Door Connection

Clarifications for specifiers and installers

A few terms get used loosely on site and in door schedules, and that is where disputes start. Below is how we read the wording we use on this page, so a quote, a delivery note and a fitting instruction all mean the same thing.

Door leaf versus door set
A leaf is the slab alone. A set includes the leaf, frame profile, architrave and hinge pack. When a schedule lists only a leaf, we assume the existing frame is being reused and stays square and undamaged.
Standard and custom openings
Standard refers to 813mm and 914mm widths with matching heights. Anything outside those is quoted as custom, and the rough opening must be confirmed on site before manufacture begins.
Supply and installation
Supply means delivery to the address on the order. Installation covers hanging, alignment and hardware fitting, but not tiling, plastering or painting around the frame, which stay with your own trades.
Lead times and site readiness
Lead times run from the date a signed schedule and deposit reach us, not from the first enquiry. If floor finishes or wet work are still running, the installation slot moves with them.
Timber movement and sealing
Solid meranti and oak veneer move with humidity. Sealing all six faces is a condition of the finish warranty, and exterior timber needs re-sealing on a regular cycle that we state in writing.
Trade and DIY terms
Trade pricing applies to bulk schedules for developments. DIY orders ship with fitting notes and care instructions, and hardware is checked against stile width before dispatch.

If your schedule uses different wording, send it through and we will confirm the reading in writing before anything is cut or ordered.

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Architects, shopfitters and installers tend to ask the same handful of questions before a door schedule goes out. These are the pages they open most.

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Spec notes

Frame profiles that match across a whole house

Why a 4-inch meranti frame and a slim aluminium profile need different architrave depths, and how to keep reveals consistent when you mix both in one build.

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Site planning

Sequencing doors around tiling and painting

Hanging leaves before screed cures is a common mistake on townhouse sites. Here is the order that keeps frames square and thresholds clean.

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Hardware

Backsets, stile widths and coastal finishes

A 60mm backset will not fit every stile. Notes on matching cylinders, hinges and handle finishes so the hardware survives a wet Western Cape winter.

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