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Baldwin L030 Gramercy Knurled Lever
FEATURES
- This Estate Lever is a modern bold design with artistic textured details that make it easy to grasp with any size hand.
- Sold as a pair or an individual, knobs and levers can be used to create your own unique look.
- Pair mix and match knobs and levers with roses for interior sets like passage and privacy, or customize mortise lock sets utilizing handle set trim or a wide variety of escutcheon plates.
- This style is featured in Quick Ship as part of a complete Passage, Privacy, Full Dummy or Half Dummy set.
- Our Lifetime Satin Nickel finish is create by nickel-plating solid brass, to bring about the beauty of the warm and smooth silver tone, combined with the weight and quality of brass. This satin, matte-like PVD finish is extremely durable and is backed by our Limited Lifetime Finish™ Warranty.
- This hardware has the subtle simplicity and clean aesthetic that pairs so well with a contemporary home.
- You can literally "feel the difference" of Baldwin's quality construction with the use of solid brass in our hardware products.
SPECIFICATIONS
LOCK TYPE
Tubular Mortise
STYLE
Contemporary
LEVER GRIP LENGTH
4.625"
PROJECTION
2.53"
MAXIMUM DOOR THICKNESS
1.75"
MINIMUM DOOR THICKNESS
1.375"
LEVER HANDING
Reversible
INSTALLATION AND SUPPORT
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Product Specs
- Product Group:
- Door Trim and Accessories
- Product Type:
- Lever Handle
- Subcategory:
- Parts and Accessories
- Product Subgroup:
- Lever Handle
- Commercial/Residential:
- Residential
- Lever Grip Length:
- 4.625"
- Maximum Door Thickness:
- 1.75"
- Minimum Door Thickness:
- 1.37"
- Product Model:
- L030.LEVER
- Door Hand Direction:
- Reversible
- Product Category:
- Door Trim and Accessories
- Department:
- Door Hardware
Baldwin L030190MR – Frequently Asked Questions
1) Do I have to order the Gramercy L030 lever by hand, left or right?
Only if you buy a half pair. The L030 lever itself is reversible, so it works on either hand of door. The half pair is sold as Half Pair, Left Hand or Half Pair, Right Hand because a single lever has to be pointed the correct way on the door you are putting it on; order the full Pair and you get both sides covered without specifying hand.
2) Is the Baldwin L030 lever a complete lockset or just the handle?
Just the lever trim. The L030 Gramercy is a lever handle only, so you still need the working parts to go with it: a rose or escutcheon plate and the lock or latch mechanism underneath. Baldwin's Estate program is built to be mixed this way, pairing knobs and levers with roses for passage and privacy sets, or with handleset trim and escutcheons on mortise locks. If you want it as a finished set instead, this style is offered through Quick Ship as a complete passage, privacy, full dummy or half dummy set.
3) Should I spec the Baldwin L030 Gramercy lever for an apartment building or office corridor?
The L030 Gramercy is a residential-grade lever, not commercial door hardware. For a single-family home, a condo interior, or a model unit it is the right kind of trim. For a corridor, a leased office, or anything on an egress or fire door in a multi-family or commercial building, you want a commercial lockset instead, one carrying a stated ANSI/BHMA Grade 1 or 2 rating and a fire label if the opening needs one. Buying residential trim for a high-traffic commercial opening is the usual way these get replaced twice.
4) Is the Imperial USA TH1100 lever a drop-in alternative to the Baldwin L030 Gramercy on a door that may get rehung?
Not on the same terms. The Baldwin L030 Gramercy knurled lever is reversible, so one part covers a left-hand or right-hand opening and stays correct if the door is later rehung. The Imperial USA TH1100 Series lever handle is sold as a left hand part, so the hand has to be settled before it is ordered. For a property manager standardizing across a run of doors with mixed swings, the reversible L030 keeps the shelf to one part number; for a single known left-hand opening, the TH1100 Series covers it.
5) Can I use the Baldwin L030 Gramercy lever on a mortise lock?
Yes. The Gramercy is built to be used on mortise lock sets, dressed with handleset trim or with one of Baldwin's escutcheon plates, as well as on tubular applications for passage and privacy. That gives you one lever design you can carry across the entry mortise lock and the interior doors behind it, in the same finish.
6) How far does the Gramercy L030 lever stick out from the door, and will it clear a door casing or an adjacent wall?
Projection is 2.53 inches off the face of the door, with a 4.625 inch grip length on the lever itself. That matters on a door hung tight to a return wall or with a deep casing: measure from the door face to the obstruction and you need better than 2.53 inches, plus swing room for a hand on a 4-5/8 inch grip. On a door in a tight corner or behind a swing that stacks against another opening, that projection is the number that decides it.
7) Can I mix Baldwin L030 Gramercy levers and knobs on the same door or in the same house?
That is how the Estate line is set up. The Gramercy lever is sold as a pair or as a single, so you can run a lever on the corridor side and a knob on the room side, or put levers on the doors where an occupant needs an easier grip and knobs elsewhere. The knurled texture on the Gramercy is there to give a positive grip for any hand size. Fourteen finishes are offered, so matching an existing finish across a whole floor of doors is a matter of picking the same finish code across each order.
8) What is the difference between the Pair and the Pair (PINNED) option on the Baldwin L030 lever?
Both give you two levers, one per side. The PINNED version has the lever pinned to the spindle rather than set-screwed, which is the fixing you order when the lever must not work loose or be pulled off the spindle. It is a fixing choice, not a finish or a style choice, so the lever, the 4.625 inch grip and the 2.53 inch projection are the same either way. Pick the standard Pair unless the job specifically calls for a pinned connection.
9) I need a left hand lever handle but not in the Baldwin line, what else is there?
The Imperial USA TH1100 Series lever handle is offered in a dedicated left hand version, so it covers the same half-pair, single-side situation as the Baldwin L030 Gramercy half pair. The difference to know going in: the Baldwin L030 is reversible and it is the half pair that gets designated left or right, whereas the TH1100 left hand is ordered as a handed part. If you are matching a Baldwin Estate finish across the rest of the openings, stay in the L030; if the lever just needs to work and match itself, the Imperial is the other option on the shelf.
10) What should I use instead of the Baldwin L030 Gramercy lever if I only need one handle for a single left-hand door?
The Imperial USA TH1100 Series lever handle is built for that case, sold as a left hand part on its own. The Baldwin L030 Gramercy also covers it: alongside pairs, it is ordered as a half pair in left hand or right hand, so a single leaf gets a single handle without buying the second one. The difference is what the single part commits you to - the L030 half pair is drawn from a reversible lever offered in fourteen finishes including polished brass, satin nickel, oil rubbed bronze and satin black, while the TH1100 Series arrives handed as ordered.
11) Will a TH1100 Series lever handle work on the same doors the Baldwin L030 Gramercy fits?
Check the door thickness before treating them as interchangeable. The Baldwin L030 Gramercy knurled lever is set up for doors from 1.37 inch to 1.75 inch thick, with a 4.625 inch grip length and 2.53 inch projection off the face - numbers a contractor can measure against the slab and the adjacent trim before ordering. The Imperial USA TH1100 Series is identified by series and hand, so confirm its thickness range against the specific opening rather than assuming it matches the L030 range.
12) What finishes does the Baldwin Gramercy L030 lever come in, and which one holds up best?
Fourteen: Polished Brass (003), Non-Lacquered Brass (031), Vintage Brass (033), Satin Brass (044), Satin Brass and Black (050), Polished Nickel (055), Satin Nickel (056), Satin Brass and Brown (060), Graphite Nickel (076), Oil Rubbed Bronze (102), Venetian Bronze (112/11P), Satin Black (190), Polished Chrome (260) and Distressed Oil Rubbed Bronze (402). The Satin Nickel is nickel plating over solid brass, applied as a PVD finish, which is the harder-wearing option of the group. Non-Lacquered Brass is the opposite intent: it has no topcoat and will patina with handling, which is the point of it, so do not spec it where someone expects the hardware to stay bright.
13) Is the Baldwin L030 Gramercy lever solid brass or plated zinc?
Solid brass. Baldwin builds this hardware in solid brass, and the plated finishes such as Lifetime Satin Nickel are plating applied over that brass rather than over a cast pot metal. That is what gives the lever its weight in the hand and why the finish is a coating on a solid substrate instead of a shell.
14) What is a knurled lever and when would I use one instead of a smooth lever?
Knurling is a machined texture cut into the grip. On the Gramercy L030 that texture runs the 4.625 inch grip, and it does two things: it gives purchase to a wet or gloved hand, and it holds a grip for someone with limited hand strength who would slide off a polished lever. Contemporary interiors, kitchens and bath doors are where it earns its place. A smooth lever is the choice where you want the hardware to disappear or where the finish is the feature.
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