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BEST DLS-2 Double Lipped Strike for Center Hung Doors
Specialized Strike Hardware for Bidirectional Door Operation
The BEST DLS-2 Double Lipped Strike is engineered specifically for center hung doors that require bidirectional opening capability without frame damage. This specialized strike works in conjunction with BEST Access DAP-3 Pivot and ES-1 Emergency Stop components for hospital and nursing home toilet room door applications. Designed for trimmed openings 5-3/4" wide with a latch bolt cutout of 1-1/4" x 11-16", this strike ensures reliable operation in demanding healthcare environments.
Professional Features & Benefits
- Bidirectional Door Operation: Allows center hung doors to open in both directions without causing damage to the door frame or surrounding structure.
- Healthcare Application Design: Specifically engineered for hospital and nursing home toilet room doors where emergency access is critical.
- System Compatibility: Designed to work with BEST Access DAP-3 Pivot and ES-1 Emergency Stop components for complete emergency rescue hardware solutions.
- Precise Dimensional Requirements: Accommodates trimmed openings 5-3/4" wide with latch bolt cutout dimensions of 1-1/4" x 11-16" for proper installation.
- Heavy-Duty Construction: Built to withstand the demanding requirements of commercial healthcare environments with frequent use.
- Square Corner Design: Features square corners for clean integration with standard door frame preparations.
- Emergency Rescue Integration: Part of BEST's comprehensive Emergency Rescue Hardware series for life-safety applications.
Technical Specifications
- Commercial/Residential: Commercial
- Corner Style: Square Corners
- Department: Door Hardware
- Duty Level: Heavy Duty
- Hinge Type: Full Mortise
- Product Category: Hinges and Door Accessories
- Product Group: Door Hinges and Pivots
- Product Model: DLS-2
- Product Subgroup: Hinges and Door Accessories
- Product Type: Hinges
- Series: Emergency Rescue Hardware
- Subcategory: Hinges
Installation & Operation
- Review manufacturer specifications and verify door preparation requirements including door thickness, frame width of 5-3/4" for trimmed openings, and proper handing for center hung door applications.
- Use manufacturer-provided templates to mark the latch bolt cutout location of 1-1/4" x 11-16" accurately on the door frame.
- Prepare door frame by cutting the required latch bolt cutout and routing as specified in manufacturer instructions for proper strike installation.
- Install the double lipped strike hardware and secure to the door frame per manufacturer torque specifications, ensuring proper alignment with DAP-3 Pivot components.
- Adjust strike positioning for proper alignment with center hung door operation, ensuring smooth bidirectional movement without binding or frame contact.
- Test door operation in both directions to verify proper function and clearance. Refer to manufacturer documentation for complete installation details and integration with ES-1 Emergency Stop components.
Professional Applications
- Hospital Patient Room Toilet Doors
- Nursing Home Bathroom Access
- Healthcare Facility Emergency Access Points
- Assisted Living Facility Restrooms
- Medical Office Building Washrooms
- Rehabilitation Center Patient Areas
- Long-Term Care Facility Privacy Doors
Why Choose BEST Quality?
BEST DLS-2 Double Lipped Strike delivers professional-grade reliability with heavy-duty construction specifically designed for demanding healthcare applications. As part of the comprehensive Emergency Rescue Hardware series, this strike ensures dependable bidirectional door operation while maintaining the structural integrity essential for life-safety applications. Engineered for commercial environments where reliable emergency access and patient privacy are critical requirements.
Manufacturer Resources
Emergency Rescue Hardware
Product Specs
- Subcategory:
- Hinges
- Series:
- Emergency Rescue Hardware
- Hinge Type:
- Full Mortise
- Corner Style:
- Square Corners
- Product Group:
- Door Hinges and Pivots
- Product Subgroup:
- Hinges and Door Accessories
- Product Type:
- Hinges
- Duty Level:
- Heavy Duty
- Commercial/Residential:
- Commercial
- Product Model:
- DLS-2
- Product Category:
- Hinges and Door Accessories
- Department:
- Door Hardware
BEST DLS-2-626 – Frequently Asked Questions
1) What is the BEST DLS-2 double lipped strike actually used for?
The DLS-2 is a strike for center hung doors, not a hinge and not a lock. It has lips on both sides so a center hung door can swing in both directions and still latch, which is what makes emergency access into a hospital or nursing home toilet room possible without tearing up the frame. It is part of BEST's Emergency Rescue Hardware line and is meant to run with the DAP-3 pivot and the ES-1 emergency stop.
2) Do I need anything else besides the DLS-2 strike to make a hospital toilet room door open both ways?
Yes. The strike alone does not create the bidirectional swing. The DLS-2 is designed to work with the BEST Access DAP-3 pivot and the ES-1 emergency stop, and those three parts together make up the emergency rescue setup for a toilet room door. Order the pivot and stop alongside the strike if you are building the opening from scratch rather than replacing a damaged strike.
3) Can a Don-Jo HWBB74545 or HWBB75045 ball bearing hinge be used in place of a BEST DLS-2 on a hospital toilet room door?
No, they do different jobs on the same opening. The BEST DLS-2 is a double lipped strike that receives the latch bolt, sized for a trimmed opening 5-3/4 inches wide with a 1-1/4 inch x 11-16 inch latch bolt cutout, and it works with the BEST Access DAP-3 Pivot and ES-1 Emergency Stop so a center hung door can swing both ways. The Don-Jo HWBB74545 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge in 4-1/2 inch x 4-1/2 inch and the HWBB75045 is the same construction in 5 inch x 4-1/2 inch; both are butt hinges that carry the door leaf at the frame rabbet. A center hung pivot opening still needs a strike for the latch, so the Don-Jo hinges are an addition to a butt-hung door, not a replacement for the DLS-2.
4) For a toilet room door that needs to close on its own rather than swing both directions, what is used instead of a BEST DLS-2 setup?
A self-closing butt-hung door is a different hardware path. The Stanley Security 2060R is a full mortise spring hinge in 4-1/2 inch x 4-1/2 inch with a square corner and a ferrous steel base, rated heavy duty, and it closes the door from a conventional frame-mounted position. The BEST DLS-2 is a heavy duty commercial double lipped strike for center hung doors, built so the door can be pushed open in both directions without damaging the frame, and it pairs with the DAP-3 Pivot and ES-1 Emergency Stop for hospital and nursing home toilet rooms. Choose the spring hinge when the requirement is automatic closing on a single-swing door, and the DLS-2 arrangement when the requirement is emergency access into a room where someone may be down against the door.
5) Does the DLS-2 have square corners or radius corners?
Square corners. That matters when you are dropping it into an existing frame prep: a square corner strike will not sit right in a pocket that was routed with a radius, and a radius prep leaves gaps at the corners. Check what is cut in the frame before you order.
6) Can I use a regular commercial hinge instead of the DLS-2 center hung setup on a bathroom door?
No, and they solve different problems. A butt hinge such as the Ives 3CB1HW heavy weight concealed bearing full mortise hinge or the Don-Jo HWBB84545 hangs a door that swings one way off the frame edge. The DLS-2 belongs to a center hung arrangement where the door pivots and swings both directions, so a caregiver can get into a toilet room when a patient has collapsed against the door. If the requirement is emergency rescue access, a butt hinge does not get you there no matter how heavy the duty rating.
7) If the patient room door needs to carry power to an electrified lock, does that change what is ordered alongside a BEST DLS-2?
Power transfer is handled at the hinge, so it is a separate line item from the strike. The Command Access ETH-BB68 is a 5 knuckle heavy duty steel base energy transfer hinge in the ETH 5 Series, and the ETH-CB70 is the 3 knuckle standard weight version in the ETH 3 Series rated medium duty; the ETM-BB68 adds an integrated door position switch for monitoring, with the ETM-CB70 as the 3 knuckle medium duty counterpart. The BEST DLS-2 is a mechanical double lipped strike for center hung doors with a 1-1/4 inch x 11-16 inch latch bolt cutout in a trimmed opening 5-3/4 inches wide, and it carries no wiring path. A center hung pivot opening does not take a butt-mounted transfer hinge, so an electrified opening is generally specified as a butt-hung door rather than the center hung DLS-2 arrangement.
8) For a high abuse behavioral health or detention washroom, what hinge hardware is specified instead of center hung emergency rescue components?
Those openings are usually butt hung with security-rated hinges rather than center hung pivots. The Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface prison hinge, 3 inch x 4 inch with a welded tip, heavy duty plain bearing, and the Stanley BB855 is a double weight prison hinge in 5 inch by 6 inch furnished with no holes and not swaged. The Deltana DE44R5TA is a 4 inch x 4 inch security hinge with 5/8 inch radius corners in steel, sold as a pair. The BEST DLS-2 addresses a different failure mode: it is a commercial heavy duty double lipped strike that lets a center hung door open in both directions without damaging the frame, for hospital and nursing home toilet rooms where staff may need to get in against a blocked door.
9) Our facility standardizes on 626 satin chrome - which commercial hinges match a BEST DLS-2 ordered in that finish?
The BEST DLS-2 is offered in 626 satin chrome, alongside 605 bright brass and 612 satin bronze. On the hinge side, the Don-Jo HWBB84545 heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge in 4-1/2 inch x 4-1/2 inch comes in satin chrome, and the HWBB85045 is a 5 inch x 4-1/2 inch brass heavy weight ball bearing hinge also in satin chrome; the HWBB74545 in 4-1/2 inch x 4-1/2 inch is likewise a satin chrome heavy weight. All three are heavy duty, matching the DLS-2 duty level, so a facility running satin chrome across patient room and toilet room openings can keep the strike and the butt hinges in the same finish family.
10) What finishes does the BEST DLS-2 strike come in?
Three: 605 bright brass, 612 satin bronze, and 626 satin chrome. For a healthcare corridor where the rest of the door hardware is already satin chrome, 626 is the one that matches. All three come in the same 5-3/4 inch size, so finish is the only choice you make on the order.
11) Is the DLS-2 strike rated for commercial healthcare traffic?
It is a commercial, heavy duty part, which is the level you want on a patient toilet room door that gets used dozens of times a day and occasionally gets forced open in an emergency. It is not a residential-grade strike.
12) If a facility has satin chrome hardware throughout, can I standardize the DLS-2 across every patient toilet room?
Yes. The DLS-2 is offered in 626 satin chrome and in one size only, 5-3/4 inches, so every opening prepped to that trimmed width takes the identical part number. For a facility manager stocking spares, that means one strike on the shelf rather than a handed or sized assortment.
13) The BEST DLS-2 has square corners - does that mean it drops into the same frame prep as a square corner commercial hinge?
No. Square corner on the BEST DLS-2 refers to the strike plate corners, and its frame prep is a latch bolt cutout of 1-1/4 inch x 11-16 inch in a trimmed opening 5-3/4 inches wide, marked from the manufacturer template. A square corner commercial hinge such as the Orca Hardware 3535 Series 4-1/2 inch x 4-1/2 inch ball bearing hinge or the Delaney CH401X 4 inch x 4 inch ball bearing hinge, both medium duty on the Orca side, mortises into the hinge jamb at the leaf size of the hinge. The two preps are in different locations on the frame and neither cutout serves the other part.
14) The BEST DLS-2 is described as full mortise - how does that compare with a half mortise or concealed hinge like the Hager 1129 or Hager 920?
Full mortise on the BEST DLS-2 means it is set into a prepared cutout in the frame rather than surface applied, and its cutout is the 1-1/4 inch x 11-16 inch latch bolt opening in a 5-3/4 inch trimmed opening. The Hager 1129 is a half mortise plain bearing commercial hinge, 4-1/2 inch standard weight steel, rated heavy duty, meaning one leaf mortises and the other applies to the surface of the door or frame. The Hager 920 is a full mortise concealed plain bearing hinge with 2 knuckle steel construction, rated medium duty, which hides the hinge when the door is closed. Those describe how a hinge mounts and carries the leaf; the DLS-2 mounting describes how the strike sits in the frame to receive the latch bolt.
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