Builders Hardware Guides

Fitting an Acorn thumb latch? See which strike and latch bar suit a passage or closet door, where Acorn sheets INS25 and INS45 put the 37-inch mark, and which drop latch sets Acorn lists for a door already drilled for a knob.

Acorn's handle and knob mortise lock sets are not made for pre-drilled doors; its passage and privacy sets on a round or large Warwick rose suit them. We list backset and door thickness for the sets shown, Templates A and B and Acorn's boring steps.

Mounting or replacing an ABH electromagnetic door holder? See how ABH names the 2100, 2300, 2400, 2510, 2600 and 2700, what T, RS, L, LS and LR stand for, and which current ABH template fits your model.

Found FPO150-B100C8D8PE4M on a cabinet label or a drawing? Here is what each part of a LifeSafety Power FlexPower number means, from the power supply and boards to the enclosure and backplate, and which installation manual covers each board.

Servicing or installing a BEST 9K or 45H lock? See where BEST publishes the service manuals and catalogs, what the door prep and templates call for, and how to read numbers such as 9K37R15CSTK626 and 45H7D4J626 field by field.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.