Builders Hardware Guides

What do Geneva 037, Vienna 044 or SDCD38 mean on a C.R. Laurence (CRL) shower hardware page? See how CRL names its hinges, back plates, clamps, U-channel, headers, seals and handles, and where it prints glass thickness, door weight and door width for a hinge.

Which toilet partition bracket do you need? See what Jacknob U, L and H brackets, alcove clips, one ear and two ear wall brackets and urinal screen brackets connect, how to read the size in a bracket name, and the materials Jacknob prints.

How Bradley names its grab bars, mirrors, shelves, soap and towel dispensers and waste receptacles, what its data sheets say about surface mounted, recessed and semi-recessed models, and how sizes, grip, foam soap and finishes appear in Bradley model numbers.

How to read Better Home Products (BHP) item numbers for passage, privacy, entry, dummy and handleset trim levers and knobs, how BHP defines left and right hand, and the bore, backset and door thickness BHP prints for its locksets and handlesets.

Saddle, half saddle, bumper seal, thermal break, interlocking or ramp? This guide explains these National Guard Products (NGP) threshold types as NGP's current Thresholds catalog shows them, and how to read the height, width and length in a product name.

How ASI (American Specialties, Inc.) Inter-Lok angle frame and Chan-Lok channel frame mirrors differ, how to read a number such as 0600-2436, which sizes ASI lists as standard, and the glazing options and mounting parts ASI prints.

Connector, coupling, nipple, bushing, locknut or conduit body? This guide explains Morris Products conduit fittings for EMT, rigid and IMC conduit as Morris names them, with catalog number ranges, catalog page references and links to our Morris items.

A Burns VP number names the bar, the ends and the posts of a vertical door pull. This guide reads VP4220 to VP5351 from Burns' own descriptions and templates: post mounts, bar diameters, overall versus center-to-center length and fastener types.

Full overlay, half overlay or inset? This guide explains concealed cabinet hinge terms from Hafele's 2026 catalog: cup and tab, how the crank and mounting plate height set the overlay, opening angles such as 94, 110 and 165 degrees, and corner and glass door hinges.

Ordering Hafele connectors and shelf supports means choosing Minifix or Rafix, B 24 or B 34 and a 5 mm or 7 mm pin. See how the 2026 Hafele catalog defines them and which parts are ordered together, with examples from our catalog.