Emtek 2101 Passage Pocket Door Locks (2-3/8" x 3-1/8")

It doesn't lock. The 2101 is a passage function set, non-keyed, so it latches the door closed and releases with the pull, nothing more. That is what you want on a closet, pantry, laundry, or a pass-through between rooms. If you need the door to lock from inside for a bath or bedroom, order the privacy version, Emtek 2102.

Sold as a complete set: both trim plates, the latch, the strikeplate, and screws finished to match the hardware, so you're not hunting for a strike or mismatched fasteners on the job. What it does not include is the pocket door frame or track. If you're framing a new pocket, that's a separate item, for example the Orca Hardware PK1200 pocket door frame kit or the NGP SLAL250PD72 72 inch aluminum track rated to 250 pounds.

No. The 2101 bottoms out at 1-3/8 inches of door thickness, so a thinner slab leaves the trim standing proud. Pamex makes sliding door locks rated 1-5/16 to 1-9/16 inches: the PF1 in a square style and the PF2 round with a 2-3/8 inch backset. Either picks up the thin end the Emtek set misses.

If the door is already bored to a 2-1/8 inch cross bore with a 2-3/8 inch backset and falls between 1-3/8 and 1-3/4 inches thick, the 2101 drops into that prep. The 2-3/8 x 3-1/8 inch plate has to cover whatever the old trim left behind, so measure the existing cutout against that footprint first. A round or square corner faceplate is available for the latch mortise, which handles most of what a previous latch left in the door edge.

The Emtek 2101 is a passage-function pocket door lock in brass with a 2-3/8 inch by 3-1/8 inch trim plate. The Deltana SDP25 is also a passage-function pocket door lock, with a 2-1/2 inch by 2-3/4 inch plate. The Weslock 0527 is a rectangular passage pocket door lock, and the Omnia 7012/N is a modern rectangular passage pocket door lock supplied with a mortise edge pull. All four give you a non-locking pull for a pocket door; the trim shape and plate size are what separate them, so match to the pocket door prep and the rest of the trim in the room.

The 2101 is passage function, which means no locking at all. For a bath or bedroom pocket door you need a privacy set: the Deltana SDL25 privacy pocket door lock, the Weslock 0577 rectangular privacy pocket door lock with adjustable backset and full lip strike, or the Omnia 7012/L modern rectangular pocket door lock with privacy function and emergency release. The Rockwood 891 is a pocket door privacy latch as well. If an outside release is a requirement for your facility, the 7012/L is the one in that group that states an emergency release.

The 2101 is a non-keyed passage set. When the opening needs to be locked with a key, the Omnia 7035/A is a keyed entry pocket door lock with modern rectangular trim and solid brass construction. That is the one keyed pocket door option among the comparable pocket door locks; the Deltana, Weslock, Rockwood and Orca pocket door locks are privacy or passage only.

The Emtek 2101 fits door thickness 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. For a thicker slab, the Weslock 0527 rectangular passage pocket door lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Weslock 0577 privacy version covers the same 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch range. Confirm the slab thickness at the pull side before ordering, since the pocket frame will not let you shim it later.

Not on every door. The Emtek 2101 fits 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch slabs, while the Pamex PF1 square style and PF2 round sliding door locks are listed for 1-5/16 inch to 1-9/16 inch. On a 1-3/4 inch slab the Pamex units fall outside their stated range, so they substitute only on the thinner doors. The PF1 carries square trim and the PF2 round trim, neither matching the 2-3/8 inch by 3-1/8 inch rectangular plate of the 2101, so plan on the existing plate footprint changing.

Two things in the pocket door aisle are not locks at all. The Orca Hardware PK1200 is a pocket door frame kit, the wall pocket and split studs the door runs inside, and the NGP SLAL250PD72 is a 72 inch aluminum pocket door track rated up to 250 pounds. Neither includes a pull or latch. The Emtek 2101 is the passage lock set that goes in the slab, with screws and strikeplate. On a new pocket opening you often need the frame or track plus the 2101, not one instead of the other.

Twelve finishes on the 2101: Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Brass (US4), French Antique (US7), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Medium Bronze (MB), Tumbled White Bronze (TWB), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), and Polished Chrome (US26). The screws ship matched to the finish, so a property manager standardizing pocket doors across units can hold one finish code across the building.

The 2101 covers both. Emtek supplies the latch with a round or square corner faceplate, which is the detail that decides whether you're routing a fresh mortise or dropping into what the previous latch left behind. Match the corner style to the existing pocket in the door edge and the patch work disappears.

The 2101 uses a 2-3/8 inch by 3-1/8 inch rectangular trim. For round trim, the Weslock 0627 is a round passage pocket door lock with adjustable backset and full lip strike, the Pamex PF2 is a round sliding door lock with a 2-3/8 inch backset, and the Orca Hardware PDLSQ and PDLRD cover square and round privacy trim respectively. Round trim also lets you reuse a round prep already cut in the slab.

For a double pocket opening the two leaves meet in the middle and only one needs an operating latch. The Emtek 2101 is a passage set with a latch and strikeplate. The Omnia 7012/PD is a pocket door lock set with mortise edge pull in pair dummy function, meaning no latching action at all, and the Omnia 7012/N is the passage version of the same modern rectangular trim with a mortise edge pull. Pairing a latching set on the active leaf with a dummy set on the inactive leaf keeps the trim identical across both slabs.

The Emtek 2101 is a residential brass passage set. Where the opening sees heavier traffic, the Deltana SDLA325 is a heavy-duty adjustable pocket door lock at 3-1/4 inch by 2-1/4 inch in privacy function, and the Rockwood 891 pocket door privacy latch is another option in that group. Both are privacy function rather than passage, so specify them where the opening is meant to lock; if the door is a corridor or closet pocket door that never locks, the 2101 stays the passage answer.

The Emtek 2101 uses a 2-3/8 inch by 3-1/8 inch plate in an American Classic style. The Deltana SDL60 is a decorative pocket door lock with a 6 inch plate in privacy function, which covers substantially more of the slab face and is useful when you are hiding an older, larger prep or want a taller trim proportion. Note that the SDL60 is privacy function, so it is a match on look rather than on the non-locking passage action of the 2101.