Deltana SPB349 Strike Plate for Ball Catch and Roller Catch

The SPB349 is the mating strike for the Deltana DBC10 ball catch, and it works with roller catches of the same type. The catch mounts in the door edge, the strike mortises into the frame or the head jamb above the door, and the ball or roller drops into the strike to hold the door closed. If you are replacing a worn Deltana ball catch strike on an inactive leaf or a closet door, this is the matching part.

The plate measures 2-7/8 x 1-3/8 inches, so the mortise in the jamb needs to accept that footprint plus the depth of the catch recess. Worth measuring before you order if you are dropping it into an existing cutout, since a strike from another maker will rarely land on the same screw centers.

No. The SPB349 is a catch strike, sized 2-7/8 x 1-3/8 inches and shaped to receive a ball or roller under spring pressure, not a bolt. For a deadbolt you need a deadbolt strike such as the Emtek 83223 square corner strike or the Kwikset 80318 full round adjustable strike. Different part, different prep.

They serve two different latching devices. The SPB349 is the strike for a ball catch or roller catch, a solid brass plate measuring 2-7/8 inches by 1-3/8 inches that receives the spring-loaded ball or roller pressed into the door edge. The Emtek 83223 is a standard deadbolt strike plate with square corners, which receives a throw bolt. A ball catch relies on friction to hold a door closed and a deadbolt does not, so the two strikes are not interchangeable even where the cutouts look similar in the jamb.

The SPB349 is a fixed solid brass plate at 2-7/8 inches by 1-3/8 inches, so it has to land on the mortise as cut. When the jamb prep does not line up, Kwikset makes adjustable strikes: the 80318 full round adjustable strike and the 81825 six way adjustable deadlatch, both deadbolt strike plates. Note the trade: those are bolt and latch strikes, so they solve a misaligned jamb only on a door held by a deadbolt or a deadlatch, not on a door held by a ball catch. For a ball catch opening, the usual fix is to reset the catch depth in the door edge rather than change the strike.

Solid brass, both the substrate and the finish carrier. That matters on a ball catch strike because the ball rides against the plate every time the door closes, and brass wears without rusting or flaking the way a plated steel strike will in a humid stairwell or a bathroom.

Ten finishes: PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Antique Nickel, Polished Nickel, Brushed Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, Oil Rubbed Bronze, and Paint Black. If you are matching hinges and levers already on the opening, the PVD Polished Brass is the one to pick where the rest of the trim is PVD, since standard polished brass will patina at a different rate.

The SPB349 is a flat brass strike plate for a ball or roller catch, not a boxed strike. Ball catches do not need a dust box, they need a shallow recess for the ball. If your job actually calls for a bolt pocket liner, look at the Kwikset 81231-001 metal strike dust box or the Kwikset 81640 strike box instead.

Not this one. The SPB349 is a small brass catch strike at 2-7/8 x 1-3/8 inches, cut for a ball or roller catch. An ASA prep frame takes an ASA strike plate, such as the Codelocks ASA strike plate in stainless steel. The two preps are not interchangeable.

The SPB349 is the face plate itself, a solid brass strike for a ball catch or roller catch. A ball catch strike does not need a dust pocket because nothing throws into the jamb behind it. If the opening in question is a deadbolt and you need the cavity lined, Kwikset sells that separately as the 81231-001 metal strike dust box and the 81640 strike box, both deadbolt strike plate parts.

The SPB349 is offered in ten finishes, including polished brass, PVD polished brass, antique brass, polished nickel, brushed nickel, antique nickel, polished chrome, brushed chrome, oil rubbed bronze, and paint black, on a solid brass body. The Codelocks ASA strike plate is a single stainless steel finish in the ASA strike plate series. If the goal is matching a ball catch strike to lever and hinge finishes already on the doors, the brass plate carries the finish range; the ASA plate is the shape used with an ASA jamb prep and comes one way.

Deltana lists the SPB349 as commercial. Solid brass construction is the reason it holds up on doors that cycle all day, and property managers standardizing a floor of closet or double-door openings can order the same plate in one finish across every jamb.

No handing to specify. It is a symmetrical brass plate for a ball or roller catch, so the same part works on a left or right hand door and on the head jamb of an inactive leaf. Finish is the only choice you make when ordering.