Emtek 3305 Melrose Brass Mortise Entrance Handleset - Entry Set

Handing is required, and it is not field reversible on order. Four choices: LH, RH, and for an out-swing door LHR or RHR. Stand outside the door: if the hinges are on your left and the door swings away from you it is LH; hinges left and swinging toward you is LHR. Get this wrong on a mortise lock and the lever or knob points the wrong way.

F20 is the entrance function: key retracts the latch from outside, inside lever or knob always gives free egress, and the outside can be locked or left unlocked. F13 is the dormitory function, where the outside trim stays locked and the key is needed every time from outside. Pick F20 for a front door people come and go from; F13 where you want the exterior permanently keyed. Both are UL Listed on this handleset.

The 3305 mortise handleset carries a UL 180 minute fire rating, which covers openings requiring up to a 3-hour rating in the assembly the door is listed for. The mortise body is UL Listed in both the F20 and F13 functions.

The 3305 uses a Schlage C keyway, so it takes the same key blank as Schlage C cylinders and can be keyed into an existing C-keyway system. It is single cylinder, meaning key outside and thumbturn inside. Ordering options let you take it keyed alike across multiple sets, keyed different, or keyed to a specific code you supply.

Sold as a complete set. The Melrose 3305 includes the mortise latch and the strike plate along with the exterior handleset trim. What you do choose is the interior knob or lever, which is a required selection, plus backset, finish, function and handing.

A door already machined to the ANSI A115.1 mortise prep the Emtek 3305 Melrose uses needs mortise trim, not a bored handleset. In the comparable range that is the Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont mortise trim, available as the 6542 Single Cylinder Entry and the 6542 Double Cylinder Entry, both entrance function for 1-3/4 inch doors. The bored handlesets - Schlage F Series, Kwikset 687, Weslock Premiere Essentials, Yale Assure with Ridgefield - all require a bored door and will not cover an existing mortise pocket.

The Emtek 3305 Melrose is set up for a 1-3/4 inch door as standard with thicker doors called out when the order is placed, so a 2 inch door is handled by specifying the thickness at order. Among the alternatives that publish a range reaching 2 inches: the Weslock 1411 Traditionale Colonial Handleset with Eleganti Knob covers 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch as a single cylinder set, the Weslock 2810 Hillcrest with Hudson Knob covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Deltana 810871 Montego Handleset covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. The Yale Assure sets with the Ridgefield handleset also run to 2-1/4 inch if the opening is going electronic.

The Emtek 3305 Melrose is a single cylinder keyed mortise entry set, so a thumbturn releases the inside. When the opening has glass alongside it and the specification calls for a key on both sides, the Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont Double Cylinder Entry Mortise Trim is the double cylinder mortise entry trim in the comparable range, listed for 1-3/4 inch doors. Baldwin also builds the same Tremont trim as the 6542 Single Cylinder version if the opening turns out not to need the second cylinder. Note that double cylinder on an egress door is a code question for the jurisdiction, not just a hardware choice.

The Emtek 3305 Melrose is a mechanical, non-electronic mortise entry set keyed to a Schlage C cylinder. For an electronic opening the comparable range is deadbolt-plus-handleset: the Yale Real Living BYRD226CBARX Assure Lock touchscreen deadbolt with Ridgefield handleset runs Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors, the BYRD226NRRX is the standalone touchscreen version of the same set for the same thickness range, and the BYRD256 CBARX pairs a key-free touchscreen deadbolt with a Ridgefield passage handleset. From Kwikset, the 815SCEHFL San Clemente handleset with Halifax lever carries a contemporary SmartCode keypad deadbolt with RCAL latch and RCS strike for 1-3/4 inch doors. All of these bore the door for a deadbolt rather than accepting a mortise body, so the door prep is not interchangeable with the 3305.

The Emtek 3305 Melrose is built around a standard mortise pocket at 1-3/4 inch door thickness with thicker doors specified at order time, and it takes a full ANSI A115.1 mortise prep - a 1-3/8 inch door is generally too thin to carry that pocket. For a 1-3/8 inch door, the tubular-bored handlesets cover it: the Schlage Residential F60 Addison with Accent Lever and the JE285 Barcelona with Seville Lever are both listed 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, as is the Pamex FS7P31 Lexington Single Cylinder Handleset. The Weslock 2810 Hillcrest with Hudson Knob spans 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. All of these bore the door rather than mortise it, which is a different prep entirely.

The Emtek 3305 Melrose is a residential brass mortise handleset carrying a UL listed mortise body in ANSI F20 or F13 function with a UL 180 minute fire rating, and it takes the standard ANSI A115.1 mortise door prep. The bored handlesets in the comparable range are graded instead: the Schlage Residential F60 Addison and the JE285 Barcelona are Grade 2, the Master Lock HDLB Series handleset is Grade 2, and the Kwikset 687BW Belleview and 687AMD Amador are Grade 3. If a facility spec is written around a numeric bored-lock grade, that is the set to look at; if it is written around a fire-rated mortise body and A115.1 prep, the 3305 is the one that answers it.

That is exactly how the Melrose 3305 is configured. The exterior is the handleset; the interior trim is a separate required choice from Emtek's brass knob and lever range, including levers like the Stuttgart, Athena, Milano, Rustic and Arts and Crafts, and knobs like the Egg, Providence, Octagon and the Bristol and Windsor crystal knobs. If you want ADA-friendly operation inside, choose a lever rather than a knob.

A mortise set puts the latch and the locking in one body inside a machined pocket in the door edge, so it needs a proper mortise prep and correct handing, but it gives you one integrated lock instead of a separate deadbolt bore. If your door is bored for a standard tubular handleset and deadbolt, you would be recutting the door to take the 3305. Tubular alternatives ZenSupply carries include the Schlage Residential F60 Addison single cylinder handleset with Accent lever, which fits 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Weslock 2810 Hillcrest with Hudson knob for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors.

Emtek lists the 3305 Melrose as residential hardware. It is a solid brass, UL Listed mortise set that suits a single-family entry or a high-end unit door, but if you are standardizing a commercial opening on a stated ANSI grade, look at graded product instead. Among what ZenSupply carries, the Master Lock HDLB Series single cylinder deadbolt handleset is listed as Grade 2, as is the Schlage Residential F60 Addison.

Yes. Keying is a required selection at order: keyed alike so one key runs every set, or keyed different. There is also a field to key to a specific code, which is how you fold new sets into an existing Schlage C system rather than carrying a second key. Useful when you are doing front, side and rear doors on the same house or matching units across a building.

The Emtek 3305 Melrose is a brass mortise entrance handleset in the Melrose series, offered in Flat Black US19, French Antique US7, Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Pewter US15A, Polished Brass Lifetime US3, Polished Chrome US26, Satin Nickel US15 and Unlacquered Brass US3NL. In solid brass entry handlesets the Deltana range is the parallel: the 803871B Hanover, the 815871 St. Ann and the 825871 Kingston are all solid brass entry-function handlesets, each its own series. Baldwin covers the same territory with the Wesley handleset, offered with the Alcott knob as the 180WYHXATK and the Carnaby knob as the 180WYHXCYK, both entrance function.

The Emtek 3305 Melrose is a mortise entry set - it needs a machined pocket in the door edge, handing specified at order, and a Schlage C keyway cylinder. On a rental where the goal is a working keyed front entry rather than a mortise pocket, the bored handlesets are the shorter path: the Schlage Residential F60 Addison Single Cylinder Keyed Entry Handleset with Accent Lever is a Grade 2 entrance set for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Master Lock HDLB Series single cylinder deadbolt handleset is Grade 2 entrance as well. The Kwikset 687AMD Amador single cylinder handleset is Grade 3 entrance for 1-3/4 inch doors. None of these is handed, which removes a spec you have to get right before ordering.

Not a direct one. The Kwikset 687AMD Amador is catalogued as exterior only - it is the outside handleset trim, sold without the interior knob or lever, and it is a Grade 3 entrance set for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Emtek 3305 Melrose ships as a complete set including latch and strike plate, with the inside knob or lever selected at order from the brass trim range. If you want the Kwikset to finish an opening you need to add the matching interior trim separately. Kwikset lists the 687AMD in both a SmartKey version and an SC1 keyway SmartKey version, which matters if the building is already keyed to SC1.

The Emtek 3305 Melrose is a keyed entry set in F20 entrance or F13 dormitory function, so it is the wrong part for an opening that only needs to latch or to carry trim. For a non-locking opening, the Weslock 6695 Belmont Dummy Handleset with Impresa Knob and the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest Dummy Handleset with New Heaven Lever are both dummy function for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. If the door needs to latch but not key, the Schlage Residential JE285 Barcelona with Seville Lever is a non-keyed entry function handleset for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors.

No. The Schlage Residential JI18/19 is an interconnected passage lock with a separate keyed deadbolt and Torino lever in satin stainless, a Grade 2 JI Series set for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors - two bored holes, lever and deadbolt linked so one turn retracts both. The Emtek 3305 Melrose is a single-body mortise lock: one pocket in the door edge, latch and deadbolt inside the same case, handed left or right, with a grip handle outside rather than a lever. They look similar on a cut sheet because both give you a key and a latch, but the door prep and the outside trim are not interchangeable.

Solid brass, both the substrate and the finish family. That matters on an exterior door: brass handles weather better than plated zinc trim, and the unlacquered brass option is intended to develop a patina over time. The Melrose is styled as American Classic, so it reads traditional next to period trim rather than contemporary.