Callan Bentley Grade 2 Dummy Lever

A dummy lever is a fixed pull. It doesn't turn, doesn't latch, and doesn't lock. The Callan Bentley dummy lever is there where a latch isn't needed, or as the matching counterpart to a working lever on the other leaf of a pair or on an inactive door. If you need the handle to retract a latch so the door stays shut, you want a passage function instead, not this.

Pick the hand that matches the door it sits on. The Bentley dummy is sold handed, left hand and right hand, in each finish. The description calls the Bentley line reversible for handing, but on the dummy version you are ordering a specific hand, so stand outside the door: hinges on your left is left hand, hinges on your right is right hand. On a pair of doors where the dummy matches a working lever opposite, order the hand so the levers point the same way.

No latch, no strike. A dummy is surface mounted trim with no chassis running through to a latch, so there's nothing to bore a cross-bore for and nothing to mortise into the jamb. The Bentley's patented GR2 adjustable latch and protective latch sleeve belong to the latching functions in the series, not to the dummy. If you're replacing a working lever with this, you'll have an empty latch pocket in the edge of the door to deal with.

Two straight substitutes in the same function. The BEST 7KC Series 1DT single dummy trim is Grade 2 medium duty, and the BEST 9K Series 1DT is Grade 1 heavy duty if the opening takes real abuse. The Accentra 455LN Augusta is another Grade 1 single dummy. On the decorative side, Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy comes handed left or right with the 5048 rose, and Emtek sells Arts and Crafts and Cortina levers as dummy pairs when you need a dummy on both faces.

The BEST 7KC Series single dummy trim cylindrical lever is the closest match. Both are Grade 2 dummy-function cylindrical levers, so the trim mounts to the door face with no latch behind it. The BEST 7KC is rated medium duty. The Callan Bentley dummy carries reversible handing and combination screws that suit wood or metal doors.

Two Grade 1 dummy levers cover heavier openings. The BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim is Grade 1 and heavy duty, and the Accentra 455LN Augusta from the 5400 Series is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy cylindrical lever. The Callan Bentley dummy is Grade 2 and specified for residential use.

A dummy lever has no latch, so if the door needs to stay shut you want a passage lever. In Grade 2, the Hager 2510 passage lever with Withnell design fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, the Falcon B101 passage lever is medium duty with a non-handed design, and the Arrow GL01 Sierra lever passage lock fits 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors. All three are non-keyed like the dummy.

Both. The Bentley ships with combination screws that suit wood or metal door mounting, so you're not buying a different part for a hollow metal leaf than for a wood one.

The Bentley is stated as ADA compliant, which is what the lever shape buys you: it operates without grasping, pinching or twisting the wrist. Worth knowing it is graded and specified as residential duty at Grade 2, so for heavy public traffic openings a Grade 1 commercial dummy trim such as the BEST 9K Series 1DT is the heavier option.

A dummy has no latch, so on any door that must stay closed you need a passage function alongside it. Grade 2 passage levers we carry include the Hager 2510 (1-3/8 to 2 inch doors), the Arrow GL01 with the Sierra lever (1-3/4 to 2 inch), the Falcon B101 which is non-handed, and the Bravura Atlanta, Orlando, Tampa and Miramar leversets. Matching a Callan Bentley dummy exactly means staying in the Bentley family, since trim styling doesn't cross brands.

A dummy has no latch, and a fire door assembly must latch to hold in a fire, so a dummy alone will not do on a rated opening. Where a dummy is used on a fire rated pair it is on the inactive leaf, with the leaf held by flush bolts or an automatic bolt that does the latching. If you need the lever itself to secure a rated door, use a latching function: the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 Grade 1 passage are both listed as fire rated.

A dummy has no locking mechanism at all, so a bath or bedroom door wants a privacy function. The Hager 2540 privacy lock with Withnell lever is Grade 2 and fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. The Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with 5048 rose is another option in the same trim family as the Baldwin 5103 half dummy.

No. A passage lever turns and retracts a latch to hold the door closed - the Accentra 5301LN Augusta and the Accentra 4601LN with Augusta trim are both Grade 2 passage function. A dummy lever such as the Callan Bentley is a fixed pull with no latch behind it, used as a counterpart to functioning hardware or where a latch is not needed. Ordering a passage set when the opening needs a dummy leaves you boring a latch hole you do not want.

The Callan Bentley dummy is ordered per hand, left or right, so a matched pair is two units. If you would rather buy the pair as one item, Emtek lists dummy pairs: the Arts and Crafts lever dummy pair, the Hammered lever dummy pair, and the Classic Brass Cortina lever dummy pair.

For a keyed opening, the Hager 2525 commercial entry lock and the Hager 2580 storeroom lock with Withnell lever are both Grade 2 for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. The Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever with a deadlocking latchbolt for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Falcon B511CP6D is a Grade 2 entry/office lever. The Callan Bentley dummy is non-keyed with no latch.

The Callan Bentley dummy is stated ADA compliant, but it is a fixed pull with no latch, so it is the ADA-compliant trim on an opening that does not operate. Where an ADA opening has to actually latch and release, a working lever such as the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage - heavy duty, fire rated, non-handed, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch - or the Corbin Russwin CL3110 Grade 1 vandal resistant passage lock, fire rated for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors, is the part that does the work.

For multifamily interior doors, yes. The Bentley is Grade 2 with all metal construction, an interlocking chassis for added strength and a reinforced spring assembly. It is specified as residential duty, so for a building lobby, a school corridor or anything taking institutional traffic, step up to a Grade 1 dummy trim like the BEST 9K Series 1DT.

Count the faces you want a handle on. Each Bentley dummy is a single handed lever, so a pair of doors with a dummy on both leaves is two, and a dummy on both sides of one leaf is two as well. Order the hand to suit each face. If you want a matched two-piece set out of one box, the Emtek Arts and Crafts and Cortina leversets are sold as dummy pairs.

Baldwin Estate 5103 with the 5048 rose comes as a half dummy in left and right hand, a passage lever, and a privacy lever, so a floor can run one look across functions. Bravura offers passage leversets across several Grade 2 trim designs - Miramar, Atlanta, Orlando, and the square-trim Tampa. The Callan Bentley dummy comes in US15 satin nickel, US19 black, and US10BE edged bronze if you are matching a finish across a run.

Grade 3 levers sit below Grade 2. The Kwikset 200BRNL RDT Breton passage lever is Grade 3 for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch, and the Kwikset 300BRNL RDT Breton privacy lever is Grade 3 over the same door thickness range. Both operate a latch, unlike the Callan Bentley dummy, which is Grade 2 and has no latch behind it.

Several keypad lever sets replace a mechanical lever entirely. The Delaney LP250 electronic keypad leverlock is Grade 2. The Lockey 2835 mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock is ADA compliant with passage function for doors 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch, and the Lockey 1150 heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination covers 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch doors. The Callan Bentley dummy is a fixed lever with no operating mechanism.