Door & hardware calculator.
Pick the door type for each opening. Get the complete hardware set per door — hinges, the right lockset, deadbolts, closers, thresholds, kick plates and frames — aggregated into one order list, and download it as a formula-driven Excel door schedule.
| Mark | Door type | Qty | Width | Leaves |
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| Hardware item | Qty | Unit | How it’s figured |
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How the math works
Each door type carries a standard per-opening hardware set. The calculator multiplies every item in the set by the opening quantity, splits frames into wood versus hollow-metal, and totals everything into one order list. Every factor below is also written into the Excel download as a visible matrix you can audit or adjust:
| Hardware item | Passage | Privacy | Office / keyed | Ext. entry | Comm. rated | Ext. comm / exit |
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- Hinges — 3 per leaf for these heights; a 6′-0″ pair is two leaves, so hinges double. Shown in the order list both as each and as pairs.
- Locksets — one function per opening, counted separately by type: passage, privacy (bed/bath), keyed lever, entry, and Grade 1 lever. Deadbolts and exit devices are listed on their own.
- Pairs (6′-0″ double-leaf) — leaf-based items (hinges, kick plates) double, and the opening adds 2 flush bolts + 1 astragal. If the type carries a closer, it also adds 1 coordinator.
- Small items — silencers, shim packs and the screw box note get your spare % on top; everything else is counted straight.
- Frames — wood frames for the residential/interior types, hollow-metal (HM) frames for the rated and exterior-commercial types. Casing runs ~34 LF per wood-frame opening.
- Screws — figure roughly one box of #9 × 3″ installation screws per 10 openings.
This is the easy 20%. The other 80% is on your drawings.
A type-count calculator prices the openings you already understand. What it can’t do is read your drawings — the door schedule, the hardware sets keyed to each mark, and the keying schedule that says which cylinders match which master. It won’t catch the rated openings that need a closer and smoke seal, the pairs that need coordinators, or the spec’s manufacturers and finishes. That’s the part of a doors-and-hardware bid that leaks money — and it’s exactly what Pilars AI takeoff does from your actual plans: it reads the door schedule and hardware sets, classifies every opening, and returns the full hardware list by mark. $100 per trade, per plan.
Questions estimators actually ask
How does the calculator build a hardware set?
You pick a door type for each opening — interior passage, privacy, office/keyed, exterior entry, commercial rated or exit — and the calculator applies a standard per-opening hardware set for that type: hinges, the right lockset function, stops, silencers, closers, thresholds, weatherstrip, kick plates and frame. It multiplies each item by the opening quantity and totals them into one order list.
How does it handle a pair of doors (double-leaf opening)?
Choose the 6′-0″ pair width and the opening counts as two leaves. Leaf-based items double — hinges and kick plates — and the calculator adds pair hardware: two flush bolts and one astragal per opening, plus a coordinator when the door type carries a closer.
What hardware items does it count?
Hinges (also shown as pairs), each lockset function separately (passage, privacy, keyed lever, entry, Grade 1 lever), deadbolts, closers, exit devices, exterior pulls, wall stops, silencers, thresholds, weatherstrip sets, door sweeps, kick plates, drip/rain caps, flush bolts, astragals, coordinators, frames split into wood vs hollow-metal, casing in linear feet, shim packs and a screws note.
Can I download the door schedule as an Excel file?
Yes — one click exports a real .xlsx workbook with a Door Schedule sheet and a Hardware sheet. The Hardware sheet carries a visible factors matrix and live formulas that multiply your type totals by the per-opening counts, so changing a door quantity in Excel recalculates the whole hardware order. There’s a blank reusable template too.
Is this as accurate as a real hardware takeoff?
It’s a fast estimating tool built on typical hardware sets. It doesn’t read your door schedule, hardware sets or keying schedule off the drawings, or match your spec’s manufacturers and finishes — that’s what Pilars does from your actual drawings for $100 per trade.
Let Pilars take off your whole set.
Upload your plans. Pilars reads the door schedule and hardware sets, classifies every opening, splits wood and hollow-metal frames, and returns the full hardware list by mark. $100 per trade.