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Door Furniture Plan
A Door Furniture Plan as also known as a Door Furniture Schedule, for consistency I will refer to it as a Door Furniture Plan in this article. Generally a Door Furniture Plan is a list of door furniture required for a building project. For residential projects this is based on the floor plan and some additional information to determine the owners requirements. For commercial and industrial building projects the Door Furniture Plan is based on the Door Schedule. The door schedule is developed by the architect based on the building construction plan. Typically the door schedule is given to door furniture supply and or installation companies who will then develop the Door Furniture Plan based on the Door Schedule. A Door Schedule will list every door in the project and the specifications for each door. In most cases this is in form of a spread sheet see example here. Since the architect is specifying the door furniture that shall be used for this project they are often referred to in the door furniture industry as "Specifiers". In the following I will discuss in more detail the Residential Door Furniture Plan and the Commercial Door Furniture Plan. Residential Door Furniture Plan As mentioned this is based on the floor plan (need to work out how to link and have different text for display) of the building and some additional information by the owner. Additional information is required to determine such issues of the owner such as: Front door that will be installed. The minimum is to know if it will be a single or double rebated door,
 * Technical information not covered on the floor plan.

the thickness of the door and the material it will be made from (usually timber). Type of front door handle eg knob lockset, leverset of long door handle Are all entrance doors to be keyed alike (front door, rear or side doors, internal garage door etc.)
 * The budget the owner plans to spend
 * The look and feel that is desired. Contemporary, contemporary classical, classical etc.
 * The security requirements.

to do: internal links to relevant article where appropiate external link to a door schedule and door furniture plan --Bluewolf net au (talk) 01:21, 31 May 2008 (UTC)