Deltana ZPLR2 Portmore Privacy Lever, Zinc

That is exactly what the ZPLR2 Portmore privacy lever is built for: a 1-3/8 inch door thickness and a 2-3/8 inch backset. Those are the standard numbers on residential interior doors, so on a typical bedroom or bathroom door it drops into the existing bore centerline. If your door measures 1-3/4 inches (common on commercial openings), this is the wrong lever and you want a commercial cylindrical privacy lock instead, such as the Hager 2540 with the Withnell lever, which covers 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors.

Handing matters on the Portmore. The ZPLR2 is a handed lever, so you have to pick left hand or right hand when you order, and it cannot be flipped in the field the way a non-handed lever can. Stand on the outside of the door (the side you push from, the hall side of a bedroom or bath): if the hinges are on your left it is left hand, hinges on the right is right hand. Get it wrong and the lever points up-hill. If you would rather not deal with handing at all, a non-handed lever like the Falcon B101 avoids the decision entirely.

Privacy function, so it locks but takes no key. The Portmore ZPLR2 has a thumbturn or pushbutton on the room side for a bedroom or bathroom door and an emergency release on the outside, which is what privacy function means: nobody can key it open, but you can get in from the hall if someone is stuck. If you need a key on the outside, this is not the lever, and you want an entrance function instead.

Usually yes, if the door is 1-3/8 inches thick and the existing bore is on a 2-3/8 inch backset, which is what most older residential interior knobs use. Those are the two numbers the Portmore is cut for. Measure from the door edge to the center of the bore before ordering: if it comes out at 2-3/4 inches, this lever will not line up. Also confirm the door swing so you order the right handing, since a knob you are replacing was probably non-handed and this lever is not.

The Portmore ZPLR2 is a residential privacy/bed/bath lever in zinc. For a commercial opening, the Grade 1 cylindrical peers are the ones built for that traffic: the Dexter C1000 Series Grade 1 classroom lever is a keyed clutching classroom lock for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage lock, fire rated, with a 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch door thickness range. Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 cylindrical lock with a Withnell lever spanning 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors for a lighter commercial spec.

The Portmore ZPLR2 is specified for a 1-3/8 inch door. On a thicker leaf, the Arrow MK02-TA is a privacy/bed/bath cylindrical lock rated for a 1-3/4 to 2 inch door thickness range and carries a fire rating, though it is a Tudor knob rather than a lever. For a lever on a thicker door, the Hager 2540 with Withnell lever covers 1-3/8 to 2 inch, and the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton privacy lever runs to 1-3/4 inch.

Fire rated openings call for a lock listed for that use. The Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant cylindrical lever lock, passage/closet function, fire rated, for 1-3/4 to 2 inch doors. The Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage lock, fire rated, for 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch doors. The Arrow MK02-TA is a fire rated privacy/bed/bath lock for 1-3/4 to 2 inch doors with a Tudor knob. The Portmore ZPLR2 is a residential zinc privacy lever.

Deltana rates the Portmore as residential, and it is a zinc lever, so single-family, condo and light multi-family bedroom and bath doors are its lane. For a corridor, a public restroom or anything getting real traffic, step up to a graded commercial privacy lock: the Hager 2540 is Grade 2 with the Withnell lever, and the Arrow MK02-TA is a Grade 1 privacy cylindrical lock. Property managers standardizing across a building will get longer service out of those.

Three finishes on the Portmore privacy lever: oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel and polished chrome. Each one is stocked in both left hand and right hand, so if you are matching a run of doors you can carry one finish and order handing per opening without a finish gap. Deltana's Elite Collection zinc levers share these finishes, which is what lets you match hall, bath and closet doors on the same floor.

Both are privacy levers for a bedroom or bath, but they sit in different places. The Portmore ZPLR2 is Deltana's zinc Elite Collection lever, handed, for 1-3/8 inch doors on a 2-3/8 inch backset. The Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever comes on the 5048 rose and is Baldwin's Estate line. If you want the Baldwin lever look on non-locking doors, the same 5103 is offered in passage and in left and right hand half dummy for closet and false doors.

The ZPLR2 is the privacy version only, so a closet or hall door needs a passage lever ordered as a separate line. If matching finish across the whole floor matters more than staying in one brand family, residential passage levers that pair well include the Kwikset 200BRNL Breton, which fits 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Bravura Atlanta or Orlando round trim passage leversets. Order the passage units in the same finish family you picked for the Portmore.

For an opening that only needs a latch and no privacy lock, the Baldwin Estate 5103 Passage Lever with 5048 Rose is the passage-function counterpart in a decorative residential lever. The Kwikset 200BRNL Breton passage lever set is a Grade 3 passage/hall/closet lever covering 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, which spans the 1-3/8 inch thickness the Portmore ZPLR2 is specified for. The Portmore ZPLR2 itself is privacy/bed/bath only, so it is not the part for a hall or closet door.

Dummy levers are the common mix-up. The Baldwin Estate 5103 Left Hand Half Dummy and Right Hand Half Dummy, the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim, and the Emtek Classic Cortina dummy pair are all dummy-function levers with no latch and no privacy turn, so they pull a door closed but do not secure a bath. The Portmore ZPLR2 is a privacy/bed/bath lever. Entrance-function levers such as the Cal-Royal AG00 keyed entrance lever with 6-pin Schlage C keyway are keyed from outside, which is a different function than a bathroom privacy turn.

The Portmore ZPLR2 is handed, so left hand and right hand are ordered as separate items. If a property manager would rather carry one part across doors that swing both ways, the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 cylindrical passage lever with a non-handed design and the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 passage lock with non-handed levers. The Kwikset 200DL Delta passage lever is reversible and ships with an adjustable 6AL latch and RCS strike. All three are passage function rather than privacy.

Yes. Where a restroom or back-of-house door needs controlled access rather than a simple inside turn, the Lockey 2835 mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock is a passage-function keypad lever with ADA compliance for a 1 3/16 to 2 inch door, and the Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination covering 1-1/8 to 2 inch doors. The Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock. The Portmore ZPLR2 is a privacy/bed/bath lever, operated by an inside turn rather than a code.

The Portmore ZPLR2 is built to a 2-3/8 inch backset. Where the door is prepped at 2-3/4 inches, the Cal-Royal AG03 classroom lever is specified with a 2-3/4 inch backset and a 6-pin Schlage C keyway, and the Lockey 1150S mechanical keypad lever set has an adjustable backset for a 1-1/8 to 2 inch door. Cal-Royal AG00 is the 2-3/8 inch backset entrance lever in that same AG line.

One ZPLR2 per door. The privacy set is sold each, and it covers the complete opening, inside and outside trim plus the latch, so a bathroom door takes a single unit. If you are doing a whole house, count one privacy lever per bedroom and bath, then order passage levers separately for hall and closet doors, since passage is a different function and a different part number.

Zinc. The Portmore is part of Deltana's Zinc Elite Series, so the body and lever are zinc with a plated finish rather than forged brass. That is a normal residential construction and it is why the finish choice matters more than the substrate on this one. If your spec calls for a forged brass body, the Cal-Royal AUS00 entrance lever is built that way instead.

For interior residential doors, the Grade 3 residential levers cover the job: the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton privacy lever and 200BRNL Breton passage lever are both Grade 3 for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Callan Asheville is a Grade 3 passage leverset in satin nickel. The Deltana Portmore ZPLR2 sits in the same residential band as a zinc privacy lever for a 1-3/8 inch door with a 2-3/8 inch backset.