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HOME PLAN DOOR SCHEDULE

By Before The Architect  Copyright 2003-2007



 

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hOME PLAN dOOR SCHEDULE

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INTRODUCTION

bulletHome plan detail of door plans and window plans demands close attention and a lot of specifics. This e-article is about home door plan details.
HOME DOOR PLAN DETAILS

bulletYou just have to home plan detail all this and sometimes 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 plan schedule of details, too 
bulletA code for cross reference to
bulletHome interior and exterior elevations
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.)   

Door Plan, 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.
bulletInterior or exterior
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
Door Plan, 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 contractors, subs, and suppliers will check through your specifications, comparing your door plan 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.

bulletSpecial notes, e.g.,
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 interior walls.

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