Baldwin Estate 5248 Classic Lever Standard Keyed Entry with Classic Rose

Handing matters on this one. The 5248 Classic keyed entry set is ordered as either Left Hand or Right Hand, both in 003 Polished Brass PVD. Stand outside the door: if the hinges are on your left it is a left hand door, hinges on the right is right hand. Order the lever to match, because the lever is not reversible in the field.

It mounts to a standard 2-1/8 inch cross bore, and the Classic rose is sized to cover that bore. Edge backset is either 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inches, the two standard residential prep dimensions, so it drops onto most existing prepped doors without new boring.

The 5248 uses Baldwin's C keyway cylinder and it is a single cylinder keyed entry, key outside and thumbturn or button inside. If your building is already keyed on a C keyway you can have these keyed into that system.

Yes. Keying is a choice at order time: Keyed Alike so one key runs every lever you buy, or Keyed Different so each opening has its own key. Keyed alike is the usual call for a house or a unit with a front and side door on the same key.

No. The Estate 5248 is a residential keyed entry set, solid forged brass with a concealed mounting rose, built for homes and high-end residential openings. For a commercial entrance you want a Grade 1 or Grade 2 cylindrical lever such as the Falcon K101 Grade 1 K Series or the Hager 2525 Grade 2 entry lock.

The Deltana 5851 Claremont lever is an entry-function decorative lever, and the Deltana 6201 Manchester, 6411 Morant, and 6431 Linstead levers are also entry function with a 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch door thickness range. The Baldwin 5248 is a keyed entry lever in the Estate Series with a single-cylinder keyed function, offered in 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset and a C-keyway cylinder, so the difference comes down to trim style and whether you need the Baldwin C keyway for an existing key system.

For a commercial entry, the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 cylindrical entry lever for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the Falcon B511CP6D is a Grade 2 medium duty entry/office lever. If the opening needs heavier duty, the Corbin Russwin CL3100 series is Grade 1 and fire rated for 1-3/4 to 2 inch doors. The Baldwin 5248 is rated for residential use, so those are the ones to look at where a commercial grade is being specified.

The Cal-Royal AG00 entrance lever is a Grade 2 lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway keyed different and a 2-3/8 inch backset for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors. The Baldwin Estate 5248 uses Baldwin's C-keyway cylinder, so if the building is keyed to a Schlage C system the Cal-Royal AG00 keys into it directly.

The 5248 is keyed entry only, single cylinder. For a matching non-keyed opening you need the passage or privacy version of the same Classic lever rather than this one. If you are outside the Baldwin Estate line, the Emtek Classic Brass Cortina dummy pair or a Grade 2 passage leverset like the Bravura Atlanta covers closet and hall doors.

Within the residential decorative segment, Deltana's entry levers are the closest peers: the 6201 Manchester, 6411 Morant and 6431 Linstead all carry an entry function and fit 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the 5851 Claremont is an entry lever as well. Those are the ones to look at if the Classic lever shape or the polished brass PVD is not what the door calls for.

The 5248 is keyed entry only, so interior openings need a different function. Non-keyed lever options include the Kwikset 200BRNL Breton Grade 3 passage lever for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton Grade 3 privacy lever for bed and bath, the Callan Asheville Grade 3 passage lever, and the Bravura Atlanta or Orlando Grade 2 passage leversets with round trim.

No. They share the Classic name but not the function. The Baldwin Estate 5248 is a key-operated single-cylinder entry lever using a C-keyway cylinder. The Emtek Classic Keypad Leverset is a keypad lever, so entry is by code rather than key. Choose the Baldwin if the door has to key into an existing Baldwin C key system.

Mechanical pushbutton levers avoid keys entirely. The Lockey 2835 single-combination and 2835DC double-combination keyless lever locks are passage function and fit 1-3/16 to 2 inch doors, with the 2835 noted as ADA compliant. The Lockey 1150 and 1150S heavy duty keypad lever sets fit 1-1/8 to 2 inch doors, and the 1150S has an adjustable backset. The Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock if you want electronic rather than mechanical.

The 5248 is an entrance function lever, which unlocks with a key and can be left unlocked. For a storeroom door that stays locked, the Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever with a deadlocking latchbolt for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Hager 2580 is a Grade 2 storeroom lock with the Withnell lever for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors. For classrooms, the Cal-Royal AG03 is a Grade 2 classroom lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway and 2-3/4 inch backset, and the Dexter C1000 classroom lever is Grade 1 with a clutching design.

The Baldwin Estate 5248 is a single-cylinder keyed entry lever on its own. If you want the deadbolt in one package, the Callan Bennett is a Grade 3 entrance leverset supplied as a lever and deadbolt combo. The Callan Artino and the Master Lock RL series return-style lever are Grade 3 keyed entrance levers if you only need the lockset.

The Baldwin Estate 5248 Classic lever is ordered by hand, in left hand and right hand. If you would rather stock one non-handed part across a building, the Falcon B101 Grade 2 passage lever and the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lever both use a non-handed lever design, though both are passage rather than keyed entry.

There are no exposed screws on the rose face. The mounting screws sit behind the trim, so the finished side of the door shows clean brass. Install takes an extra step compared with a screw-through rose, but the look is why people spec the Estate line.

003 Polished Brass PVD. The PVD coating is what lets Baldwin put polished brass on an exterior door without the constant polishing a lacquered brass finish needs, so it holds up on a front entry.

The 5248 is a keyed entry lever and is not made as a dummy. For inactive leaves, the Emtek Classic Brass Cortina lever dummy pair and the Emtek Arts and Crafts or Hammered lever dummy pairs are decorative dummy options. On the commercial side, the BEST 9K series 1DT is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy trim and the BEST 7KC series 1DT is a Grade 2 medium duty single dummy, with the Callan Bentley a Grade 2 dummy lever.