Finish schedule template: every surface in every room, in one table
A room-by-room finish schedule template covering floor, base, all four walls, ceiling, height, trim and doors, keyed to your specification codes. Free CSV, no email required.
By Idan Mann, founder of NYA
The short answer
A finish schedule tables every room against the finish specified for each surface — floor, base, each wall, ceiling, trim and doors — using codes that key to the specifications. It exists so a trade can see everything that applies to one space without reading the whole drawing set.
Drawings show where things are; schedules show what they are. A finish schedule is the table a painter, a tiler and a millworker each read one column of, and it is the reason a project can be priced without three phone calls per room.
What each column carries
Codes only. The code keys to the specification, which carries manufacturer, product, colour and installation requirements — one source, so a code can never mean two things.
| Column | What goes in it | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Room # | The plan number. Trades work from numbers; clients work from names. Carry both. | 102 |
| Room name | As named on the drawings and in the schedule, spelled identically in both. | Primary Bath |
| Floor | Material and finish code, plus setting pattern where it matters. | PT-2, stack bond |
| Base | Material and height. The detail most often left off and most often queried on site. | TB-1, 100mm |
| Wall N | Per elevation, because feature walls are the rule rather than the exception. | PT-1 |
| Wall E | Per elevation. Split walls are how a schedule stays true when only one of them is papered. | P-3 |
| Wall S | Per elevation. Where three walls share a finish, repeating the code beats a remark saying “as N”. | P-3 |
| Wall W | Per elevation. A blank here means unresolved, not “same as the others” — say what it is. | P-3 |
| Ceiling | Finish code. The ceiling *layout* — fixtures, vents, coffers — belongs on a reflected ceiling plan, not here. | P-4 |
| Ceiling height | AFF. Drives millwork, drapery and every fixture drop on the RCP. | 2700 AFF |
| Trim | Casings, mouldings and their finish. | P-5 |
| Doors | Door type and finish, keyed to the door schedule where you keep one. | DR-2 / P-5 |
| Remarks | Everything the codes cannot carry — waterproofing extents, transitions, sequencing notes. | Waterproof to 1.8m at shower |
Keeping it honest
- One source for the codes. A code that means two products in two documents is worse than no code at all.
- Revision dates on the schedule itself. It changes more often than the drawings do, and an undated revision is how two trades end up working from different truths.
- Discontinuations are traced through it. When a tile goes out of production, this table tells you every room it lands in before you write the change order.
The ceiling column here records the finish only. What is happening on that ceiling — fixtures, vents, changes in plane, switching — is a drawing, and our guide to reflected ceiling plans covers what belongs on one.
Common questions
- What is the difference between a finish schedule and a specification?
- The schedule says which finish goes where, by code. The specification says what that code is — manufacturer, product, colour, size, installation requirements. The schedule is for coordination; the spec is what you order from.
- Does a finish schedule include furniture?
- No. Furniture is FF&E and lives on its own schedule. The finish schedule covers the surfaces of the building — anything a trade applies rather than a truck delivers.