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Send the door list for existing openings. We spec the hardware set per door, price the whole job, and ship it direct to the site.
Send the door list. We spec the set and price the job.
Latchford Hardware prices multi-door replacement work on existing openings from a door list or a renovation hardware schedule: you send the door count, a photo of the hardware on each door type, the handing, the finish, the fire rating and the ship-to address, and we specify the hardware set per opening and quote the whole job in one document. Prepaid, shipped direct to the site, with handing, finish, keying and voltage confirmed in writing before anything handed, keyed or electrified is ordered. Built for jobs where most of the doors are the same, from a single building’s refresh to a multi-building renovation released in phases.
Starting from a blank sheet? Use our door list template, as Excel (.xlsx) or CSV. Any format works, your own hardware schedule included.
One opening, six to ten line items
A door is not one part. The quote lists the full set for each opening and prices it as a set; you strike the lines the job does not need. Grade 1 where the door is a main entrance, a stairwell or high traffic; Grade 2 on lower traffic interior doors.
- Hinges. Ball bearing, NRP or continuous geared, matched to the existing door and frame prep. Most are special order, and the quote shows the lead time line by line.
- Lockset or exit device. A cylindrical or mortise lockset by ANSI function (F82 entrance, F84 classroom, F86 storeroom among them), matched to the existing door prep, or an exit device where the door carries one. Keyed alike across the whole job is available through the quote channel. Cut keys cannot be returned.
- Closer. Grade 1 or Grade 2 to the traffic, 689 aluminum by default or DURO dark bronze. Most closers and exit devices are special order, typically 4 to 6 weeks.
- Kick plate. 630 satin stainless as the default, or matched to the finish on the door.
- Threshold and seals where the door is exterior.
- Gasketing where the opening is fire or smoke rated.
- Electric strike or electrified lock where the door is on an access control system, specified fail safe or fail secure.
Series listed by part number
What happens after you send the list?
- 1Send the door listThe door count. One photo of the existing hardware on a representative door and of the door it sits on, close enough to read any stamping. The handing of each door, the finish, which openings are fire rated, and the ship-to address. Email it to sales@latchfordhardware.com or attach it on the quote page.
- 2We spec and price itYou hear back within a few hours on business days, with any questions first. Then one quote for the whole job, opening by opening: part number, grade, finish and price on every line, and the lead time by line, so a factory-order hinge is not hidden behind a stocked lever. The total includes shipping to the job’s ZIP code. If a line’s lead time does not suit the schedule, ask and we will price an alternate beside it; whether it is acceptable on the job is the specifier’s call.
- 3Approve and it shipsPrepaid, using the payment options on your quote. You confirm handing, finish, keying and voltage in writing and the order goes in. Stocked lines paid on a business day ship the same or next business day. Items held in different warehouses ship separately at no extra charge, and a factory-order line follows on its own lead time rather than holding the rest of the job.
What we price, and what we do not
- New doors, from your hardware list. Building new on a job with no hardware specification? Send the hardware list from your designer or your approved plans, and we price it opening by opening and confirm each part in writing. You and your designer decide what each opening needs; we do not design hardware from plans.
- Not a specification we can’t meet. If the specification asks the supplier for an architectural hardware consultant, a local warehouse, manufacturer authorization letters or attendance at site meetings, we are the wrong supplier for that job.
- Renovation packages priced from the schedule. Pricing a renovation of an existing building? Send the door list or the drawings and hardware schedule, and we price each opening type, with any assumption that waits on the final schedule stated separately. Material only: we supply the hardware and you install it.
- Not public or municipal tenders. We do not answer public procurement. We do price a privately owned renovation for a contractor, or a replacement set a maintenance department buys directly.
- No net terms. Every job is prepaid, using the payment options on your quote. No account, no credit application, no minimum order.
- Larger jobs ship in stages. Multi-building work is released in phases, each phase paid before it is ordered. Items held in different warehouses ship separately at no extra charge, and factory-order lines arrive on their own lead time, each shipment with its own tracking. Orders ship from distributor warehouses in eight states: California, Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. Each order ships from the stocked warehouse nearest your job. Nothing ships to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or outside the United States.
- Fire-rated openings are flagged, not judged. A fire door needs positive latching, no mechanical dogging and a listed closer, and it is inspected annually under NFPA 80. Tell us which openings on the list are rated so the replacement is listed for that use. We supply listed hardware and confirm in writing the part number and options you have chosen. We are not code consultants; your Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) makes the final call.
What contractors ask before sending a list
Can you match the brand already on the doors?
Often. A replacement does not have to be the same brand to fit: we spec what fits the existing door prep and matches the finish already on it, and we tell you when the part is a different brand from the one that came out. Where a brand is one we cannot supply, we say so and point you to who can. The brands page lists what we carry and how each one is priced.
The doors swing different ways. How do you handle mixed handing?
Per opening. Handing is read from the outside, the keyed or secure side: LH, RH, LHR or RHR, and exit devices live on reverse-hand doors. Exit device trims and some mortise lock functions and lever designs are handed at the factory and cannot be reversed in the field, so the door list carries a handing against every door and you confirm it in writing before those items ship. Non-handed items skip that step. The door handing chart shows how to call it from the outside of the door.
What if one door is different from the rest?
It gets its own specification and its own lines on the same quote. Send one photo of that door’s hardware as well. Eighteen identical doors and two odd ones are quoted as two or three specs, not as twenty separate doors. Once the job is priced, the specifications are kept on file for that property, so the next order for the same building does not start from scratch.
How is payment handled on a large job?
Prepaid, through the quote, which lists the payment options. A bank transfer (ACH) clears in 4 to 6 business days, so a bank-paid order ships after the transfer clears, not the same or next business day; pay early when the site date is tight. No net terms, no account, no credit application. No sales tax is added because we are not registered to collect in any state; your business may have its own use-tax obligations.
Send the door list
Door count, one photo per door type, handing, finish, fire rating and the ship-to address. One quote for the whole job, shipped direct to the site.