Detailed Measuring in Construction

Detailed Measuring List

• Door and Frame
  • Includes the door, decoration on the door, ironmongery such as hinges, locksets, door stops, and hooks.
  • Also considers the door frame with or without a cill or threshold, decoration on the frame, priming the back of the frame, frame anchors
• Sundries
  • Includes any signwriting and mat sinkings

Adjustments to Structure

Deductions

• 270 mm cavity wall/1Bk or 1½ brick wall.

Additions

• Lintol/brickforce
• Turning piece/centering
• Building the cavity solid at reveals
• DPCs (vertically)
• Triangular cement fillet
• DPC at lintol

Adjustments to Finishes

Deductions

• Internal cement plaster on walls.
• Primer, undercoat, and finishing coats.
• Tiles and plaster backing
• Skirtings, including priming the backs and decoration.
• External finishes.

Additions

• Internal plaster on narrow widths (reveal and head of door).
• Paint on last item.
• External finish (plaster or facebrick?). Plaster will be in narrow widths - to reveals and head.
• Paint on last item (if applicable).
• Unreinforced concrete in surface bed.
• Screed on concrete floors.
• Floor finish on screed (carpets/vinyl/ceramic tiles, etc.)
• Brass or other dividing strips.
• Skirtings added back to reveals, including priming the backs and decoration.
• Steps (if required).

Information Required

• Quality and species of timber
• Thickness (usually 45 mm)
• Type of door (f.l.&b, panelled, glazed, etc.)
• Number of leaves
• Type of meeting stiles if double doors
• Overall size measured from inside of frame rebate to inside of frame rebate
• Labours applying to the whole door (e.g., moulded one side).
• Number of panels and whether to be solid or glass panes
• Size of the actual various members of the door
• Size, shape, and type of glazing beads, weatherboards, etc.
• Method of hanging (e.g., folding, sliding, swinging, etc.)

Flush Doors

• Manufactured from different cores and faced with either commercial or decorative veneers — hollow core; semi-solid and solid core flush doors are available either as stock or can be purpose-made.

Standard Doors

• Hollow Core Flush Panel Door
  • Egg grid cardboard core
  • Hardboard strips
  • Hardboard core veneered, pre-painted
  • Lock rails
• Semi-Solid Core Flush Panel Door
  • Tongue and groove boarding
  • Battens
  • V-Joints
  • Style
  • Lock rail
  • Brace
  • Bottom rail
• Solid Core Flush Panel Door
  • Chipboard on pine core
  • Hardboard strips
  • Pre-painted hardboard with mouldings
  • Hardboard facing
• Facing to Flush Panel Door
  • Square joints
• Brace & Ledge Door
  • Hardwood veneer lacing
• Frame, Brace & Ledge Door (Open Back)
  • Top rail
  • Glass panels
  • Glazing bars
  • Muntin
  • Lock rail
  • Brace
  • Bottom rail
• F.L.& B Door with Flush Back Panel
  • Top rail
  • Flush panel
• Brace & Ledge V-Joint & Flush Back Square Joint Bolection
• Fielded Panel
• Glass/ Panel Door
• 3 Ply Panel or Glass
• Double Sided F.L.& B Door
  • Haunchion
• Mortice & Tenon Joint Wedge
• Alternative
  • Planted dowels

Flush Panel Doors

• Hollow Core Door
• Standard size 813 x 2032 thickness 40 mm for veneered and hardboard doors respectively.
• Specification: Constructed from KD softwood frame with lock block and hinge block on one side only and core of expanded paper.
• Supplied with or without concealed edges.
• Faces available: Ultraboard, Masonite, and veneered only.
• Used as internal door only, mainly domestic.
• Mass ± 16 kg
• Semi Solid Door (Alpha)
• Standard size 813 x 2032 thickness 40 mm for veneered and hardboard doors respectively.
• Specification: Constructed from KD softwood frame with double top and bottom rails and lock blocks and hinge blocks fitted to both sides.
• Supplied with 2 concealed edges only and face veneer over edges.
• Faces available: Masonite, veneer, and plastic laminates.
• Used as internal door only, domestic, commercial, and institutional.
• Mass ± 21 kg

Solid Laminated Door (Alpha)

• Solid laminated Door (Alpha)
  • Specification: Constructed from KD softwood frame, with solid softwood core laminated with decorative veneers on both faces.
  • Supplied with concealed edges.
  • Faces available: Veneers and plastic laminates.
  • Used as internal door.
  • Mass ± 32 kg
• Solid laminated Exterior Door (Alpha)
  • Specification: Constructed from KD softwood frame with solid softwood core laminated with decorative veneers on both faces.
  • Supplied with concealed edges.
  • Faces available: Veneers and plastic laminates.
  • Used as external door only, domestic, commercial, and institutional.
  • External finish suitable for external usage.
  • Mass ± 37 kg

Solid Core Door (Alpha)

• Solid Core Door (Alpha)
  • Specification: Constructed from KD softwood frame with solid core of particleboard overlaid with decorative veneers on both faces.
  • Supplied with concealed edges.
  • Faces available: Veneers, plastic laminates.
  • Used as internal door only.
  • Can be glazed
  • Mass ± 25 kg

Solid Core Exterior Door (Alpha)

• Solid Core Exterior Door (Alpha)
  • Specification: Constructed from KD softwood frame, with solid core of particleboard overlaid with decorative veneers on both faces.
  • Supplied with concealed edges.
  • Faces available: Veneers, plastic laminates.
  • Used as external door only.
  • External finish suitable for external usage.
• Mass ± 30 kg

Engineered Timber Door (Alpha)

• Engineered Timber Door (Alpha)
  • Specification: Constructed from KD softwood frame & solid, engineered timber core.
  • Single, solid core of engineered timber which, together with lock rail, hinges, and top rail, make it very strong.
  • Supplied with or without concealed edges.
  • Can be stained, (high quality finish for a natural wood look) or painted.
  • Used as an internal door only.
  • Mass ± 23 kg

Engineered Timber Exterior Door (Alpha)

• Engineered Timber Exterior Door (Alpha)
• Specification: Constructed from KD softwood frame & solid engineered timber core.
• Single, solid core of engineered timber which, together with lock rail, hinges, and top rail, make it very strong.
• Supplied with or without concealed edges.
• Can be stained, (high quality finish for a natural wood look) or painted.
• Used as external door only.
• Mass ± 28 kg

This quiz covers detailed measuring practices for structural adjustments during construction. It focuses on elements such as doors, frames, and various finishes, including both deductions and additions. Test your knowledge on the specifics of building measurements and material adjustments.