Rough Opening As Door Label?


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On 6/8/2015 at 10:39 AM, simonas said:

I need to show in plan view either rough door opening of door size with frame included, non of these is possible. It's only door size without a frame which is really strange...why would you show door panel size in architectural drawings?

You guys work with Chief for decades... didn't you find this strange? Who needs this door panel size? Architects, builders, interior designers or even owner is not interested in this dimension at all.

The only person who will have advantage of this number is door producer. Everyone else wants to know door size (frame included) or door opening gap.

Construction docs for U.S.-built residential housing has used this format for both interior and exterior hinged doors for generations.  It isn't going to change.  Label a door as 2668 on a plan and the builder and framer will know what to build as a rough opening.

 

Where are you building that there is a need to identify a door on prints by its rough opening size?  Give us the location, and what kind of structure is being built.  Wood frame?  Concrete block?  Solid (formed and poured) concrete?  Straw bale?  Metal framing?

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