Dexter ED2000 Series - 3FT Grade 2 Fire Rated Rim Exit Device

The 36 inch ED2000 rim device covers door widths from 29 inches up to 36 inches. Anything wider than 36 inches needs the 48 inch device, which covers 33 inch to 48 inch doors. Door height in the spec data is 84 inches, the standard commercial opening.

It is built for a standard 1-3/4 inch thick door and needs a minimum stile width of 3-1/2 inches. If your aluminum storefront stile is narrower than 3-1/2 inches, this device will not land on it, and you want a narrow stile device such as the Corbin Russwin ED4200 or the TownSteel ED3700 instead.

Yes. It is a UL Listed 3-hour fire device as well as a UL listed panic device, carrying a Grade 2 rating. That combination covers both the egress and the fire door assembly requirement on a rated opening.

No. In the exit only configuration there is no outside trim at all: push the bar from the inside to get out, and the outside face is blank. If you need entry from the corridor side, add trim on the order. Options run from a classroom escutcheon lever, to a key-in-lever round rose night latch, to raised lip or handle pull plates in night latch or dummy function.

A rim device like the ED2000 latches into a strike on the frame or on a mullion, so on a pair of doors you need a mullion between the leaves. If you cannot have a mullion because the opening has to stay clear for carts or equipment, use a vertical rod device instead, such as the Hager 4501 concealed vertical rod. On a single door in a frame the rim device is the simpler install.

The Dexter ED2000-R-F-EO requires a 3-1/2 inch minimum stile width on a 1-3/4 inch door. For a narrower aluminum stile, narrow stile rim devices include the Adams Rite 3700 Series 30-inch narrow stile rim device, which is fire rated, and non fire rated narrow stile choices such as the TownSteel ED3700 36-inch Grade 1, the Falcon 19-R 36-inch Grade 1 exit only, and the Marks USA M8800 36-inch exit only.

Two direct fire rated alternatives at the same 36-inch device size are the Marks USA M9900F-36, a fire rated rim exit device in exit only function, and the Orca Hardware OED85, a 36-inch fire rated rim exit device also in exit only function. Both are fire rated like the Dexter ED2000-R-F-EO, which is a Grade 2 fire rated rim device at 36 inches in exit only trim configuration. The Dexter is documented as UL listed for panic and 3-hour fire door use with hex key dogging standard.

The Dexter ED2000-R-F-EO is a Grade 2 device. For Grade 1 rim exit devices at a comparable 36-inch size, the TownSteel ED1100 is a Grade 1 heavy duty wide stile rim device, the Von Duprin 22-3FT is a Grade 1 non-handed wide stile pushpad rim device for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Corbin Russwin ED2200-WO36 is a Grade 1 wide stile rim device in exit only function. Note that those three are not fire rated, so they do not substitute on a fire door opening.

For a classroom opening where staff key in from the corridor, take the escutcheon lever classroom trim (ED2000T-CLRM-R-ESC-NC). For a service or back door where the door stays locked and you only key in occasionally, a night latch pull is the usual pick, either the raised lip pull plate (ED2000T-NL-PULL-NC), the handle pull plate (ED2000T-NL-PULL-ESC-NC), or the key-in-lever round rose (ED2000T-NL-R-KDC). Dummy pulls give a grab handle with no key function. Trim is offered in the same two painted finishes as the device.

No handing to specify. Rim devices in the ED2000 line and their trim are non-handed, so one part number covers left and right hand openings. That is useful if you are stocking spares across a portfolio of buildings. The surface vertical rod versions in the same series are field reversible rather than non-handed.

Yes, hex key dogging comes standard on the panic devices. Be aware that dogging is only legal on non-fire-rated openings. On a fire door the latch has to stay active, so if you are installing this as the 3-hour fire device, do not dog it.

Grade 2 is the middle tier in the ANSI/BHMA durability scale and suits moderate traffic: a stair door, a rear service exit, a tenant space door in a multi-family building. For a main entrance or a school corridor taking constant use, step up to a Grade 1 device such as the Von Duprin 22 or the TownSteel ED9700, both 36 inch wide stile rim devices. The ED2000 chassis is aluminum, with deadlatching standard.

The Dexter ED2000-R-F-EO is a mechanical rim device with hex key dogging. For electrified 36-inch alternatives, the SDC S6136 Spectra S6000 Series is an electrified architectural rim exit device with a 4 inch wide stile for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors, the Dormakaba E2103 with 4908A trim is a 36-inch electrified rim device in classroom function, and the SDC MSB550 Series 36-inch mechanical switch bar releases an electromagnetic lock. The SDC devices are not fire rated.

Cal-Royal offers Grade 2 rim devices at similar sizes: the Cal-Royal 5000 is a 36-inch heavy duty rim device with a touch bar and Grade 2 chassis, and the Cal-Royal 5500 is a 48-inch heavy duty Grade 2 rim device with a push bar. Neither is fire rated, while the Dexter ED2000-R-F-EO is a Grade 2 fire rated device.

A rim device like the Dexter ED2000-R-F-EO latches into a strike on the frame stop, so it is not interchangeable with a vertical rod device. For concealed vertical rod at 36 inches, the Hager 4501 Series is a Grade 1 concealed vertical rod device with a wide stile pushpad and the Hager 4601 Series is a Grade 1 concealed vertical rod device in narrow stile. Neither Hager is fire rated.

Hex key dogging is standard on all Dexter ED2000 panic devices. Other rim devices documented with hex key dogging include the Design Hardware 1000R, a 33-inch heavy duty rim device, the Design Hardware 2000R, a 33-inch standard duty wide stile rim device, and the Stanley Security QED200 Series, a Grade 1 heavy duty narrow stile rim device. The Design Hardware devices are not fire rated.

The Dexter ED2000-R-F-EO is a Grade 2 device with an aluminum mechanism case. For extra heavy duty construction, the Detex 10 Advantex Series is a 36-inch wide stile Grade 1 extra heavy duty rim device and the Detex 40 Advantex Series is an extra heavy duty Grade 1 narrow stile rim device. The Detex 10 is not fire rated, so confirm the opening does not require a fire rated device before substituting.

The Dexter ED2000-R-F-EO is configured as exit only, with outside trim such as a classroom escutcheon lever, night latch pull, or dummy pull ordered alongside it. If you prefer a device catalogued from the start as accepting trim, the Corbin Russwin ED4200 is a Grade 1 36-inch narrow stile device listed as exit only or accepts trim, and the Corbin Russwin ED5200 is a Grade 1 36-inch wide stile device listed the same way. Neither Corbin Russwin device is fire rated.

Two painted finishes: SP28 aluminum painted and SP313 dark bronze painted. Trim is offered in the same two, so you can keep the device and lever matching on the opening. There is no plated or stainless option in this series, so if the rest of your building is on satin stainless the finish will read differently.

Deadlatching is standard on the ED2000. The auxiliary latch blocks the main latchbolt once the door closes, so the bolt cannot be pushed back with a card or shim from outside. On an exit only door with no outside trim, that plus the rim strike is the whole security package.