08 11 13
Hollow Metal Doors & Frames
16-gauge and 18-gauge welded and knockdown steel frames, masonry anchors, drywall stud anchors, and flush metal doors.
TRADE 04 — DOOR FRAME AND HARDWARE (DFH)
DOOR FRAME AND HARDWARE ESTIMATING
Comprehensive Division 08 opening counts, hollow metal frame takeoffs, and architectural hardware schedule audits — delivered in 24–48 hours.
- 24–48h
- Turnaround
- ±2%
- Accuracy
- 100%
- Opening Audited
DIVISION 08
Hollow metal frame, wood door, and hardware schedule takeoff
OVERVIEW
WHERE DFH BIDS FAIL
Door schedule conflicts, misread hardware sets, and overlooked electrical prep components generate costly change orders during door installation.
01 SCHEDULE CONFLICTS
Floor Plans vs Schedules
Floor plan opening marks calling out swing doors while schedules list pair openings or missing frame throat dimensions.
02 HARDWARE SET OMISSIONS
Uncounted Accessories
Door closers, kick plates, wall stops, thresholds, and perimeter gasketing left out of hardware set pricing summaries.
03 ELECTRIFIED PREP
Access Control Hardware
Electrified panic hardware, power transfers, and electric strikes quoted as standard mechanical hardware without raceway costs.
04 FIRE RATING DISCREPANCIES
Labeling & Glass Lites
20-minute to 90-minute fire-rated door assemblies requiring specialized vision lites and ceramic glass unflagged.
SCOPE OF WORK
WHAT WE QUANTIFY
Complete Division 08 opening schedules cross-referenced by door material, frame type, fire rating, and hardware set.
08 14 16
Flush Architectural Wood Doors
Solid core wood doors, particleboard core, mineral core fire-rated doors, stain-grade veneers, and plastic laminate finishes.
08 71 00
Finish Hardware Sets
Comprehensive hardware set line-item counts including hinges, locksets, latchsets, flush bolts, and coordinators.
08 71 13
Exit Devices & Door Controls
Rim and surface vertical rod panic exit devices, heavy-duty surface door closers, and overhead concealed stops.
08 71 23
Electrified Door Hardware
Electric strikes, motorized latch retraction devices, power transfers, magnetic locks, and card-access integration hardware.
08 81 00
Vision Lites & Thresholds
Glazing vision frames, ceramic fire-rated glass, aluminum thresholds, automatic door bottoms, and weatherstripping kits.
BID 2X FASTER
Turnaround in 24–48 hours to chase more commercial opening packages.
BID TIGHTER
Itemized hardware counts eliminate general lump-sum opening guesses.
DEFEND SCOPE
Color-coded opening markups cross-referenced directly with door schedules.
SCALE CAPACITY
Surge capacity for large commercial subcontracts without expanding overhead.
STAY CONSISTENT
Standardized Excel opening matrices matching distributor software formats.
PROCESS
HOW WE WORK
Four predictable steps, backed by a named deliverable at every stage.
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01
Intake
Submit floor plans, door schedules, elevation drawings, and Division 08 specs. Scope confirmed upfront.
SCOPE CONFIRMED -
02
Review
Opening mark vs schedule reconciled. Fire labels and hardware set conflicts logged as RFIs.
RFI LOG -
03
Takeoff
Each door opening digitized with color-coded tags by frame type and hardware set number.
MARKED-UP PLANS -
04
Delivery
Excel opening schedule matrix with complete hardware itemization delivered with a review call.
BID PACKAGE
PROJECT PROOF
EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE WORK
Corporate Headquarters Building
Welded hollow metal frames, walnut architectural wood doors, card-access locks
Medical Surgery Center
90-minute fire-rated steel doors, stainless steel protection plates, delayed exit devices
University Academic Hall
Heavy-duty mortise locksets, continuous gear hinges, surface closers, kick plates
WHY P2C
TRADE-EXPERIENCED ESTIMATORS
Our door and hardware estimators understand Division 08 specifications and hardware schedule coding to guarantee exact counts.
- Division 08 opening estimator expertise
- Opening mark reconciliation between plans & schedules
- Itemized hardware set component count
- Color-coded opening markups in Bluebeam
- RFI log identifying fire rating and throat size mismatches
- Export formats structured for door distributor buying
DELIVERABLES
PLANS TO PRECISION
Every door opening is counted, cataloged, and cross-referenced with specification requirements.
- Master door opening schedule matrix
- Color-coded floor plan opening markups
- Finish hardware set itemized list
- Hollow metal frame & throat summary
- RFI log for opening schedule errors
- Bid-day distributor pricing export
- MEASUREMENT
- Opening Unit Count (EA)
- SOFTWARE
- Planswift & Bluebeam
- FORMATS
- Unlocked Excel & PDF
- CSI DIVISION
- Division 08 (08 11 / 14 / 71)
FAQ
FREQUENT QUESTIONS
We perform a 100% cross-audit comparing floor plan door tags with architectural door schedules and elevation details, logging all missing openings or frame size conflicts into an RFI register.
Yes. Each hardware set is expanded into individual component counts (hinges, locks, closers, stops, kick plates, thresholds, gasketing) so distributors can quote exact hardware schedules.
Yes. Electrified hinges, power transfers, electric strikes, card-access locksets, and power supply units are identified and grouped separately from standard mechanical hardware.
We need floor plan sheets, door schedule tables, door elevation details, wall partition schedules (for frame throat depths), and Division 08 spec sections.
Standard commercial DFH packages are delivered in 24–48 hours depending on opening count. Expedited service is available for bid deadlines.
NEXT STEP
READY TO BID YOUR NEXT DFH PACKAGE?
Upload your drawings. We confirm opening counts and hardware sets before work starts.