Builders Hardware Guides

Bradley Parts and Service guides number the parts of washfountains and mixing valves and show which repair kits and prepacks contain them. Learn to read them, with worked examples for the Navigator EFX25 valve, the S09-007S soap valve and the S07-066 foot valve.

Replacing the hardware on a restroom stall door? See how Jacknob defines door swing and hand, which hinge, latch, strike and keeper types its catalog lists, what a door hardware pack includes, and where to find it all on our pages.

Replacing a roller, lock, handle or screen part on a sliding glass door or window? See what the C.R. Laurence (CRL) catalog tells you to measure on the old part and where those details appear on our CRL product pages.

Replacing a Richelieu cabinet hinge? See what to read off the old hinge and the cabinet: maker and series, opening angle, overlay, cup drilling, closing mechanism and mounting plate, and where our product pages show each.

Replacing a Knape & Vogt drawer slide or shelf standard? We read KV part numbers such as 8400B 14 and 80 WH 48, with series tables from the KV Product Guide and the manufacturer's checklist for replacing an old slide.

How to tell Rixson pivot sets, top pivots and intermediate pivots apart by model number (117, 147, 180, 340, 370, M19), and how the Norton Rixson documents list floor closer parts: closer body, bottom arm package, floor plate and cement case.

Replacing a soft close, track stopper, floor guide or track on a Hafele Slido sliding door? See which parts Hafele's catalogs list for D-Line11, D-Line42 barn door, F-Line18 and F-Line12 systems and what to check before ordering.

Which screw does a Hafele hinge plate, drawer slide or connector need? This guide explains Varianta euro screws for 5 mm and 3 mm system holes, wood screws and M4 screws, and the screws that Hafele catalog pages name for common fittings.

Which Hafele cabinet lock do you have? This guide compares the Symo 3000 and Timberline removable core systems, explains key changes such as SH35 and 101 TA, lists cam lock cylinder lengths, and shows what to quote when reordering cores and keys.

Replacing a Hafele drawer runner? Here is how to identify it from its printed specifications: mounting, extension, load class, nominal length, closing and drawer removal, with Matrix Box, Matrix UM A35 and Econo Slide item numbers from Hafele's catalog.