Builders Hardware Guides

Replacing a worn Reese door sweep, door shoe or perimeter seal? This guide shows what to read off the old part - group, profile, insert, finish letter and length - where Reese's catalog prints each one and where our product pages show it.

Ordering a Reese threshold by product ID? See the saddle, half saddle, panic, thermal break, interlock and assembly component groups we carry, how to read a profile size such as 5 x 1/2, and which panic thresholds take an insert.

Reese Enterprises part numbers such as S205A, S483DPR, 323C or DB595DF combine a product ID, a finish letter and, on some products, an insert letter. See how to read them, what the F- prefix means and how our product pages show lengths.

Pamex (Pamex Inc.) lists installation guides, templates and spec sheets on its website, and 36 of its 129 installation guide files are listed for more than one model number. See how to match the number on our product page to the right Pamex PDF.

Pamex prints its door closer arms, brackets and covers series by series. See the accessory numbers for the GC4400, GC5900, GC6800, GC8700 and GC800, what each arm and bracket is in Pamex's words, the finishes and the package contents Pamex lists for each closer.

How to read Pamex exit device numbers from the 2024 Pamex guide: the six series and their ANSI grades, E (non-fire rated) and EF (fire rated) models, rim and vertical rod size codes, ELR models, trims, kits and mullions, and how our titles show them.

Pamex numbers such as FLFP03, FINP35-D8, MS-YTS07 and E9000/EO3-AL combine series, finish and function codes in an order that changes from one product line to another. This guide decodes them with the ordering keys and finish tables Pamex prints.

Where to find installation help for Hickory Hardware and Belwith Keeler: what the PBH3100, PBH3101, PBH3103 and PBH3104 mounting templates are for, Hickory's how-to videos and Helpful Hints, and the makers' current catalogs.

What do 14, SN, CBZ, BGB, OBH or 26/CH mean at the end of a Belwith Keeler or Hickory Hardware item number? Our chart lists the finish codes in our item numbers with the names the makers print, plus paired codes and codes with no maker key.

Replacing a Hickory Hardware cabinet hinge? See what Hickory says to check on the old hinge and the cabinet, how it measures overlay, and which Hickory numbers are surface, semi-concealed wrap, self mortise, demountable or concealed hinges.