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Architectural Door Specification Checklist

Download a practical architectural door specification checklist covering openings, performance, hardware, smart access, approvals, production, installation, and handover.

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Architectural Door Specification Checklist

A practical coordination tool for architects, developers, contractors, distributors, and project teams planning entrance, security, interior, hotel, villa, and smart-access door packages.

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Coordinate the complete opening before production

A door package connects architecture, structure, finishes, hardware, security, access control, logistics, and installation. This checklist helps project teams record the decisions that are often divided across drawings, schedules, specifications, quotations, and supplier submittals.

Use one record for each distinct door type and maintain a stable door mark through design, approval, manufacturing, delivery, and handover.

01

Project and opening data

Door marks, quantities, handing, structural openings, finished dimensions, interfaces, tolerances, responsibilities, and programme dependencies.

02

Performance and construction

Security, fire and smoke, acoustic, thermal, weather, accessibility, egress, durability, leaf, frame, glazing, seals, and finish requirements.

03

Hardware and smart access

Mechanical preparation, lock compatibility, cable routing, power, emergency override, credentials, privacy, commissioning, and administrator handover.

04

Production and installation

Submittals, approvals, samples, inspection, packing, logistics, site readiness, anchorage, adjustment, testing, close-out, and maintenance documents.

Important: This resource supports project coordination. It does not replace the applicable building code, fire and egress requirements, accessibility rules, approved test reports, or professional design review. Performance claims should be tied to the complete doorset configuration and relevant evidence.

Who should use it?

  • Architects and door specifiers
  • Villa and hotel developers
  • Main contractors and fit-out teams
  • Door and hardware distributors
  • Security and access-control integrators
  • Procurement and quality teams
  • Installers and commissioning teams
  • Property owners planning custom entrances

How to get a useful manufacturer review

Send the completed checklist with the latest door schedule, architectural elevations, wall build-ups, hardware schedule, finish references, performance requirements, and target programme. Identify any information that remains provisional. KEST can then review constructability, product selection, interfaces, and information gaps without treating assumptions as approved project facts.

Planning a door package?

Download the checklist, complete the available project information, and send it with your drawings for a project-specific review.

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