Deltana 8SBCS 8" Solid Brass Surface Bolt, Concealed Screws, HD

That is the job this bolt is built for. The 8SBCS mounts on the face of the door (surface applied, no mortising) and throws a solid brass bolt into a strike at the head or the threshold, so the inactive leaf of a pair stays fixed and the active leaf latches against it. Overall bolt length is 8 inches, which gives you room to place the housing back from the door edge and still reach the jamb or floor strike. Solid brass throughout, and rated commercial, so it holds up on a door that gets worked daily.

No. Go to an Ives bolt instead. The Ives SB1640 is a fire rated brass surface bolt with a 1 inch throw, and the Ives SB1600 is a fire rated heavy duty steel bolt with a 3-1/2 inch throw. On a labeled opening the bolt has to carry the rating along with the door and frame, so the fire rated model is the only one that belongs there. Use the Deltana 8SBCS on non-labeled openings, where the solid brass body and hidden fasteners are what you are buying it for.

The 8SBCS gives you an 8 inch bolt, which is the common size for reaching a header strike from normal shoulder height on a standard door, or dropping to a floor strike from low on the leaf. Go longer when the bolt has to span a taller-than-standard leaf or you want the operating throw within reach on a transom-height door. The Ives SB360 comes in a 12 inch length for that. Shorter is a different call: the Emtek 8511 solid brass surface bolt is 6 inches, which suits cabinet doors, gates, and shorter leaves where 8 inches would overhang the rail.

Surface mount, so no mortising of the door. The bolt body screws to the face of the door and the strike mounts on the jamb, header, or floor depending on where you run it. That makes it the practical retrofit on an existing pair, since you are not routing a pocket into a hung door. You do still need to drill or set the strike, and on a threshold application a floor strike means boring into the finished floor, so decide head or threshold before you mark anything.

The Deltana 8SBCS throws and holds by hand with no keyed function. For a bolt that locks, the Ives SB1630 is a heavy duty steel locking surface bolt with a 1 inch throw and keyed security, and the ABH HD1805 is a heavy duty surface bolt with an auto-locking 3/4 inch stainless steel bar. The Deltana remains the choice where a solid brass finished bolt with concealed screws is what the door calls for.

The Deltana 8SBCS is 8 inches long. Where a longer bar is needed, the Ives SB360 in the US2C finish is a heavy-duty steel surface bolt at 12 inch length with a 1-1/4 inch throw. Going the other direction, the Emtek 8511 is a 6 inch solid brass surface bolt.

The Deltana 8SBCS is a solid brass surface bolt offered in nine finishes including oil rubbed bronze, polished chrome, polished brass and PVD polished brass. The nearest solid brass peers are the Emtek 8511 solid brass surface bolt at 6 inches, the Delaney 410309 solid brass surface bolt, and the Delaney BV7600 decorative solid brass surface bolt. Where the brass needs to be fire rated, the Ives SB1640 is a fire rated brass surface bolt.

Concealed screws means the mounting fasteners are hidden behind the bolt body rather than sitting exposed on the face plate. Two things follow. Visually you get a clean uninterrupted brass face, which is why it gets specified on front entry and interior French doors where the hardware is on show. Practically, the fasteners are harder to reach from the secured side, so someone cannot simply back the bolt off the door. It is still a surface mount install, screws through the face of the door, no mortise pocket required.

Deltana lists the 8SBCS as a heavy duty, commercial grade surface bolt in solid brass. Solid brass rather than plated steel or cast pot metal matters on a bolt because the throw bar is what takes the abuse every time somebody shoulders the inactive leaf. For a property manager or MRO buyer standardizing across a building, that is the distinction worth checking against the lighter decorative bolts on the market.

Nine finishes: Polished Brass, PVD Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Oil Rubbed Bronze, and Paint Black. If the bolt is going on a door where the lockset and hinges are already set, the two brass options are the ones to be careful with. PVD Polished Brass is a coated finish that holds its color, standard Polished Brass is lacquered brass that will mellow over time. Pick to match the age of what is already hanging, not just the name.

Material and intent. The 8SBCS is solid brass with concealed screws, sold in nine architectural finishes, and it is meant for openings where the hardware is visible and needs to match. The Ives bolts are steel and built around the rating and the throw instead: the SB1600 is heavy duty steel with a 3-1/2 inch throw and fire rated, and the SB360 is a heavy duty steel bolt with a 1-1/4 inch throw in a 12 inch length. If the door is a back-of-house or labeled opening, go Ives. If it is a front entry or a French door pair someone looks at every day, the brass bolt is the one.

They are not the same part. The Deltana 8SBCS is solid brass, 8 inches, with concealed screws, sold across nine decorative finishes such as antique nickel, brushed chrome and paint black. The Ives SB1600 is a heavy duty steel surface bolt with a 3-1/2 inch throw and a fire rating. Substituting one for the other changes both the material and the fire rating status of the opening, so match to what the door schedule calls for rather than to the bolt length alone.

The Deltana 8SBCS is a heavy duty solid brass surface bolt rated for commercial use. Among the alternatives, the Ives SB1600, Ives SB1630 and Ives SB360 are each specified at a heavy duty level, and the ABH HD1805 is a heavy duty surface bolt with an auto-locking stainless steel bar. The Ives units are steel; the Deltana is brass, which is the difference that usually decides it when the bolt has to match surrounding brass trim.

The Deltana 8SBCS is one 8 inch size in solid brass across nine finishes, which standardizes well where every opening takes the same bolt in the same finish. Where openings vary, the Trimco 4800 Series and the ABH HD1805 Series are surface bolt series to specify from, and the Ives line spans the SB1600 at a 3-1/2 inch throw, the SB1630 with keyed security, the SB1640 in brass and the SB360 at 12 inch length.

Two Delaney options cover the same brass ground with a different face. The Delaney Solid Brass Surface Bolt is the plain equivalent, and the Delaney Decorative Solid Brass Surface Bolt carries an ornamented plate for period or traditional openings. The Trimco 4800 Series is the commercial specification alternative. What separates the 8SBCS from all of them is the concealed screw face, so if the exposed fasteners on a conventional bolt are what you are trying to avoid, staying with the Deltana is the reason to.