Deltana FP221R Flush Pull, Round, 2-1/2" Diameter, Solid Brass

Pocket doors are one of its intended uses. The FP221R is a face-flush pull that mortises into the door face so nothing projects past the surface, which is what a pocket door needs to pass into the wall pocket. Deltana lists sliding doors, cabinet doors and pocket doors as the applications. If you need a pull that clears a jamb or a wall pocket, this is the right style; a surface-mounted pull is not.

A 2-1/2 inch round cup gives you two fingers, not a full hand. That is enough for a cabinet door, a light closet bypass, or a pocket door running on decent rollers. For a heavy commercial sliding leaf, or an opening where somebody in gloves has to move it, go to a larger rectangular cup: the Trimco 1111 Series large flush cup pulls are the bigger-format version of the same idea, and the Trimco 1060/1061 flush cup pulls are the mid-size step. Deltana's FP221R is the small round format.

No. A round finger cup with an open recess is a ligature point and it is not built for that occupancy. For patient rooms, holding areas, or anywhere anti-ligature is on the spec, use the ABH 1911 Series flush door pull, which is the ligature-resistant design in the same category. The FP221R suits ordinary commercial and residential sliding, pocket and cabinet doors.

Just the pull. The FP221R is the finger cup you mortise into the door face and nothing more, so it moves the door and does not secure it. If the opening needs to latch or lock, order the pocket door lock or privacy set separately and use the flush pull on the opposite face as the pull-back. The Baldwin Estate 8601 pocket door pull is the alternative when you want a pull sized for passage and dummy pocket door sets.

Not on its own. A 2-1/2 inch round recessed cup gives you fingertips only, which is fine for starting a door moving but poor for dragging a pocket door back out of the wall. For that, use a drop-ring style that folds flat when not in use and swings out to give a real grip: the Trimco 1066/1067/1068 drop-ring flush pulls do that job. Keep the FP221R for the closing edge, where a flat cup is all you need.

The Orca Hardware 2-1/8 inch diameter round flush pull is the nearest round-face equivalent in a smaller size. The Deltana FP221R has a 2-1/2 inch face with a 2-1/8 inch base, so the Orca pull's face matches the diameter of the FP221R's base cutout. Both are round face-flush pulls for sliding, pocket and cabinet doors. Choose by the face diameter you want sitting proud on the door, since the visible ring is the difference.

The ABH 1911 Series flush door pull is the one built with a ligature-resistant design, which is what those openings call for. The Deltana FP221R is a solid brass round cup pull intended for sliding, pocket and cabinet doors where a face-flush installation is wanted. For patient rooms, holding areas or any opening carrying a ligature-resistance requirement, specify the ABH 1911 Series and keep the FP221R for standard sliding and pocket door work.

No. The Baldwin Estate 8601 is a pocket door pull made for passage and dummy function, so it is part of a door-operating set. The Deltana FP221R is a plain round cup pull, 2-1/2 inch face in solid brass, with no latching or function of any kind. If a pocket door needs to latch or needs a matched passage set, the Estate 8601 is the right family; if it only needs a recessed grip to slide the panel, the FP221R does that.

Solid brass, both the material and the substrate. That matters on a flush pull because the finger cup takes constant wear from fingernails and rings, and a plated pot-metal cup shows the base material at the rub point within a season on a high traffic opening. Solid brass wears through the finish and keeps the same metal underneath.

Nine finishes: PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, and Paint Black. If the pull sits next to levers and hinges you are already standardizing on, the PVD Polished Brass is the one to pick where the pull gets touched constantly, since PVD is a deposited coating rather than a lacquer. Order the same finish across every opening in a run; brass finishes vary enough between makers that mixing brands on one door reads as a mistake.

Prep method. The FP221R is a face-flush pull set into a bored recess in the door face. A drive-in style, like the Trimco 1059 drive-in flush cup pull, is driven into the bore and holds by friction on the barrel rather than sitting as a separate flange-and-cup assembly. Drive-in is quicker on a production run of identical doors; the FP221R is the one to use when you want a solid brass face in a specific decorative finish, since it is offered in nine.

Size is the split. Orca Hardware's round flush pull is a 2-1/8 inch diameter unit, while the Deltana FP221R has a 2-1/2 inch face over a 2-1/8 inch base. So the two take a similar bore, but the Deltana carries a wider visible flange. If you are replacing an existing 2-1/8 inch round pull and want to hide any scarring around the old cut, the larger face is the one that covers it.

The Trimco 1066/1067/1068 are drop-ring flush pulls, meaning a ring lies in the recess and is lifted to grip. The Deltana FP221R is a plain round cup pull, 2-1/2 inch face over a 2-1/8 inch base, with no moving ring - fingers go into the recess directly. A drop ring gives a fuller grip for pulling a heavy panel out of the pocket; the fixed cup has nothing to catch clothing or rattle. Match the pull style to how hard the panel is to move and to what the rest of the doors already use.

The Trimco 1059 drive-in flush cup pulls are the drive-in style, set into a bored hole rather than a routed mortise pocket. The Deltana FP221R is a solid brass round pull for face-flush installation in sliding, cabinet and pocket doors. Where the door prep favors a driven cup, the Trimco 1059 suits it; where a mortised round brass face in a matching decorative finish is wanted, the FP221R is the one to order.

The Deltana FP221R comes in nine finishes, including PVD polished brass, oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel, antique nickel, paint black, polished chrome, brushed chrome, polished brass and antique brass, all on a solid brass body. The Orca Hardware round flush pull is offered as a 2-1/8 inch diameter round pull, and the Trimco 1060/1061 and 1111 Series are cup pull families. For a property manager matching pulls to existing lever and hinge finishes across sliding, pocket and cabinet doors, the FP221R finish range is what makes one part number carry the whole fleet.

They sell each, priced per unit, so you can order the exact count a job needs. Worth remembering that a sliding or pocket door usually wants two, one per face, and a bypass pair wants four. Count openings, then double.

Deltana lists the FP221R as commercial. Solid brass construction is the reason it holds up on a door that gets worked all day rather than a few times a week, and it is the same pull people put on residential pocket doors. For MRO standardization across a facility, the nine-finish range means you can hold one model number and vary only the finish by building.