• The direction of the doors and the windows is an important consideration to make. Ideally, a house with maximum number of doors and windows opening in north and east sides, rather than south and west, of the building is considered auspicious.
• The main door of the house should be bigger in size as compared to the other doors in the house. Also, it should be more beautiful than others.
• Doors of all the rooms should be of the same size. However, if you want one of them to be bigger, then doors in south and west side should be the one. Make sure not to make the north and the east side doors bigger than the rest.
• A house should have even numbers of doors and windows.
• At the time of fixing the door frame in an internal wall, make sure that the door frame is not fixed contiguous to the main wall of the house. There should be a minimum of 4″ (4 inches) pad built, before fixing the door frame to a lateral wall.
• Take care of the cross ventilation at the time of fixing the doors and windows. A good way to ensure this would be to fix doors and windows opposite to each other, so as to have better light and air.
• Make sure that the doors are not in the center of the wall. Instead, a door should ways be off-centered.
• For an east facing house, the main door or entrance should be towards the east, so that the main door falls in the Northern half of that side. Such a door yields good results and is considered very auspicious.
• A west facing house should have the main door in the west, so that the main door falls in the Northern half of that side.
• If the house is north facing, the entrance should be fixed towards North, so that is falls in the eastern half of that side.
• When a house is south facing, the entrance should be fixed towards North, so that the door falls in the Eastern half of that side.
• If you have two houses in the same floor, opposite to each other, make sure that their main door does not open exactly towards each other.
• As for the material used for the door and windows, try to have one type of wood for all. Teak serves as the best option for doors and windows.
• Irregular shaped doors and windows are a strict no-no, as they are deemed inauspicious. Ideally, the door size should be in ratio of 2:1 in respect to height and width, its normal size being 7′ (7 feet) x 3′ (3 feet).
• For the windows, though the sizes of width may differ, they should have symmetry in height.
• Ensure that there is no obstruction in front of main door such as rails, staircase, big trees, and so on. Temple, lamppost or any other obstruction is also not feasible.
• Making doors at the beginning and the end of the staircase is a good sign.
• A doorway in the east is extremely auspicious. However, one can also have doorways in the northern and western side. A doorway in the south side is not permissible.

Entrance Door of the HouseThe entrance door should also be taken in consideration while the application of Vastu to your house. Entrance door should be in North, East or North East of the house. The entrance door size should always be larger than the other doors of the house.

Number of Entrances

Many houses may have more than one entrance on the frontage. Some rules however, have to be followed for providing these doors. If there is only one main entrance door to the house then more wealth is expected over other factors. If there are two doors in the entrance then a comfortable life for the inmates can be expected. If there are three doors than it is harmful to the residents. If more than three doors are provided as main entrance than it causes many problems.

Placement of Main Entrance Doors

One Door
If only one entrance s provided to the house it should be placed in east or north for the best results. Doors in the west and south are not good/allowed, but these directions can be used for a entrance in commercial establishments.

Two Doors
If a house has two doors than they can be in the following combinations:

1. East in combination with north and west
2. West with north and East is allowed
3. South and West Doors are not allowed
4. South and East Doors are not allowed

Three Doors

1. Three doors excluding the east is inauspicious
2. Three doors excluding south is auspicious
3. Three Doors excluding north is inauspicious
4. Three doors excluding west is auspicious.

Four Doors
If the house is aligned to the magnetic orientation than keeping the door in all the 4 directions is very auspicious.

Inner Doors
Height of the doors should be at least 7′ (7 feet), and width of the door should be at least 3′-6″ (3 feet and 6 inches).