Deltana FP238 Flush Pull, Round, Heavy-Duty, 2-3/8", Solid Brass

Pocket doors are one of the intended applications for the Deltana FP238, along with sliding doors and cabinet doors. It is a round, face-flush pull, so it sits down in a bored recess and leaves nothing standing proud of the door face to catch the jamb as the door slides into the pocket. That flush profile is the whole point of the part: anything with a projecting handle will not clear a pocket.

It pulls the door, nothing more. The FP238 is a pull only, with no latch, lock or catch in it. On a pocket or sliding door that has to lock or hold shut, you order the pull and the locking hardware separately. If you would rather have the pull and the passage function in one piece, the Baldwin Estate 8601 is a pocket door pull offered in passage and dummy versions.

A round flush pull like the Deltana FP238 needs a round pocket in the door face; its base is 2-1/8 inches and its face 2-3/8 inches. When the existing prep is a rectangular cup, the Trimco 1060/1061 flush cup pulls and the Trimco 1111 large flush cup pulls are the cup-style pulls to look at instead. The Trimco 1059 is a drive-in flush cup pull, which is the version to specify when the door is being prepped in the field rather than machined for a screw-mounted cup. A contractor working to a drawing that calls out a cup pull should confirm which of those three the detail matches before ordering the round FP238.

The Orca Hardware TH-FPULL is the nearest round flush pull to the Deltana FP238. Orca lists its pull as a 2-1/8 inch diameter round flush pull, which matches the FP238 base size of 2-1/8 inches; the FP238 face measures 2-3/8 inches and the body is solid brass. Both are round cup-style pulls that sit flush in the door face, so the mortise you drill for one is the same round pocket you drill for the other. If a property manager is matching pulls already installed on a run of pocket doors, the deciding detail is finish rather than form: the FP238 is stocked in twelve finishes including oil rubbed bronze, polished nickel, brushed nickel, polished chrome and unlacquered brass.

For a ligature-resistant opening, the ABH 1911 Series flush door pull is the part designed for it - ABH describes the 1911 Series as a flush door pull with a ligature-resistant design. The Deltana FP238 is a commercial-rated heavy-duty round flush pull in solid brass, intended for face-flush installation in sliding, cabinet and pocket doors, and it is not a ligature-resistant product. An institutional buyer standardizing pulls across a facility will typically use the ABH 1911 in the patient-accessible openings and can carry a decorative round pull like the FP238 in the administrative areas.

The Deltana FP238 is a pull only, a solid brass round flush pull for face-flush installation in sliding, cabinet and pocket doors. When the pocket door needs a passage or dummy function rather than just a grip, the Baldwin Estate 8601 pocket door pull is the piece that covers that: Baldwin lists it as a pocket door pull for passage and dummy. A property manager replacing a plain finger pull on a pocket door can use the FP238 straight across; one who needs the door to latch or needs matched passage and dummy trim on a pair should be looking at the 8601 instead.

Solid brass, both the material and the substrate. That matters on a pull in a wet or coastal building or on a door that gets handled all day: a plated zinc or steel pull wears through at the finger contact point, while solid brass wears into the base metal rather than off it. It is also why the FP238 carries the heavy-duty designation rather than being a light cabinet pull.

Twelve finishes: PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Unlacquered Brass, Brushed Brass, Antique Brass, Polished Nickel, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, Oil Rubbed Bronze, and Paint Black. Two are worth calling out for a property manager standardizing across doors. PVD Polished Brass is the one to specify where you do not want the finish to change over time, and Unlacquered Brass is the opposite by design, it will patina as it is handled. Do not mix the two on the same opening expecting them to stay matched.

Commercial. Deltana classifies the FP238 as a commercial flush pull and builds it heavy-duty in solid brass, which puts it in range for multi-family, hospitality and office sliding or pocket doors rather than just cabinetry. At 2-3/8 inches across the face it is still a small-diameter finger pull, so for a heavy sliding door that needs a full-hand grip, a larger cup pull is the better call.

No. The Deltana FP238 is a fixed round flush pull, solid brass, with a 2-3/8 inch face that sits flush in the door. The Trimco 1066/1067/1068 are drop-ring flush pulls: the ring hangs inside the recess and lifts out to be gripped, then drops back. Both mount into a recess in the door face, but the drop-ring gives a finger loop that pulls a heavier or tighter-running door, while the fixed cup of the FP238 gives a smooth face with nothing to catch. If the specification says drop-ring, the FP238 is not the part.

Size and form are what separate them. The Deltana FP238 is a round pull with a 2-1/8 inch base and a 2-3/8 inch face in solid brass, sized for a finger grip on a light sliding or cabinet door. Trimco lists the 1111 Series as large flush cup pulls, which is the family to specify when the opening wants a bigger hand-sized recess. A distributor pinning down which one a customer means should confirm the recess size on the drawing: a 2-3/8 inch face is the FP238, and anything calling for a large cup is the 1111 Series.

The Trimco 1059 is a drive-in flush cup pull, which is the install method for a field prep where the pull is driven into a bored recess. The Deltana FP238 is a face-flush round pull with a 2-1/8 inch base and 2-3/8 inch face in solid brass, and it is the choice when the door is being prepped for a finished round cup and the job wants a brass finish to match other trim - it comes in twelve finishes including antique brass, brushed brass and paint black. A remodeler retrofitting existing sliding doors should pick based on which prep is already in the door.

The FP238 is sold each, one pull per unit, and the price shown is per unit. For a sliding or pocket door that gets operated from both sides, order two and bore both faces. A door that only ever gets pulled from one side takes one.