Builders Hardware Guides

How to read Hager Companies (Hager) hinge numbers: the series in the Hinge Selector, prefixes such as BB, WT and HT, sizes, finish codes with their BHMA numbers, and how these parts appear in our item numbers and Roton titles.

Replacing a Residential Essentials cabinet knob or pull? We read the maker's four dimension sheets: pull spacings from 2-1/4" to 16-3/8" center to center with example numbers, knob diameter, projection and base sizes, and how the sheets list backplates and mock keys.

Residential Essentials publishes two one-page PDFs for its bath hardware: a dimension sheet for the Woodrich, Bradford, Ridgeview, Addison, Hamilton and Prescott collections and one installation sheet. See every size, the piece codes and the parts listed.

Residential Essentials item numbers end in two finish letters: AP, BK, PC, SB, SN or VB. This guide explains the bath series 2100 to 2600, the cabinet, hook and switch plate numbers, and which finishes each group comes in.

Replacing a John Wright shutter dog? Read the style, size, material and mount off the old one and compare them with John Wright's catalog figures for scroll, colonial, forged and faux dogs, lags, post mounts and sill mounts.

Looking for John Wright shutter hardware installation instructions? See which John Wright guides and product sheets cover the hinges, shutter dogs and slide bolts we sell, where the documents differ, and how to match our item number to the right sheet.

Strap, New York style, Acme, Lull & Porter mortise, Clark's Tip and Bermuda shutter hinges explained from John Wright's documents: how offset and throw are defined, the mortise hinge size chart, and pintle offsets and pin diameters.

John Wright prints the same cast iron part as 088510 or 88-510 and adds letters such as PC, PCR, P, SS or B. See how to match old and new numbers, how to read the suffixes and what John Wright says about WeatherWright.

Replacing a Sietto pull? See the hole spacing (CTC) Sietto prints for each collection, from the 3/4 inch Fold finger pull to the 18 inch Eternity pulls, the Adjustable pull dimension lines and what Sietto says about screws.

Replacing one broken Sietto glass knob or adding to a set? Find the color number and shape for Glacier, Reflective, Cirrus, Stratum, Reed and Honeycomb pieces, with Sietto's sizes, base finishes and how our titles name them.