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Door schedule template with every column US drawings expect
Door number, size, type, material, frame, details, fire rating, hardware set and remarks, one row per opening. The schedule and what goes in every column are on this page. The Excel file adds dropdowns, a hardware sets sheet and a print setup for tabloid paper.
By Nicolás PlateroCCO
What a door schedule does
A door schedule is the table on the drawings that describes every opening in the building, one row per door, keyed to the tag on the floor plan. The contractor prices and orders from it, the door, frame and hardware suppliers prepare their submittals against it, and anyone checking the life safety plan reads the fire ratings from it. It works with two other parts of the set: the door and frame type elevations, and the door hardware section of the specifications, whose numbered sets the schedule points to.
University design standards spell out the minimum. Rutgers, for example, requires a unique identifier for every door and frame, and a schedule that lists every opening in order with its door number, door type keyed to the elevations, width and height, single leaf or pair, thickness, door material, frame type and material, references to head, jamb and sill details, fire rating, hardware group and remarks. The template has all of those columns, plus the room, the finishes and the glazing.
The template: door schedule and hardware sets
One row per opening, in door number order. The three example rows show a standard office door, a rated stair door and a pair of glass doors, so you can see how each column reads.
Slide the table sideways to see every column.
| Door No. | Room / location | Single / pair | Width | Height | Thickness | Door type | Door material | Door finish | Glazing | Frame type | Frame material | Frame finish | Head detail | Jamb detail | Sill detail | Fire rating | Hardware set | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Example101 | Office 101 | Single | 3'-0" | 7'-0" | 1 3/4" | A | Wood | Stain | None | F1 | Hollow metal | Paint | 1/A-801 | 2/A-801 | None | Not rated | HW-1 | Empty |
| Example102 | Stair 1, from corridor | Single | 3'-0" | 7'-0" | 1 3/4" | B | Hollow metal | Paint | Fire rated vision lite | F1 | Hollow metal | Paint | 1/A-801 | 2/A-801 | None | 90 min | HW-3 | Stair enclosure, 2 hr wall. Labeled door and frame. |
| Example105 | Conference 105 | Pair | 6'-0" | 7'-0" | 1 3/4" | C | Aluminum | Clear anodized | Tempered glass | F2 | Aluminum | Clear anodized | 3/A-801 | 4/A-801 | None | Not rated | HW-5 | Two 3'-0" leaves |
What goes in each column
- Door No.
- Unique number for the opening, the same as its tag on the floor plan.
- Room / location
- Room the door serves, so the schedule reads without the plan.
- Single / pairDropdown
- One leaf or a pair.SinglePair
- Width
- Nominal opening width. For a pair, the overall width.
- Height
- Nominal door height.
- Thickness
- Door leaf thickness.
- Door type
- Letter keyed to the door type elevations.
- Door materialDropdown
- What the leaf is made of.Hollow metalWoodAluminumGlassOther
- Door finish
- Paint, stain, factory finish.
- Glazing
- Glass type in the door, or None.
- Frame type
- Code keyed to the frame type elevations.
- Frame materialDropdown
- What the frame is made of.Hollow metalWoodAluminumOther
- Frame finish
- Paint, anodized, factory finish.
- Head detail
- Detail and sheet for the head, for example 1/A-801.
- Jamb detail
- Detail and sheet for the jamb.
- Sill detail
- Detail and sheet for the sill or threshold, or None.
- Fire ratingDropdown
- Rating of the labeled door assembly, from the life safety plan.Not rated20 min45 min60 min90 min3 hr
- Hardware set
- Set number from the door hardware section of the specs.
- Remarks
- What no other column covers: access control, hold open, special notes.
Hardware sets
A second sheet lists what each set contains, one item per row, so the numbers in the Hardware set column always have something behind them. Copy the sets from the door hardware section of your specifications.
Slide the table sideways to see every column.
| Set | Used at | Qty | Item | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExampleHW-1 | Offices, single leaf, not rated | 3 | Hinges | Empty |
| ExampleHW-1 | Offices, single leaf, not rated | 1 | Lockset, office function | Empty |
| ExampleHW-1 | Offices, single leaf, not rated | 1 | Wall stop | Empty |
Hardware sets columns
- Set
- Set number, the same one the door schedule points to.
- Used at
- The kind of opening the set serves.
- QtyNumber
- How many of the item each opening gets.
- Item
- The hardware item and its function.
- Notes
- Finish, keying or anything the supplier needs.
Fire rating and clear width
Fire rating
The rating in the schedule is the rating of the labeled door assembly, and the building code sets its minimum from the wall the door sits in. Under Section 716.2 of the International Building Code, fire door assemblies go in the assemblies listed in Table 716.1(2) and meet the rating it gives. In the 2021 edition, a door in a 2 hour enclosure for a shaft or an interior exit stair takes a 1 1/2 hour (90 minute) assembly, a door in other 1 hour fire barriers a 3/4 hour (45 minute) one, and a door in a rated corridor wall a 20 minute one. That is why the Fire rating dropdown in the file steps through 20, 45, 60 and 90 minutes and 3 hours. Check the edition your jurisdiction adopted before you rely on a number.
Clear width
The schedule lists the nominal leaf size, but accessibility is measured on the clear opening. The 2010 ADA Standards require at least 32 inches of clear width, measured between the face of the door and the stop with the door open 90 degrees (Section 404.2.3). Because it is measured from the face of the open door, the clear width is always less than the width of the leaf, so check it on accessible doors before the schedule goes out.
How to build a door schedule that holds up
1. One number per opening, matching the plan tag
Every door and frame gets a unique identifier, and the schedule lists every opening in order by it: that is how the Rutgers design standards put it. A door that shows on the plan but not in the schedule leaves nobody with the information to price or order it.
2. Types are codes keyed to elevations
Door type and frame type are letters or short codes that point to the door and frame type elevations on the door sheet. Rutgers requires both sets of elevations, so a type in the schedule with no elevation behind it is a question waiting to happen.
3. Reference head, jamb and sill details
Write each reference as detail and sheet (1/A-801). Rutgers asks for reference keys to head, jamb and sill details in the schedule, with the details themselves keyed on the frame elevations.
4. Call out glass by type
When a door, transom or sidelight has glass, name the glass type in the Glazing column and show it on the elevation. Rutgers asks for glass to be called out by type on the door and frame elevations of the door sheet.
5. Hardware set numbers come from the specs
The schedule does not list hinges and closers; it points each door to a set defined in the door hardware section (08 71 00). Cornell's specification requires the hardware schedule to be cross referenced to the floor plans and the door schedule, which is why the numbers have to match exactly. The hardware submittal is reviewed against both (see the submittal log template).
6. One fire rating per Revit type
Take ratings from the life safety plan. If the schedule comes out of Revit, remember that Autodesk lists Fire Rating among the door type properties: every door of a type prints the same rating, so a rated and an unrated door need two types, not one.
7. Say pair, and give the leaves
Rutgers asks the schedule to say single leaf or pair. For a pair, the Width column carries the overall opening and the Remarks column the leaf sizes, so the supplier does not have to guess whether 6'-0" is one door or two.
If the schedule comes out of a Revit model, the parameters behind each column, and who keeps them current, belong in your BIM execution plan. And when a door question does come up during construction, it goes out as an RFI: the construction RFI template has the form and the log.
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Questions, answered
What is a door schedule?
A door schedule is a table in a set of architectural drawings that lists every door opening in the building, one row per door, keyed to the door number on the floor plan. For each opening it gives the size, the door and frame types and materials, the fire rating, the details and the hardware set, so the contractor and the door, frame and hardware suppliers can price, order and check the work.
What information goes in a door schedule?
University design standards give a good minimum. Rutgers, for example, asks for the door number, door type, width and height, single leaf or pair, thickness, door material, frame type and material, head, jamb and sill detail references, fire rating, hardware group and remarks. This template has all of those columns and adds the room, the door and frame finishes and the glazing.
How are doors numbered on a floor plan?
Each opening gets a unique number, shown in a tag on the floor plan and repeated in the schedule, which lists the doors in number order. A common convention is to number a door after the room it opens into, such as 101, and add a letter for a second door into the same room, such as 101A. Whatever the system, one number never covers two openings.
What fire rating does a door need?
The one the building code sets for the wall it sits in. The International Building Code ties fire door ratings to Table 716.1(2): in the 2021 edition, a door in a 2 hour stair enclosure needs a 1 1/2 hour rating, a door in other 1 hour fire barriers 3/4 hour, and a door in a rated corridor wall 20 minutes. Check the edition your jurisdiction adopted.
What is a hardware set in a door schedule?
A hardware set is a numbered group of hardware items, such as hinges, a lockset, a closer and a stop, used on one kind of opening. The sets are defined in the door hardware section of the specifications, and the door schedule gives each door its set number. Cornell University's hardware specification, for instance, requires the hardware schedule to be cross referenced to the floor plans and the door schedule.
Can Revit generate a door schedule?
Yes. Revit builds a door schedule from the parameters of the door families in the model, and Autodesk lists width, height, thickness, door and frame material, type mark and fire rating among the door type properties. Because those are type properties, every door of a type shares their values, so doors that need different fire ratings need different types.
Sources: Rutgers University Design Standards Manual, Division 08 Openings; Cornell University Facilities and Campus Services, 08 71 00 Door Hardware; Autodesk Revit Help, Door Type Properties; 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, door clear width (ADA.gov); International Building Code, Fire door assemblies (UpCodes); 2021 IBC table of opening fire protection assemblies, ratings and markings, as reproduced by SAFTI FIRST.
Last updated September 23, 2026.