Door Hardware

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Door hardware buying guide Door hardware is everything that mounts on a door and its frame to hang it, move it, latch it and lock it. That covers handles, knobs and pull handles, locks and deadbolts, hinges, bolts, stops, closers and the plates and fittings that finish them. This page maps the whole category so you can find the right part quickly. Each section below names a job, explains what the part does, and links to the collection that goes deeper. The parts of a handle set Searchers often arrive asking what the parts of a door handle are called, so it helps to name them. The handle or lever is the part you grip. The rose, or rosette, is the round plate on the door face that the handle sits on, and it comes in sizes such as 54mm. A backplate does the same job as a rose but is a long plate. The latch sits in the door edge, holds the door shut and retracts when the handle turns, and the strike plate is the metal plate in the frame that the latch engages. The spindle is the square rod that connects the two handles through the door and works the latch. An escutcheon is a plate around a keyhole or cylinder that protects the door from key marks. Three measurements decide whether a set fits. The backset is the distance from the door edge to the centre of the handle, and 60mm and 70mm are the usual values. The door thickness is a range on each product page. The cross bore is the large hole through the face of the door that the rose covers, and each rose suits a range such as 50 to 54mm. A mortice is a pocket cut in the door edge so a lock body sits flush. Read these on the product page before you order, and see interior door handles for the full fitting checklist. The four functions Every handle set has a function. A passage set latches the door but does not lock it, and suits hallways and living areas. A privacy set adds a lock that is set from inside, for bathrooms and bedrooms, and it can be released from outside in an emergency. A dummy handle is fixed, with no latc

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