Builders Hardware Guides

Where to find the installation instructions for a Richelieu drawer system, lift kit or sliding door set, what those PDFs contain, and which knob and pull drilling templates and jigs we list, including the RICTEMPDOOR template.

Find the right manual for a low energy door operator. We match Norton 6000 Series, LCN 4630/4640, Senior Swing and SDC Auto model numbers to the manufacturer installation and programming instructions and outline what the main booklets cover.

Which Detex document do you need? Links to the official installation instructions and door prep templates for V40 exit devices with EB, EA and EE options and for ECL-230D and ECL-230X exit control locks, plus a guide to the model number codes.

Burns Manufacturing lists its door pulls and push bars with fastener types such as 1MD, 5MD or 6MD. See what thru bolt, back to back and concealed mounting mean, where Burns publishes its templates and what to tell us when ordering.

Building a Hafele wall bed (Murphy bed)? Here is how the three systems in Hafele's 2026 catalog are sized by mattress size and bed or mattress weight, which pistons and parts are ordered separately, the printed limits of Hafele table fittings and what each installation document covers.

Before you order a Hafele flap fitting such as Free Space, Free Up or Free Fold, you pick the model from tables of height and door weight. We go through those tables, the power factor, the set contents and what three Hafele installation instructions cover.

How Hafele Loox and Loox5 LED lighting fits together: 12 V or 24 V, driver wattages, distributors, door and motion sensor switches, Loox3/Loox5 adapters, bus bars, and what the driver and sensor installation instructions cover.

Ordering Hafele Slido hardware for a sliding, pocket or barn door? We explain names such as F-Line18 50A and D-Line11 50P, what the sets shown include, what is ordered separately, and what the installation instructions cover page by page.

Which Altronix manual covers your unit? Links to the official guides for the AL600ULACMCB, the ACM8 board, the AL600ULX and the AL602ULADA NAC power extender, what is on their pages, and how a model number leads to the right document.

McKinney publishes its hinge templates by model and hinge height. This guide lists the template numbers for TA2714, T4A3786 and MacPro hinges, the QC, MM, MacPro CC and PoE electric hinge drawings and the older K-MCK-12HD continuous hinge template.