Burns Door Pull Templates and Mounting Types: Thru Bolt, Back to Back and Concealed

Burns Manufacturing lists a fastener type such as Type 1MD, 5MD or 6MD for its door pulls and push bars, and the same codes appear in the Attributes of our Burns pages, for example on the 26B round pull. This guide explains those mounting types from Burns' own documents, where to find the templates and what to tell us when you order.

Burns mounting types: thru bolt, back to back, concealed

Burns numbers its methods of fastening from Type 1 to Type 12. The current list is the Methods of Fastening section of burnsmfg.com; page 3 of the 2014 full line catalog (on Burns' Literature page) draws each type. The table is a selection from the website list, with Burns' names shortened.

In Types 1, 5, 6, 9 and 10 the plain number is standard duty (1/4-20 thread), MD moderate duty (5/16-18) and HD heavy duty (3/8-24). What the names mean, from the catalog drawings and the website list:

• Thru bolt (Type 1) - a bolt through the door into the pull, its head in a finish washer on the opposite face.
• Back to back (Types 5 and 10) - a pull on each face, joined through the door. Burns lists Type 5 for wood or metal doors and Type 10 for glass.
• Concealed (Types 6 and 7) - the fastener ends inside the door. A metal door is tapped for the thread (Type 6) or gets a riv nut (6HDR); Type 7 is a wood screw in a wood door.
• Decorative blind head (Type 9) - a cap on a threaded stud, "used in place of" the thru bolt.

The list also has types for other products, for example Types 2 and 3 for rectangular push bars and push/pull bar sets, Type 8 for flush pulls and push plates and Type 12 for the concealed mount sets below.

Fasteners by door material and thickness

The 2014 catalog asks you to specify "either wood, metal or glass door along with the door thickness" so that Burns can supply "the appropriate fasteners." Burns' 26B, 39B and 20A pull pages ask for the door thickness if other than 1-3/4 inches. For glass doors the list has Type 10 and Type 9 / Glass entries, each asking for the glass thickness.

Burns' Back to Back Fasteners list gives these conehead lengths by door thickness (a selection; it also has 3/8-24 and glass door entries):

For thru bolts the Standard Fasteners list has 2-1/2 inch bolts and longer ones for doors over 1-3/4 inches. Product pages can differ (the 20A pull page lists a 2-1/4 inch thru bolt), so go by the Burns page for your number.

How to find the template for a Burns number

1. Take the model number from our product title, for example VP4260 or 459BB.
2. Open that number's page on burnsmfg.com. On the pages we read, a template is linked as "Product Template", and each page also offers a cut sheet.
3. Or open Burns' Templates page, which lists the PDFs by product group.

On October 10, 2026 the Templates page had these groups for pulls:

It has no group for straight, round, offset or cast door pulls, pull plates or push bars: Burns' 26B, 39B, 20A, 5426B and 422 pages link no template and give the dimensions and fasteners themselves. Nor is the list complete: the VP4580, VP4641 and 100 cylinder pull pages link templates it does not show.

The VP4260 template (7/15, Rev. 2) is a one-page drawing with blank boxes for the overall length and center-to-center dimension and lines for door type, door thickness, finish and mounting. The template drawings we read tell you to check Burns' website for the current version. The VP9000 locking pulls also have installation and door prep instructions (wood, hollow metal and aluminum doors; glass doors).

Door pull plates, push bars and push/pull sets

• Pull plates: Burns' 5426B and 5426C pages list two 5/16-18 x 2-1/2 inch thru bolts with finish washers and six #6 x 5/8 inch sheet metal screws.
• Concealed mount sets such as the 74L x 5426B pair a .125 inch push plate with a .050 inch pull plate: Type 12 mounting with 1/4-20 lugs for 1-3/4 inch doors, "with no surface mounting screws exposed" in Burns' list.
• Push bars: the 422 and M422 pages list Type 1MD and the same five options as the 26B pull. The 400 is thru-bolted, the 400S surface mounted.
• Push/pull bar sets: the 422 x 26B page lists two Type 1MD thru bolts and one Type 5MD back to back conehead.

What to tell us when you order

• The Burns model number and finish (see our finish codes chart).
• The door: wood, metal or glass, and its thickness if not 1-3/4 inches.
• The mounting type by Burns number, for example Type 5MD, if not the standard one on the page.
• For back to back mounting, what goes on the other face (a second pull, a push bar or a push plate) and its number.
• For vertical pulls and push bars, the dimensions explained in our Burns model number guide.

For installation, follow the Burns template and instructions for your number.

Burns pulls at The Builders Supply

• Burns products in our catalog
• Categories: door pulls, push plates, pull plates and push bars, architectural and vertical pulls, flush and edge pulls
• Examples: 26B round pull, 39B offset pull, 5426C pull plate, 422 x 26B bar set, M422 push bar, VP4260 vertical pull, 74L x 5426B concealed mount set, 459BB flush pull

Not sure which mounting type suits your door? Our customer support team is available Monday - Friday, 8 AM - 4 PM Central Time, at 1-888-800-7789 or [email protected].