Emtek 2242 Extended Button Tip (Used with Hinge Pivot Stop on Solid Brass Hinge)

The 2242 is a replacement hinge tip, not a hinge and not a stop. It's the taller button tip that has to be fitted when you install an Emtek 2241 Hinge Pivot Stop, since the pivot stop needs the extended tip to work against. Solid brass, sold in pairs. If you're ordering a 2241, order the 2242 with it.

No. The 2242 extended button tip works only on Emtek solid brass hinges, and it is not compatible with Emtek steel residential duty hinges. If the hinges on the door are the steel residential duty line, this tip and the 2241 pivot stop arrangement aren't the route to take on that opening.

It suits 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 inch and 4 x 4 inch Emtek solid brass hinges, which covers the two standard residential hinge sizes on interior and entry doors. Measure one leaf of an existing hinge before ordering, since the tip has to match the knuckle size of the hinge it caps.

Yes, up to 1-3/4 inches is the stated door thickness for this hinge tip and pivot stop setup, so a standard 1-3/4 inch door is inside the range, as is the 1-3/8 inch thickness common on older interior doors. Thicker than 1-3/4 and you're outside what the part is rated for.

The 2242 comes as a pair, which is what one hinge takes (one tip top, one bottom). Count your hinges per door, not your doors: a door hung on three brass hinges where you're fitting the pivot stop needs tips for whichever hinge carries the 2241, so order by hinge.

Ten finishes: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Brass (US4), and French Antique (US7). Match the US code on the hinges already hung rather than the finish name, since names vary between makers and the code doesn't. Note that unlacquered brass is meant to patina, so it will not stay matched to a lacquered polished brass hinge over time.

A hinge pivot stop stops the door at the hinge itself, so nothing gets mounted to the floor or the baseboard. That's the reason people choose it: no floor penetration in a finished room, nothing to trip over, and no bumper mark on the wall. The trade off is that all the arresting force goes through the hinge, so it's specified as residential duty hardware, not for a high traffic commercial opening. For a heavy or hard-used door, a floor or wall stop takes the abuse better. The 2242 is the extended tip that setup requires on Emtek solid brass hinges.

The hinges stay. The 2242 extended button tip replaces the standard tip on an Emtek solid brass hinge, so it's a swap at the top and bottom of the hinge knuckle rather than a rehang. That's what makes this a practical retrofit across doors in an existing home. It only applies where the existing hinges are Emtek solid brass, in a 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 or 4 x 4 size.

Solid brass, both the material and the substrate, from Emtek's Brass collection. It's a load-bearing piece in a pivot stop setup, since the stop bears on the tip, so the solid brass body matters more here than it would on a purely decorative finial tip.