Builders Hardware Guides

How to read Bradley model numbers, option codes and service part numbers, from the S53-3100-RL3-BS faucet and 780 mirrors to TLX-1 lavatories and washfountain parts, and how to tell a complete fixture from a service part.

How to read the size in a Jacknob pilaster shoe name, where shoes, anchor packs and headrail parts are in the Jacknob catalog, and links to the Jacknob installation instruction sheets and line drawings for the parts we list.

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.

Which toilet partition bracket do you need? See what Jacknob U, L and H brackets, alcove clips, one ear and two ear wall brackets and urinal screen brackets connect, how to read the size in a bracket name, and the materials Jacknob prints.

A Jacknob number such as 622053 is an item number; Jacknob's catalog prints no key to its digits. See what Jacknob prints for 6LP, LH-OUT, one ear, two ear, stamped and chrome in its toilet partition hardware names, and what a hardware pack includes.

Which CRL document do you need? Links to the official installation instructions and templates for CRL door rails, patch fittings, Blumcraft PA100 and PA110 panic handles and Jackson overhead concealed closers, with a guide to the codes in the part numbers.

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.

What do Geneva 037, Vienna 044 or SDCD38 mean on a C.R. Laurence (CRL) shower hardware page? See how CRL names its hinges, back plates, clamps, U-channel, headers, seals and handles, and where it prints glass thickness, door weight and door width for a hinge.

Reordering a CRL (C.R. Laurence) part in the same finish? SDK112PN is a catalog number plus finish letters. See what BS, PS, MBL, BN, CH and 0RB stand for, where one finish carries different letters, and which numbers do not end in a finish.

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.