Deltana PPH55 Push Plate with Handle 3-1/2" x 15" - Handle 5-1/4"

The PPH55 plate measures 3-1/2 x 15 inches, which is one of the two common push plate footprints (4 x 16 inches is the other). If your existing plate is 4 x 16, the PPH55 will sit inside its outline and leave the old screw holes and finish shadow exposed. Measure the old plate before ordering. For a 4 x 16 opening, the Delaney 4" x 16" Push Plate covers the larger footprint.

Mounting hardware is in the bag. Each PPH55 ships individually poly bagged with its mounting hardware, so nothing extra is needed to hang it. Note that it mounts with surface screws rather than through bolts. On a high traffic commercial opening where the handle takes real pull load, a through bolted plate like the Ives 8302 is the heavier duty mounting method.

The PPH55 plate is 3-1/2 inches by 15 inches, so it will not cover the fastener holes or the wear shadow left by a 4 by 16 plate. The Delaney 4 inch by 16 inch Push Plate and the Delaney 4 inch by 16 inch Door Pull Plate are built on that larger footprint and are the ones to order when you are standardizing on 4 by 16 across a run of doors.

The PPH55 is a solid brass plate with a 1.2mm plate gauge and a 5-1/4 inch handle, mounted with the hardware packed in the bag. On an opening that takes constant hand traffic, the Ives 8302 Heavy Duty Pull Plate is rated heavy duty and mounts with through bolts, which carries pull load through the door rather than into wood screws in the face. The Ives 8303 is also heavy duty and comes with 8 inch or 10 inch center-to-center pull mounting if you want a longer grip than the 5-1/4 inch handle on the PPH55.

A plain push plate is just a flat protective plate you shove the door with. The PPH55 adds a 5-1/4 inch handle mounted on the plate, so the same piece of hardware works both ways: push the plate going one direction, grab the handle coming the other. Use the combination unit where a single door leaf needs both a pull grip and finish protection. If you only need the flat protection side, a straight push plate such as the Delaney 3-1/2" x 15" Push Plate does that job.

Solid brass, not a plated steel or zinc stamping. The plate is 1.2mm gauge brass, and the finishes are applied over that brass body, so an edge scuff or a scratch on the face does not expose a different base metal underneath. That matters on a door people touch all day.

Eight finishes are offered on the PPH55: PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, and Brushed Chrome. PVD Polished Brass is the one to specify if you want the brass tone to hold up without regular polishing; standard Polished Brass is an unlacquered style brass look that will change over time with handling.

They differ mainly in build and style. The PPH55 is a 1.2mm solid brass plate with an integral 5-1/4 inch handle in eight finishes, a clean flat profile. Emtek's alternatives are styled sets: the Modern, Knoxville, and Lost Wax Cast Bronze Petal push and pull plates, where the cast bronze Petal is a decorative pattern rather than a flat plate. Trimco's 1010, 1012, 1013, and 1014 Series are cast pull plates specified by pull center-to-center, 5 inch on the 1010, 5-1/2 inch on the 1012 and 1013, and 6 inch on the 1014, with the 1012, 1013, and 1010 listed heavy duty. Pick Deltana for finish selection on a flat plate, Trimco when the spec calls out a pull CTC, Emtek when the door is a design feature.

Match the footprint, not just the finish. A 3-1/2 x 15 inch plate on one face wants the same 3-1/2 x 15 outline on the other so the doors read consistently down a corridor; the Delaney 3-1/2" x 15" Door Pull Plate is that size in a pull configuration. If you standardize on the larger 4 x 16 outline instead, Delaney offers both the push and pull plate in that size, but do not mix the two sizes on the same opening.

They are not the same part. The PPH55 is a push plate with a handle, 3-1/2 inches by 15 inches, and it is the leaf you push against. The Trimco 1010 Series is a cast heavy duty pull plate with a 5 inch center-to-center pull, so it goes on the pull side and its grip is dimensioned center-to-center rather than by handle length. If you are replacing a PPH55, order a push plate with a handle; if the door you are working on has the pull on that face, the 1010 is the Trimco answer.

The PPH55 is a solid brass plate with a plain rectangular face offered in eight finishes including PVD polished brass, oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel, antique nickel, polished chrome, brushed chrome, polished brass and antique brass. If the opening calls for a decorative face, Emtek builds push and pull plates in the Knoxville and Modern series, and the Petal series is lost wax cast bronze. Those are styled plate sets rather than a plain plate with a handle, so confirm the face dimension against the doors you are matching.

The PPH55 is a commercial push plate with a handle that mounts to the door face on its own and ships with mounting hardware in the bag; it is not built around an exit device. When the opening has a Detex Value Series exit device, the pull plate that pairs with it is the Detex P/PN Series, which is made for that device. Order the plate that matches the device on the door rather than adapting a face-mounted plate to it.

One PPH55 covers one face of one door. It is sold each, so a single door where you want the push and handle combination on the pull side takes one unit; if you want protection on both faces, order two, or pair it with a plain push plate on the opposite face. Doing a whole floor of corridor doors, count leaves, not openings.