Builders Hardware Guides

Preparing a door for a Sargent 8200 mortise lock or a 115 hospital latch? Here is which Sargent template and instruction sheet belongs to the lock, the trim, the strike and the electrified versions, and what the main templates show.

Replacing a Corbin Russwin mortise, rim or key-in-lever cylinder, or an LFIC core? Read numbers such as CR1000-118-A01-6-L4 field by field, see what CL6 means in a lock title, and check keyways, construction cores and control keys before you order.

ED5200A, ED7200, N955ET, 630 LHR: a Corbin Russwin exit device order puts the device type, fire listing, outside trim, finish and hand into a few codes. We read each part and point to the official templates and installation instructions.

Ordering the same Rockwood pull or plate again? Here is how Rockwood's current catalogs list BF offset pulls, BTB, C and HD mounting suffixes, 70C push plates, bar set T codes, RM numbers and the 890 and 891 pocket door parts.

A worn top arm on a Calibre overhead concealed closer, or storefront pivots to replace? Calibre's catalog gives each top arm the top rail depth it needs, sets the JO and VO offset arms apart and lists the PV-1000 and other pivot sets by door and hand.

Replacing a worn Pemko threshold, or ordering from a hardware schedule that only says 2005AT? A complete Pemko order number gives the profile, the finish, the insert when there is one, and the length. Here is how to read it, with saddle, half saddle, panic, thermal break, interlocking and ramp profiles.

When one leaf of a pair has to close before the other, a coordinator holds the active door back. Ives sizes its COR bars by the active door width and the opening between the stops and offers FL filler bars and MB mounting brackets as options.

A dented wall or a loose floor stop means ordering a new Ives stop by number. See how the WS406/407 bumpers, WS443 and WS447 stops, FS436 and FS438 dome stops and FS18 differ, which fasteners Ives lists and where its instruction sheets are.

Does your order or spec read 5BB1HW 4.5 x 4.5 NRP 630? Here is how Ives' current price book lists each part: the model, the size, options such as NRP, HT and TW, and the finish codes that tell steel, brass and stainless hinges apart.

Choosing between the Alarm Lock Trilogy T2 DL2700 and the T3 DL3200, or keeping one running? Compare user codes, audit trail and schedules, see what IC and WP mean, read an ETDL27 exit trim number and find the S6061 battery pack.