{"id":2455,"date":"2020-03-18T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T07:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/differentiation-of-measures\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:08:40","slug":"swing-door-dimensions-differentiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/blog\/swing-door-dimensions-differentiation\/","title":{"rendered":"Swing door dimensions differentiation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are various factors to consider when choosing a fire door and preparing the opening needed to install it.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Open Space or Open Passage<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also known as the clear opening, this is the space left for passage when the door is installed and open. It is the usable space that will be available to the user. <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Construction Site<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the opening needed to install the door, or the opening that has been cut into the wall to install the door frame.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Total Measurement or Total Opening<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is slightly wider than the opening in the wall, since it includes the frame&#8217;s overlap. In other words, it is measured from the outside of the overlap. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>opening size<\/strong> and <strong>overall dimensions<\/strong> vary depending on the frame&#8217;s design or model. Thus, two doors with the same <strong>clear opening<\/strong> width may require two different opening sizes and will also have different overall dimensions. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below are some diagrams showing <strong>how to adjust the measurements<\/strong> depending on whether the door frame is a standard Z-shaped frame or a U-shaped tunnel frame.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOOR WITH Z-SHAPED FRAME<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/diferenciacion-medidas-marco-en-z-1-1-736x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/diferenciacion-medidas-marco-en-z-1-1-736x1024.webp 736w, https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/diferenciacion-medidas-marco-en-z-1-1-216x300.webp 216w, https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/diferenciacion-medidas-marco-en-z-1-1-768x1069.webp 768w, https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/diferenciacion-medidas-marco-en-z-1-1.webp 1014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOOR WITH A U-SHAPED FRAME<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/diferenciacion-medidas-marco-en-u-1-720x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/diferenciacion-medidas-marco-en-u-1-720x1024.webp 720w, https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/diferenciacion-medidas-marco-en-u-1-211x300.webp 211w, https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/diferenciacion-medidas-marco-en-u-1-768x1093.webp 768w, https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/diferenciacion-medidas-marco-en-u-1.webp 1035w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are various factors to consider when choosing a fire door and preparing the opening needed to install it. The Open Space or Open Passage Also known as the clear opening, this is the space left for passage when the door is installed and open. It is the usable space that will be available to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-instalacion-puertas-cortafuegoprofesional","category-professional-installation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}