Deltana SPE225 Extended Lip Strike Plate, 2-1/4" x 2-1/4"

An extended lip carries the latch past whatever stands proud of the strike. The Deltana SPE225 runs a 1-3/4 inch lip off a 2-1/4 inch bar, so a latch bolt is guided over applied casing, a thick jamb face, or door stop trim instead of catching on it as the door swings shut. A standard short lip stops at the jamb face and lets the latch hang up. The way to size it: measure from the strike mortise outward to the last thing the latch has to ride over. If that run is more than a short lip covers, this is the part. Face of the plate is 2-1/4 by 2-1/4 inches.

It depends on the pocket you have. The SPE225 face measures 2-1/4 by 2-1/4 inches, so it covers a mortise up to that size. A smaller existing pocket means chiseling out to 2-1/4 inches square; a longer pocket, like the tall cutout left by a 4-7/8 inch commercial strike, will leave bare wood or metal showing above and below the plate. Hold the old strike against the numbers before you pull it: 2-1/4 by 2-1/4 is the footprint you have to match.

Probably not. An extended lip solves one problem only: the latch striking trim or a jamb face that projects past the strike. The 1-3/4 inch lip on the SPE225 rides the latch over that obstruction, but it does not relocate the strike pocket, so a door that is sitting high, low, or short of the jamb is still going to miss. For alignment, an adjustable strike is the right fix. ZenSupply carries the Kwikset 80318 full round adjustable strike and the Kwikset 81825 6 way adjustable deadlatch for exactly that situation.

The SPE225 is a replacement strike for residential locks, built with a 1-3/4 inch extended lip to guide a spring latch over trim. A deadbolt throws straight into its pocket and never rides across a lip, so lip extension buys you nothing on a deadbolt opening. For that, the Emtek 83223 standard deadbolt strike plate with square corners is a straight deadbolt strike, and the Kwikset 80318 full round adjustable strike is a deadbolt strike with adjustment built in. If both the latch and the deadbolt are being replaced on the same door, you are ordering two different plates.

Both are flat faceplate strikes that mortise into the jamb, and the difference is what the plate is cut to catch. The Deltana SPE225 is a 2-1/4 inch by 2-1/4 inch solid brass strike with a 1-3/4 inch extended lip, sold as a replacement strike for residential locks, and the long lip wraps the jamb edge so a latch rides across the gap onto the plate. The Emtek 83223 is a standard deadbolt strike plate cut with square corners, sized to receive a bolt that is thrown rather than a latch that is pushed. If the opening has a lipped latch strike in it now, the SPE225 is the like-for-like shape; if the mortise you are replacing is a plain deadbolt pocket, the 83223 is the square-corner match.

The Deltana SPE225 is a square 2-1/4 inch by 2-1/4 inch plate, so it suits a square-corner mortise or a prep that gets squared off with a chisel. For a jamb already routed round, the Kwikset KWI-80318 full round adjustable strike is the round-faceplate option, and it is built as a deadbolt strike. Match the plate to the corner shape already cut in the jamb and the patch work goes away.

No, they are the other half of the assembly rather than a substitute for the plate. The Deltana SPE225 is the visible 2-1/4 inch by 2-1/4 inch solid brass faceplate with a 1-3/4 inch lip that screws to the face of the jamb. The Kwikset 81640 strike box and the Kwikset 81231-001 metal strike dust box are boxes that sit inside the jamb behind the faceplate to line the bolt pocket. A buyer replacing a scarred or wrong-finish plate needs the SPE225; a buyer lining a bored pocket or picking up a box that was left out of an earlier install needs the 81640 or the 81231-001, and on many openings both parts are in the same hole.

Seven finishes, so most common hardware schedules are covered: oil rubbed bronze, polished brass, polished nickel, brushed nickel, polished chrome, brushed chrome, and paint black. That spread matters if you are working through a building and want the strikes to disappear into the trim rather than announce themselves. Paint black is the one to reach for on a dark painted jamb or black hardware package; brushed nickel and oil rubbed bronze cover the bulk of residential and multi-family schedules.

The SPE225 is the face plate that mounts to the jamb, in solid brass at 2-1/4 by 2-1/4 inches with the 1-3/4 inch lip. If the opening also calls for a boxed pocket behind the bolt, that is a separate piece and ZenSupply stocks it: the Kwikset 81640 strike box and the Kwikset 81231-001 metal strike dust box. Property managers doing rental turns often want the box in there so the mortise edges do not chew out over years of use.

No. An ASA prep is the tall cutout used on commercial hollow metal frames, and a 2-1/4 by 2-1/4 inch square plate will not fill it. The SPE225 suits a square jamb mortise on a wood or wood-clad jamb where the latch needs to clear proud trim. For an ASA opening, the Codelocks ASA Strike Plate in stainless steel is what that prep takes.

It depends on whether the plate is the problem or the alignment is. The Deltana SPE225 is a fixed 2-1/4 inch by 2-1/4 inch solid brass plate with a 1-3/4 inch lip, so it swaps in one position and is the right call when the existing plate is damaged, wrong finish, or missing. When the door has settled and the bolt or latch is landing off the pocket, the adjustable parts are the Kwikset KWI-80318 full round adjustable strike and the Kwikset KWI-81825 6 way adjustable deadlatch, which take up the misalignment in the hardware instead of asking you to re-mortise the jamb. Note that the 81825 is a deadlatch that goes in the door edge, not a jamb faceplate.

The Deltana SPE225 is a 2-1/4 inch by 2-1/4 inch extended lip strike plate described as a replacement strike for residential locks, so it follows the small square strike prep rather than the taller ASA cutout. For an ASA-format opening, the Codelocks ASA strike plate is the part built to that strike pattern and comes in a stainless steel finish, which is the usual pairing on a keypad or code lock installation. Confirm which prep is cut in the jamb before ordering, because the two patterns are not interchangeable without re-mortising.

The Deltana SPE225 is the finish-matched choice: it is a solid brass strike plate offered in oil rubbed bronze, polished nickel, brushed nickel, polished chrome, brushed chrome, polished brass, and paint black, so one part number covers a mixed-trim property and the plates read as part of the decorative hardware. Where the opening calls for a stainless look instead, the Codelocks ASA strike plate is supplied in a stainless steel finish. For a property manager standardizing across doors, ordering the SPE225 in the finish that matches the existing levers and deadbolts keeps the jamb from being the one piece of hardware that stands out.

Solid brass, substrate and body both. That matters on a strike because the lip takes the impact of the latch every time the door closes, and because installers routinely dress the lip with a file to fine-tune where the latch rides. Filing a solid brass lip exposes more brass, not a plated base metal showing through. The finish is applied over that brass body.