Emtek 3343 Charleston Brass Mortise Entrance Handleset - Entry Set

Handing is required on every one of these. You pick LH, RH, LHR (out-swing) or RHR (out-swing), so stand outside the opening, note which side the hinges are on and whether the door swings toward you or away. Get it wrong and the latch bevel faces the wrong way. Mortise locks can't be flipped in the field the way a bored lock sometimes can, so this is the one line on the order you double check.

It uses the standard mortise prep to ANSI A115.1, with a 2-1/2 inch or 2-3/4 inch backset depending on which you order. If the door already carries an A115.1 mortise pocket at one of those backsets, the lock body goes into the existing cutout. Where it usually still needs work is the face: the handleset trim and the cylinder/thumbturn hole locations differ from whatever was there before, so plan on new trim boring even when the pocket itself is right.

The set is built for 1-3/4 inch doors as standard, and thicker doors are handled by specifying the thickness when you order rather than by a field-adjustable range. There's a door thickness field on the order for exactly that. If you want a handleset that covers a thick door out of the box without a special call-out, the Weslock 1411 Traditionale is listed for 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 inch and the Yale Assure BYRD226NRRX with Ridgefield handleset covers the same 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 inch range.

F20 is the standard entrance function: key retracts the latch from outside, inside lever or knob always gives free egress. F13 is a dormitory function, which is the one you want where the outside trim needs to stay locked until it's keyed, typical of a unit door or a secondary entry in multi-family. Both are UL Listed lock functions on this set and both use the same mortise pocket, so the choice is purely about how you want the outside handle to behave.

The mortise lock carries a UL 180 minute fire rating, which covers 20, 45, 60, 90 and 180 minute openings on the lock side of the assembly. Note this is a residential-collection handleset, so on a rated opening the rest of the assembly (door, frame, hinges, closer) has to be rated and labeled to match.

It ships in the Schlage C keyway, so it drops onto an existing Schlage C system. You choose keyed alike or keyed different at order, and there's a keying-to-code field if you want it cut to a specific bitting so it matches keys already in the building. It's a single cylinder set, meaning key outside and a thumbturn inside.

A mortise set puts the latch and the deadlocking function in one lock body inside a pocket cut into the door edge. That is the stronger construction and it's what you want on a heavy solid or glass-front entry door, but it requires the ANSI A115.1 mortise pocket to be cut. A tubular handleset, like the Schlage Residential F60 Addison with Accent lever or the Kwikset 687 Belleview, uses a bored deadbolt plus a bored latch and installs into standard cross-bores, which is far easier on a retrofit where no mortise pocket exists. If the door is already prepped tubular, changing to mortise means a new door or a mortise jig.

Measure from the door edge to the center of the existing cylinder or handle hole. On a replacement, match what's in the door. On new work, the 2-3/4 inch backset pushes the trim further off the edge, which matters on a door with a wide lite or a narrow stile where the lock body could run into glass or a panel. The 2-1/2 inch keeps it tighter to the edge. Both use the same A115.1 mortise prep otherwise.

The Charleston 3343 is a single cylinder keyed entry set, so the inside is thumbturn-operated rather than key-operated. For an opening where code or the glazing calls for a key on both sides, the Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont Double Cylinder Entry Mortise Trim is the double cylinder mortise trim in the comparable range, listed at 1-3/4 inch door thickness with an entrance function. Both are mortise, so the door prep is the same class of cutout.

The Emtek 3343 Charleston is a mechanical, non-electronic keyed set on a Schlage C keyway. For electronic access on a handleset opening, the Kwikset 815SCEHFL-CP913CNT San Clemente Handleset pairs a Halifax lever interior trim with a Contemporary SmartCode keypad electronic deadbolt, SmartKey cylinder, RCAL latch and RCS strike, for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Yale Real Living BYRD226CBARX Assure Lock pairs a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth touchscreen deadbolt with a Ridgefield handleset for 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors, and the BYRD226NRRX is the standalone touchscreen version of the same Ridgefield pairing. All three are deadbolt-plus-handleset assemblies rather than a single mortise body, so the door takes deadbolt and lockset bores instead of a mortise pocket.

The Emtek 3343 Charleston is a mortise lock handleset in brass with an entry function, sold as a complete set with latch and strike. The nearest mortise counterpart in another brand is the Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont Single Cylinder Entry Mortise Trim, which is also an entrance-function mortise trim and lists a 1-3/4 inch door thickness. The 3343 covers 2-1/2 inch and 2-3/4 inch backsets and is built to standard mortise door prep ANSI A115.1, with UL F20 or F13 function and Schlage C keyway. If the opening is already prepped for a mortise body, either family drops into that prep; the 3343 differs in that the inside trim is chosen from Emtek brass knobs and levers and handing must be specified.

The Emtek 3343 Charleston requires standard mortise door prep to ANSI A115.1, which means a routed pocket in the door edge. A door with ordinary bored prep needs a tubular handleset instead. The Schlage Residential F60 Addison Single Cylinder Keyed Entry Handleset with Accent Lever is an entrance-function Grade 2 set covering 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Pamex FS7P31 Lexington Single Cylinder Handleset is an entry-function set for the same 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch range. Weslock 2810 Hillcrest Single Cylinder Handleset with Hudson Knob widens that to 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. Converting a bored door to mortise means new machining, so matching the prep you have is usually the deciding factor.

The Emtek 3343 Charleston is built for 1-3/4 inch doors as standard and a thicker door must be specified when ordering, which is what the door thickness field on the order is for. If you would rather use a set whose published range already covers the thicker door, the Weslock 1411 Traditionale Colonial Handleset with Eleganti Knob is a single cylinder set listed for 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors. Weslock 2810 Hillcrest with Hudson knob covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Note that both are bored-prep handlesets rather than mortise, so the door machining differs from the 3343.

The inside trim is chosen as part of the set, not bought separately. You pick one brass knob or lever from the full range, which runs from levers like Stuttgart, Athena, Milano, Coventry and Rustic to knobs like Egg, Providence, Octagon and Square, plus crystal options such as Windsor, Bristol and Georgetown. The set arrives complete with the mortise latch and strike plate as well.

Eight finishes: 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). Two are living finishes worth knowing about before you standardize a building on them: French Antique and Unlacquered Brass will patina with handling and weather, so units installed at different times won't look identical. Polished Brass Lifetime and Satin Nickel hold their appearance.

Out-swing doors take the reverse handings, LHR or RHR, and both are offered. Stand on the outside of the door: if it swings away from you it's a standard in-swing (LH or RH); if it pulls toward you it's reverse bevel and you need LHR or RHR. Out-swing exterior doors are common on multi-family and on doors where code or space forces the swing outward.

They are not interchangeable. The Kwikset 687AMD Amador Single Cylinder Handleset is a Grade 3 entrance handleset supplied as exterior only, for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the 687AMD SMC version carries an SC1 keyway with SmartKey. The Emtek 3343 Charleston is a brass mortise set sold complete with latch and strike, on a Schlage C keyway, with inside trim ordered as any Emtek brass knob or lever. Because the Kwikset is exterior only, the inside trim is a separate purchase, and because the Emtek is mortise the door prep is ANSI A115.1 rather than bored.

The Emtek 3343 Charleston is a keyed entry set, so it is not the part for an inactive or dummy leaf. For a non-keyed handleset opening, the Schlage Residential JE285 Barcelona Style Handleset with Seville Lever is a Grade 2 non-keyed entry function set for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. For a true dummy, the Weslock 6695 Belmont Dummy Handleset with Impresa Knob covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest Dummy Handleset with New Heaven Lever covers the same range. A dummy set has no latch, so it mounts to the face of the door rather than into a mortise pocket.

Among the comparable entry handlesets, the Schlage Residential F60 Addison with Accent Lever is Grade 2, the Schlage Residential JE285 Barcelona with Seville Lever is Grade 2, the Master Lock HDLBA0615/4D Single Cylinder Deadbolt Handleset is Grade 2, and the Kwikset 687AMD Amador and 687BW Belleview handlesets are Grade 3. The Emtek 3343 Charleston is a solid brass residential mortise set that is UL listed with ANSI F20 or F13 function and a UL 180 minute fire rating, built to standard mortise door prep ANSI A115.1 - the F20 and F13 designations describe the lock function, which is the figure a mortise spec usually calls out.

The Emtek 3343 Charleston is solid brass, 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 from another maker, Deltana offers the 803871B Hanover Handleset, the 815871 St. Ann Handleset and the 825871 Kingston Handleset, all solid brass entry handlesets, plus the 810871 Montego Handleset for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. The Deltana sets are bored-prep handlesets, while the Charleston is mortise with 2-1/2 inch or 2-3/4 inch backsets, so choose by the prep in the door as well as the material.

The Emtek 3343 Charleston is one mortise body doing both jobs, with an entry function keyed single cylinder and handing specified as LH, LHR, RH or RHR. If you would rather split the functions across two bored holes, the Schlage Residential JI18/19 Interconnected Passage Lock pairs a passage lock with a keyed deadbolt and a Torino lever in satin stainless steel, Grade 2, for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. The interconnected set retracts both with one motion of the inside lever; the mortise set does it from a single case in the door edge.

The Emtek 3343 Charleston is ordered in either F13 Dormitory Lock or F20 Entrance function, both UL listed on the same mortise body with a Schlage C keyway and 2-1/2 inch or 2-3/4 inch backsets. Most comparable handlesets are catalogued only as an entrance function without a second option - the Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont, the Deltana Hanover 803871B, St. Ann 815871 and Kingston 825871, and the Kwikset 687BW Belleview are all entry or entrance function sets. If the opening needs the dormitory behavior rather than plain entrance, the function choice on the mortise body is what distinguishes it.

Yes. Handing is required on the Emtek 3343 Charleston because it is a mortise lock, ordered as LH, RH, LHR for an out-swing door or RHR for an out-swing door, and the wrong hand cannot be corrected at the door. Bored handlesets in the comparable range, such as the Schlage Residential F60 Addison with Accent Lever for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors or the Pamex FS7P31 Lexington entry handleset, are ordered without that hand call. If a crew is fitting several openings at once, the mortise set needs the swing confirmed at each door before the order goes in.

The Emtek 3343 Charleston takes any Emtek brass knob or lever as the inside trim, including the Ace Knob, Spoke Knob, Orb, Round, Bern, Octagon, Square and crystal knobs such as Bristol and Windsor. Among other brands, the Baldwin Wesley Handleset comes paired with the Alcott Knob or the Carnaby Knob, both entrance function, the Weslock 1411 Traditionale Colonial pairs with the Eleganti Knob for 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors, and the Weslock 2810 Hillcrest pairs with the Hudson Knob for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. The Emtek differs in that the interior trim is chosen at order time from the full brass range rather than fixed to one knob.

The Emtek 3343 Charleston is a keyed brass set standard for 1-3/4 inch doors. For key-free operation on a thicker door, the Yale Real Living BYRD256 CBARX Assure Key Free Touchscreen Deadbolt with Ridgefield Passage Handleset and trim, connected by August, runs Wi-Fi and covers 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors, and the Yale BYRD410BLERX Assure Lock 2 Key-Free Touchscreen Deadbolt with Wi-Fi and Ridgefield Handleset covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. Both pair a passage handleset with a touchscreen deadbolt, so there is no cylinder in the trim.