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HOME BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TO-DO DOOR SCHEDULE
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FINE hOme building CONSTRUCTION dOOR SCHEDULE

Sure, it's dulling, hard work - this Door Schedule biz - but it can pay big dividends -

INTRODUCTION TO FINE HOME BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TO-DO DOOR SCHEDULE
bulletHome plans detail of door plans and window plans demands close attention and a lot of specifics. This e-article is about home door plans details.

DREAM HOME DOOR PLANS DETAILS

bulletYou just have to home plans detail all this  in to-do door schedule and sometimes do more than all this to make it clear about door plans
 
bulletWhat owners need to have
 
bulletWhere they need to have it
 
bulletHow they need to installed
 
bulletExpect lots of information from this home building construction to-do door schedule of details, too 
bulletA code for cross reference to
bulletHome elevations - interiors and exteriors
bulletHome floor plans
bulletNumber of doors
bulletOf a type
bulletOn a level, etc.
bulletTaking care to distinguish units of doors, say, a double-door pair from the two individual, constituent slabs
bulletStyle or form
bulletSingle-swing
bulletDouble
bulletPocket
bulletBypass
bulletBifold
bulletCased
bulletSmooth
bulletPatterned
bulletCallout
bulletDimensions in feet and inches and not to rough opening as it is (usually) with windows 

Comment:  If the door callout is 3068, the door is 3 linear feet-0 linear inches wide and 6 linear feet-8 linear inches tall.  (If the window callout is 3068, the window is 30 linear inches wide and 68 linear inches tall.)   

TO-Do Door Schedule, Illustrated Hand and Swing 

bulletRough or masonry opening in feet and inches
 
bulletNote that these leeways vary
bulletBetween types of doors
bulletBetween carpenters

Comment:  This home designer has noted from time to time that some other designers include facsimile drawings of door styles either as part of or the entirety of a Door Schedule with key codes for cross-reference to floor plans, etc.  Before The Architect hasn’t done this to date; clients so far have chosen their own door styles. 

bulletType of door slab, e.g., colonial raised panel, flush, etc.
 
bulletLevel on which the door is set
 
bulletBetween what 2 spaces the door goes
 
bulletMaterial of the door – hollow, solid, steel, etc.
 
bulletInteriors or exteriors
 
bulletAxis relative to house faces, e.g., FOH-BOH, LOH-ROH
 
bulletTo what space the door swings, if it does swing
bulletThis designation can get mired in misery between left-hand and right-hand
bulletEither graphically specify what you mean by left-hand and right-hand and in- and out-swing, or
bulletMuch better yet, define to which space a door swings and which house direction, e.g., BOH for Back Of House or compass orientation, is either the lock jamb, leaving it to the door pros to work it out on their own terms

To-Do Door Schedule, Texted Hand and Swing

 

Key:  APX = approximately; CLG = ceiling; CO = cased opening; C/O = callout; EXT = exterior; FR = fire-rated; LJ = lock jamb; PD = pocket door; SS = single-swing; TSM = transom; W = width; WL = wall

bulletLock jamb face relative to house face
 
bulletWall depth whereat the door will be set 

Comment: There’s no telling how screwed up door orders can get when the other guy doesn’t get hand and swing right.  Of significant importance in this regard is the direction of travel: don’t detail that direction and you can get whatever.  Once upon a time, this custom home designer specified hand and swing incorrectly for every one of a couple dozen interior doors in a major rehab.  Every one.  It’s a dangerous world.  Not all residential contractors, subs, and suppliers will check through your specifications, comparing your door plans for your floor plan. 

Comment: Please note the redundancy in these itemized details.  Redundancy is your friend – doesn’t matter whether you’re the owner, builder, or designer.
 
bulletFire-rating
 
bulletSelf-closing
 
bulletSelf-latching
 
bulletFrench
 
bulletFinish
 
bulletAdaptable  
 
bulletSwing-away hinges
 
bulletPocket door adaptation
 
bulletSpecial order of wood, glaze, boring, hinging, etc.
 
bulletTransom
 
bulletIf arched, whether or not flattened
 
bulletInclude major and minor axes
 
bulletSidelites
 
bulletArched, whether Roman, Gothic, etc.
 
bulletInclude minor axis
 
bulletInclude spring line
 
bulletSecurity measures
 
bulletTo impede drilling
 
bulletTo impede carding
 
bulletTo protect hinge pins
 
bulletEtc.

Comment:   Centerlines on home floor plans serve door siting best, as with home windows and interiors' walls.
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