Baldwin 0418 LTP Contemporary Mortise Door Bolt with 2-3/8" Backset Less Turn Piece

No. The 0418 LTP is built to a 2-3/8 inch backset, so the bolt hub sits closer to the edge of the door than a 2-3/4 inch prep. Dropping it into an existing 2-3/4 inch mortise leaves the turn hole in the wrong spot. Baldwin's contemporary mortise bolt is also made in a 2-3/4 inch backset version (the 0413) if that is what your door is bored for.

LTP is Less Turn Piece. The 0418 LTP ships as the bolt body and strikes only, with no thumbturn or turn piece on it. You supply the turn piece or decorative trim separately, usually so the bolt can be operated by the rosette or escutcheon that matches the rest of the Estate Series hardware on the door. Mounting hardware for the bolt itself is in the box.

Both strikes are in the box. Baldwin includes a universal strike and a mortise strike with the 0418 LTP, so you can surface-apply the universal strike to a wood jamb or mortise the flat strike into the frame for a flush look. No separate strike purchase to plan for.

A mortise bolt like the 0418 goes inside the door edge, so only the faceplate and the turn piece show. It takes a routed pocket in the stile, which means the stile has to be deep enough for a 2-3/8 inch backset body. A surface bolt screws onto the face of the door with no routing, so it is the fallback on thin or already-drilled stiles, but it sits proud and is far more visible. On a finished interior pair where the hardware is meant to match the rest of the door trim, the mortise bolt is the one people specify.

Construction is brass and steel. For exposure, the finish decides it more than the metal: 003 Polished Brass PVD, 055 Polished Nickel PVD and 056 Lifetime PVD Satin Nickel are physical vapor deposition finishes that resist tarnish and are the ones to pick near salt air or a wet climate. 031 Non-Lacquered Brass is a living finish and will patina on purpose. It is a residential-duty bolt, not a commercial-grade product.

Eight finishes are made: 003 Polished Brass PVD, 031 Non-Lacquered Brass, 055 Polished Nickel PVD, 056 Lifetime PVD Satin Nickel, 102 Oil Rubbed Bronze, 112 Venetian Bronze, 190 Satin Black and 260 Polished Chrome. Those are Baldwin's standard Estate Series finish codes, so a bolt ordered in 102 or 190 matches the levers, hinges and rosettes carrying the same number elsewhere in the house.

It is a bolt only. The 0418 throws a bolt into the jamb or the head from a turn piece on one face, with no latch, no lever and no key. On an inactive French door leaf that is often all you need. On a door people pass through daily, you still need a latch set or lockset alongside it, and the bolt is what holds the leaf still while the active leaf latches to it.

Yes, and it is common practice on a pair of doors. The 0418 mortises into the door edge and throws its bolt straight out, so it works at the top edge into the header or at the bottom into the threshold as readily as edge-to-jamb. Mount the universal strike in the header or mortise the flat strike in, and keep the 2-3/8 inch backset in mind since it sets how far in from the face the turn piece lands.