Deltana 6SB 6" Surface Bolt, Heavy-Duty, Solid Brass

That's the normal use for it. The 6SB is a 6 inch surface bolt that mounts on the face of the inactive leaf and shoots a rod into a strike, holding that leaf fixed so the active leaf has something to latch against. Solid brass throughout, and it surface mounts, so there is no mortising into the door edge. You do need a matching strike at the head or the sill for the rod to drop into, and Deltana offers an assortment of matching strikes for these bolts.

The 6 inch figure on the 6SB is the rod dimension, the overall length of the bolt body and rod as mounted, not the projection into the strike. If your job specifies a throw, the Ives SB1600 is on record with a 3-1/2 inch throw, the Ives SB360 in a 12 inch length with a 1-1/4 inch throw, and the Ives SB1630 and SB1640 with a 1 inch throw. Those are the ones to reach for when a drawing calls out a specific throw dimension.

The 6SB is a manual slide bolt with no keying. It's thrown by hand from the inside face of the door, which is what makes it useful on an inactive leaf or a door you secure from within. If you need the bolt itself to resist being operated, the Ives SB1630 is a locking surface bolt with keyed security. For an automatic action instead, the ABH HD1805 heavy duty surface bolt uses an auto-locking 3/4 inch stainless steel bar.

Go to the Ives line. The Ives SB1600 is a heavy duty steel surface bolt with a 3-1/2 inch throw and is fire rated, the SB1630 is a heavy duty steel locking surface bolt with a 1 inch throw carrying a 3-hour UL listing, and the SB360 is a heavy-duty steel bolt with a 1-1/4 inch throw in a 12 inch length, also fire rated. If you want brass on a fire rated opening, the Ives SB1640 is a fire rated brass construction bolt with a 1 inch throw. The Deltana 6SB is a heavy-duty solid brass bolt sold for commercial door hardware use, so on a labeled opening the Ives fire rated bolts are the ones to spec.

The Emtek 8511 is the nearest match: a solid brass surface bolt in a 6 inch length, the same rod dimension and same base material as the Deltana 6SB, which is a 6 inch solid brass surface bolt. Delaney also builds a solid brass surface bolt under its Solid Brass Surface Bolt series, and a decorative version under the BV7600 Decorative Surface Bolt series if the trim on the door is ornamental. All three are brass bodies, so they take the warm decorative finishes a painted steel bolt cannot.

No. The Deltana 6SB is a manually thrown bolt mounted on the inside face of the door for extra security, with no key cylinder. For a keyed bolt, the Ives SB1630 is a heavy duty steel locking surface bolt with a 1 inch throw and keyed security, and it carries a 3-hour UL listing. If the requirement is that the bolt cannot be released from the secure side by hand, the SB1630 is the substitution; a brass decorative bolt in either the Deltana or Emtek 8511 style will not do it.

Eleven, and they cover most of what you'd be matching to on an existing door: PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Unlacquered Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Polished Nickel, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, and Paint Black. If you're standardizing across a building, the unlacquered brass is the one that will patina over time while PVD polished brass is the one that holds its color, so don't mix those two on openings meant to look alike.

Deltana rates the 6SB as heavy-duty and lists it as a commercial product, with brass as both the material and the substrate, so it isn't a plated pot-metal bolt. Brass is the right call where the finish has to match other brass or bronze trim, and it won't rust. Where the opening takes real abuse or the spec calls for steel, the Ives SB1600 and the Ives SB360 are heavy duty steel surface bolts.

Plan on it. Deltana makes an assortment of matching strikes for these surface bolts, and which one you need depends on where the rod lands: a flat strike for a wood sill or head, or a strike suited to the frame you're bolting into. Match the strike finish to the bolt finish, since the 6SB is sold in eleven finishes and a mismatched strike will show.

Face mount. The 6SB is a surface bolt, so it screws to the inside face of the door with no mortising, no bore, and no routing of the edge. That makes it a straightforward retrofit on a door that's already hung, and it's why it's a common fix for adding security to an existing opening. The trade off is that the bolt is visible on the inside face.

Both are 6 inch solid brass surface bolts, so they're direct alternatives on the same opening. The Deltana 6SB is specified as heavy-duty and comes in eleven finishes, which is the deciding factor if you're matching existing hardware across a building. If you're working in Delaney trim, the Delaney solid brass surface bolt and the Delaney decorative solid brass surface bolt are the equivalents in that line, and Trimco's 4800 Series is the option when the job is specified to Trimco.

The 6SB is the 6 inch size in Deltana's surface bolt line. When you need more reach, the Ives SB360 heavy-duty steel surface bolt is carried in a 12 inch length. Length here is the bolt body and rod, so measure from where you want the operating handle sitting on the door face to the strike point, not just the gap you're crossing.

Length and material. The Deltana 6SB has a 6 inch rod in solid brass. The Ives SB360 is a heavy-duty steel bolt in a 12 inch length with a 1-1/4 inch throw, which is the length people reach for when the bolt has to travel from a comfortable hand height up to a head jamb or down past a threshold on a tall leaf. Steel takes a plated finish rather than the brass finishes; the SB360 is also fire rated. For the same reach in a fire rated assembly with a longer throw, the Ives SB1600 is a heavy duty steel bolt with a 3-1/2 inch throw.

Both are surface bolts sold for commercial door hardware. The Deltana 6SB is a heavy-duty solid brass bolt with a 6 inch rod, offered in eleven finishes including polished chrome, brushed chrome, polished nickel, brushed nickel, oil rubbed bronze, polished brass and paint black - which is what lets it match mixed finish schedules across a portfolio. The Trimco 4800 Series is a surface bolt line rather than a single size, so a facility standardizing on one part number across many openings often writes a series. If the standard has to hold on labeled openings too, the Ives SB1600 and SB1630 are the fire rated members of the set.

Throw and finish range. The Ives SB1640 is a fire rated brass construction surface bolt with a 1 inch throw. The Deltana 6SB is a heavy-duty solid brass bolt with a 6 inch rod, carried in eleven finishes including PVD polished brass, unlacquered brass, antique brass, antique nickel and polished nickel, which is the range decorative openings are usually matched against. On a labeled opening the SB1640 is the fire rated brass option; on an unlabeled interior or double door where the finish has to match existing trim, the 6SB is the one with the finish selection.

Unlacquered Brass is one of the eleven finishes the 6SB is sold in, so the finish is a direct match to other unlacquered brass trim. Because it's solid brass rather than plated, it ages the same way the rest of your unlacquered hardware does instead of wearing through a coating to a different base metal. If your existing trim is a lacquered or PVD polished brass instead, order that finish, since the two won't stay the same color side by side.

The Delaney BV7600 is a decorative solid brass surface bolt, built for openings where the bolt is part of the visible hardware rather than a plain utility bar. The Deltana 6SB is a solid brass bolt as well and covers the same decorative finish territory - PVD polished brass, unlacquered brass, antique brass, oil rubbed bronze and polished nickel among its eleven finishes. The Emtek 8511 is the other solid brass 6 inch option in the same conversation. Where the requirement is an ornamental escutcheon shape around the bolt itself, the BV7600 is the decorative series.