Interior Door Handles

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Interior door handles buying guide This collection holds lever and knob sets for internal doors, in passage, privacy and dummy functions, in zinc alloy, stainless steel and solid brass. Four decisions settle the order: what the door needs to do, whether the handle is a lever or a knob, whether the set fits the door you already have, and which finish sits well with the hinges, locks and other hardware nearby. This guide sets out the facts behind each one. For the wider range, see door hardware and door handles . Choose the function first A passage set has a latch that holds the door shut but no lock. It suits hallways, laundries, living rooms and wardrobes that do not need to lock. A privacy set has the same latch plus a lock that is set from inside the room, which makes it the set for bathrooms, ensuites, toilets and bedrooms. A dummy handle is a fixed handle with no latch and no lock. It gives a door something to push, pull or shut against, and it is used on wardrobe doors, linen cupboards, the fixed leaf of a double door and decorative doors that do not need to latch. Decide each door's function before ordering, because the function decides the part you buy. A bathroom door fitted with a passage set cannot be locked, and a privacy set on a hallway door adds a lock nobody needs. See passage door handles , privacy door levers and dummy door handles for each function on its own. The product pages follow the same split. The Lockwood Vivid and Velocity lines each come as passage, privacy and dummy half sets, for connecting doors, for lockable spaces such as bathrooms and toilets, and for cupboard and wardrobe doors where matching styling is wanted. The Lane Oxford, Avalon, Victoria and Bala lines and the Zanda Duke line are sold the same way, one design in three functions, so a hallway, a bathroom and a wardrobe can carry the same handle. How a privacy lock releases A privacy lock is a convenience lock, not a security lock. It is set from inside the room, and it can be