Emtek 2256 Magnetic Door Stop & Holder, 3"

The Emtek 2256 is a magnetic door stop and holder, meaning it comes as a two-piece set: a base that mounts to the wall or floor and a strike plate that mounts to the door face. The magnet catches the strike and holds the door open until it is pulled free. It ships as a complete set with the mounting screws included, so nothing extra is needed to install it beyond a screwdriver and, in drywall, an appropriate anchor.

Seven finishes: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), and French Antique (US7). Those are Emtek's standard finish codes, so if your knobs or levers are specified as, say, US15, the 2256 in US15 is the matching stop. Unlacquered brass is a living finish and will patina over time rather than staying bright.

Emtek rates the 2256 as residential. It suits homes, condo units, and the interior doors of multi-family apartments. For a commercial corridor, a fire-rated opening, or anything on a door closer in a public building, specify a commercial-grade holder instead: a fire-door magnetic holder or a Grade 1 floor stop rated for that traffic. A residential brass stop will not hold a heavy closer-equipped door.

3 inches is the stated product size for the 2256 magnetic door holder. That is the overall length of the unit, and it is the figure to work from when you are checking clearance between the door face and the wall or baseboard in the open position. Emtek publishes the 2256 in this one size.

Brass, both the material and the substrate, so the body is brass rather than a plated pot metal or steel shell. It belongs to Emtek's Brass collection. That matters where the stop is going into a bathroom, an entry, or anywhere with humidity, and it is why the finish list runs to living finishes like unlacquered brass.

Two different jobs. A spring or baseboard bumper only stops the door before it hits the wall; it does not keep it open. The 2256 does both, catching the door magnetically and holding it in the open position until someone pulls it loose. Pick the magnetic holder for doors you want to stand open, a bedroom or an office door that keeps drifting shut, and pick a plain bumper where you only need wall protection.

No wiring. The 2256 is a purely mechanical permanent magnet, listed as non-electronic, so there is no low-voltage run, no transformer, and no tie-in to a fire alarm release. If you need a holder that drops the door on alarm, that is an electromagnetic hold-open device, a different product entirely.

Nothing else to order. The 2256 ships as a complete set with both halves and the screws. The one thing worth having on hand is a drywall anchor if the base lands between studs, since the pull force of the magnet works against the fastener every time the door is freed.

Emtek styles the 2256 as American Classic, the same design theme it applies across its traditional brass trim. In polished or unlacquered brass it reads period-appropriate on a older home; in satin nickel or polished chrome it works in transitional and contemporary rooms. The brass body is what carries the finish, so the look holds up rather than wearing through a plating.

Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B) is Emtek SPC225610B, and Satin Nickel (US15) is SPC2256US15. Both are the 3 inch model 2256 magnetic door holder, differing only by finish, so ordering by finish code alone is enough if the part number is not to hand.