Deltana SPE250 Extended Lip Strike Plate, 2-1/4" x 2-1/2"

An extended lip strike carries the latch past the edge of the jamb so the bolt has something to ride on. The Deltana SPE250 has a 2-1/4 inch base with a 2 inch lip extension, which is what you want where the jamb is thick, where there is trim or a stop that sets the door face back from the strike, or where the latch would otherwise drag on the wood. On a flush jamb where the latch meets the strike squarely, a standard-lip strike is the simpler choice.

The SPE250 is a replacement strike for residential locksets, sized 2-1/4 x 2-1/2 inches with a 2 inch lip. A deadbolt has no bevel to ride the lip, so it wants a dedicated deadbolt strike instead. For that, look at the Emtek 83223 standard deadbolt strike plate with square corners, or the Kwikset 80318 full round adjustable strike.

They cover two different jobs on the frame. The Deltana SPE250 is a solid brass extended lip strike, 2-1/4 inch base width with a 2 inch lip extension and 2-1/2 inch overall, made as a replacement strike for residential locks. The Emtek 83223 is a standard deadbolt strike plate with square corners. If the door being worked is a latchbolt opening where the latch needs the lip to carry it past the frame edge, the SPE250 extended lip is the shape that does that. For a deadbolt bore, the 83223 is the deadbolt-function plate. Both are strike plates, but a deadbolt strike is a flat plate around the bolt hole and does not have a lip to ride the latch.

An extended lip strike is not the tool for that. The Deltana SPE250 is a fixed solid brass strike with a 2-1/4 inch base and a 2 inch lip extension; the lip length is what it is and it does not take up misalignment at the bolt hole. For a deadbolt that is binding on the strike hole, Kwikset makes adjustable options: the KWI-80318 full round adjustable strike and the KWI-81825 6 way adjustable deadlatch, both deadbolt strike function. Those let the opening be tuned after the frame is bored. The SPE250 is the choice when the prep is correct and the part being replaced is a lipped latch strike.

No, those are different frame preps. The Codelocks ASA strike plate is an ASA-format strike in a stainless steel finish, which is the tall commercial cutout used with mortise and cylindrical commercial locksets. The Deltana SPE250 is a 2-1/4 inch by 2-1/2 inch brass extended lip strike sold as a replacement strike for residential locks. A frame routed for ASA will not be filled by the SPE250 footprint. Where a facility mixes commercial ASA frames with residential-prep doors, those two prep types get standardized separately - SPE250 on the residential preps, where the seven brass and plated finishes let the strikes match the rest of the trim.

Solid brass, not a plated steel stamping. That matters on an exterior jamb where a plated strike blisters and rusts at the screw holes after a few seasons, and it is why the finish wears rather than flaking off.

Seven finishes: oil rubbed bronze, polished nickel, brushed nickel, paint black, polished chrome, brushed chrome, and polished brass. If you are standardizing a building, pick the strike finish off the lockset you already have on the doors rather than off the hinges, since the strike sits right beside the latch and any mismatch reads immediately.

The SPE250 is the plate on its own, sold each. If your jamb prep needs a box behind the latch pocket, that is a separate line item, such as the Kwikset 81640 strike box or the Kwikset 81231-001 metal strike dust box. Screws for mounting the plate are the usual pair through the plate face.

The SPE250 is a fixed plate with a 2 inch lip, so alignment is handled by where you set it in the jamb and how the lip is bent. On units where the door has settled and the latch is missing the hole, an adjustable strike does the correcting for you, for example the Kwikset 80318 full round adjustable strike or the Kwikset 81825 6-way adjustable deadlatch. Where the doors are hanging true and you just want a solid brass plate that matches the lever finish across the building, the SPE250 is the cleaner fit.

No handing to specify. The SPE250 plate is symmetrical top to bottom at 2-1/4 x 2-1/2 inches, so the same part serves a left or right hand door; the lip simply faces out toward the door stop on whichever side the door swings. Finish is the only choice you make when ordering.

They are not interchangeable. The SPE250 is a residential-lock replacement strike at 2-1/4 x 2-1/2 inches. An ASA strike, like the Codelocks ASA strike plate in stainless steel, uses the larger commercial ASA prep and needs a correspondingly bigger cut in the jamb. Match the strike to the prep already in the frame, not to the lock brand.

Those are separate parts. The Deltana SPE250 is the face plate itself - solid brass, 2-1/4 inch by 2-1/2 inch, with a 2 inch lip extension. The recess behind it is covered by a box part: Kwikset 81640 is a strike box, and Kwikset 81231-001 is a metal strike dust box. On a wood jamb a lipped strike is commonly installed without a box; where the bolt pocket needs to be lined or the frame is hollow, a buyer sourcing both should treat the plate and the box as two line items rather than expecting one to include the other.

The Deltana SPE250 is the finish-driven choice. It is a solid brass extended lip strike offered in Oil Rubbed Bronze, Polished Nickel, Brushed Nickel, Paint Black, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, and Polished Brass, so it can be matched to knobs, levers, and hinges already on the opening. The Codelocks ASA strike plate is a stainless steel finish part. Where the strike is visible on the jamb edge of a front entry or a unit door and the trim package is bronze or nickel, the brass SPE250 is the one that carries the finish; where the strike sits inside a commercial frame and appearance is not part of the spec, that matters less.

For a plain deadbolt hole, the Emtek 83223 standard deadbolt strike plate with square corners is the straightforward flat plate, and the Kwikset KWI-80318 full round adjustable strike is the round-face equivalent with adjustment built in. The Deltana SPE250 carries a 2 inch lip extension on a 2-1/4 inch base, which is there to guide a latchbolt across the gap between door and frame - on a deadbolt-only opening that lip has no work to do and the mortise for it still has to be cut. Pick the lipped brass SPE250 when a latch rides the strike; pick a flat deadbolt plate when the bolt is thrown by hand into a bored hole.