Deltana BBRR213 Bell Button, Round with Rope

Solid brass, both the substrate and the material of record on the BBRR213 round bell button with rope border. That matters on an exterior door, which is where this trim lives, because a brass base under a plated finish holds up to weather far better than a zinc casting. Deltana offers the round rope design across a range of finishes on the same brass body.

The BBRR213 is 2-1/4 inches in diameter overall, so it will cover the opening left by a smaller button you are replacing but not one larger than that. Measure the existing cutout and any unfinished paint ring around it before you pull the old button; if the old escutcheon was wider than 2-1/4 inches, you will be looking at touch-up on the casing.

Yes. The BBRR213 round rope button is a single 2-1/4 inch design offered in nine finishes, so pick the finish once and every entry gets an identical button. Deltana catalogs it as commercial grade, which is the reason it shows up on multifamily and hospitality standards packages. The solid brass body is also the practical argument for a fleet buy: you are not replacing corroded buttons on a rolling basis two winters in.

Just the exterior push button and its rope-bordered rosette, sold each. It replaces the button at the door and nothing else. The chime unit inside the house and the transformer feeding the circuit are separate and are not part of this. If you are wiring a doorbell from scratch and want the button and plate as one assembled unit, the Emtek 2401 American Designer brass doorbell ships as a doorbell with plate and button in a rope rosette.

The Emtek 2401 American Designer Brass Doorbell carries a Rope rosette, which is the same rope-bordered look as the BBRR213 Bell Button, Round with Rope. One difference matters when you order: the Emtek 2401 is supplied as a doorbell with plate and button together, while the BBRR213 is a solid brass round button 2-1/4 inches in diameter. If you are replacing a whole assembly on a millwork jamb, the Emtek 2401 gives you the plate; if you are dropping a button into existing prep, the Deltana BBRR213 is the part.

The Deltana BBRR213 is a round button 2-1/4 inches across, so it will not fill a rectangular or oval cutout. The Emtek 2403 American Classic Brass Doorbell uses a Rectangular rosette and the Emtek 2402 uses an Oval rosette; both come as a doorbell with plate and button. On a narrow stile or a jamb where the existing plate is not round, one of those two matches the opening the BBRR213 does not.

Nine finishes on the round rope button: polished brass, PVD polished brass, antique brass, oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel, antique nickel, polished chrome, brushed chrome, and paint black. If the door is west or south facing and gets direct sun and rain, the PVD polished brass is the one to take, since PVD is a deposited coating rather than a lacquer and it does not craze and peel the way lacquered brass does outdoors.

No. A wired bell button is a simple momentary contact on a low voltage loop, so the two existing bell wires land on the button's terminals and the chime and transformer stay exactly as they are. It is a trim swap, not an electrical change. The one thing to check first is the 2-1/4 inch diameter against your existing cutout, because the wiring is the easy part and the hole is what actually decides the job.

Shape and scope. The BBRR213 is a 2-1/4 inch round solid brass button with a rope border, ordered as the button alone. Emtek's American Classic and American Designer line covers four rosette shapes: regular, rope, oval, and rectangular, each supplied as a doorbell with plate and button. If you want the same rope detailing but prefer a plate-and-button assembly, the Emtek 2401 is the rope one; the 2402 is oval and the 2400 is the plain regular rosette.

The Emtek 2400 American Classic Brass Doorbell uses a Regular rosette, an unornamented round face, where the Deltana BBRR213 is round with a rope border. Both are brass. Choose the Emtek 2400 when the rest of the entry trim is plain and you do not want the twisted-rope edge repeating at the button.

The BBRR213 carries Deltana's rope border on a round rosette, so it reads with rope-patterned trim rather than against it, and it comes in the brass and bronze finishes that pattern usually shows up in: polished brass, antique brass, oil rubbed bronze. Match the finish name exactly where you can. If the rest of the entry is Emtek rather than Deltana, the 2401 uses a rope rosette in that line.

Each. One button per unit, so a four-unit building needs a quantity of four. Worth counting the entries before ordering, since side and service doors get missed on the first pass more often than not.

The Deltana BBRR213 rope button is offered in Polished Brass, PVD Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, and Paint Black, so the rope profile can be matched to bronze, nickel, chrome, or black trim as well as brass. The Emtek 2401 carries the same Rope rosette styling if you need the button and plate as one assembly.