Builders Hardware Guides

Camden door activation switches explained from Camden's own specification sheets: all-active push plates and mounting posts, SureWave and ValueWave touchless switches, mushroom and pneumatic request to exit buttons, key switches and CM-CYL60 cylinders, CM-RQE70A detectors and CM-701 pull stations.

What does each piece of Selby table hardware do? A guide to the D1005Z extension swivel, XTPE287 lift-top mechanism, ratchet support, restaurant, flip-top and butler tray hinges, folding leg fittings, shelf bracket and table latches, with Selby's own figures.

What do Salice numbers such as A7555/457 CP6 or G7U6S457XXF6 mean? A guide to Futura and Progressa undermount drawer slides: drawer and runner length, cabinet depth, drawer side thickness, Smove or Push, X or C versions, clips and rear sockets.

Which Blum AVENTOS lift system fits your wall cabinet? What HF top, HS top, HL top, HK top, HK-S, HK-XS and HKi do, how the lift mechanism is chosen, and which lever set, cover set and hardware to order.

Soft-down, lift-assist, lift-up or lock open? This guide explains Sugatsune lid stay types (SDS, CSD, NSDX, HDS, ARN, SLS-ELAN, SLUN, LADH, L, LSP, LK), the opening direction Sugatsune prints for the soft-down and lift-assist stays, and how Sugatsune sizes them by torque and door weight.

Matching SeamFil or ColorFlex to Formica, Wilsonart, Nevamar or Pionite laminate? Kampel's charts pair those laminate colors with its own numbers. We explain the columns, proportions and marks, why color names do not always match, and which tubes we list.

How Hettich presents Grant sliding and folding door hardware: the TopLine Grant 6000, 7000, 1200, 5000 and SD/HD/XHD series and the Grant folding systems, the loads Hettich prints, the Silent System, our Grant and SD parts, and SlideLine M for furniture doors.

Overlapping, T, split, meeting stile, adjustable, mortised and Z astragals as Pemko, NGP and Reese name them in their catalogs: where they mount on a pair of doors, how to read the model numbers, and the Z astragal cut sheet we host.

Perimeter gasketing, adhesive gasketing, door sweeps and door shoes as the Pemko and Zero International catalogs name them, with a key to model numbers such as 303AS84, S88W17, 8198AA and 188S and links to the Pemko S771, S772 and S773 sheets.

How to read Richelieu's figures for furniture legs, table legs, cabinet levelers, glides and casters: heights, adjustment, plate and stem sizes, and whether a load rating is printed per leg, per pair or per caster.