the time on quick flip jobs where they cut every corner. Your hardware store clerk might not know any better either.

the_gray3mo ago

Ugh, total lack of common sense.

blake4321mo ago

Right there with you. It drives me crazy how often people just accept whatever the hardware store gives them without checking which way the door is supposed to open. I had to redo three doors in my own house because the pre-hung units were all set up for the wrong swing. The guy at the lumber yard told me they all come from the same warehouse and nobody bothers to look at the hinge placement before leaving. It took me a weekend of swapping doors around to get them all swinging the right way into the rooms. Common sense would be to hold the door up to the frame before you drill anything, but I guess that's too much effort for most people.