Emtek 4204 Hercules Smooth Sectional Dummy Set Handleset - Brass Tubular

It's a dummy set, so there is no latch, no bolt and no key. The 4204 Hercules is fixed trim you pull on, meant for the inactive leaf of a double door, a pantry or closet door, or a French door slab where a separate flush bolt or ball catch does the holding. If you need it to latch or key, this isn't the part.

1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches, which covers standard residential interior slabs at 1-3/8 and the usual 1-3/4 inch exterior door. Thicker doors are outside its range.

No door prep needed. The 4204 is surface mount, so it fastens to the face of the slab with no cross bore, no edge bore and no mortise pocket. That makes it the easy option on a door already hung, or on a slab you don't want to cut.

Center to center is 5-1/2 inches between the upper grip and the lower section. That's the number to check against the existing holes if you're swapping out another sectional set, and against your rail height on a stile-and-rail door.

Only if you pick a lever for the inside trim. Levers are handed, so a right hand or left hand call is required. Knobs aren't handed, but the order form asks for handing either way, so have the door's swing in front of you when you order.

It ships as a complete set, but you choose the interior trim as part of the order. Any Emtek brass knob or lever can go on the inside, from levers like the Hercules, Stuttgart, Athena and Milano through knobs such as the Ace, Orb, Round and Egg, plus crystal options like the Bristol and Windsor. You are not buying two separate items.

For thicker slabs, the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest dummy handleset with New Heaven lever and the Weslock 6695 Belmont dummy handleset with Impresa knob are both dummy function and cover 1-3/8 to 2 inches, so they reach doors past the 4204's 1-3/4 inch ceiling. Style differs: the Hercules is a smooth contemporary sectional, the Weslock sets are traditional.

The 4204 has no cylinder and no bolt, so it can't be converted. You need a keyed entry handleset on the active leaf. Among comparable entry sets, the Deltana 810871 Montego covers 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the Pamex FS7P31 Lexington entry handleset in satin nickel matches the 4204's 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch range. A common approach on a pair of doors is a keyed handleset on the active leaf and the matching dummy, like the 4204, on the inactive one.

The Weslock 2815 Hillcrest Dummy Handleset with New Heaven Lever is the closest peer in function. Like the Emtek 4204 Hercules, it is a dummy handleset, so it mounts as a pull with matching interior trim and does no latching. The Weslock 2815 covers doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick, while the Emtek 4204 covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. The Weslock 6695 Belmont Dummy Handleset with Impresa Knob is a second dummy option, also rated for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, with a knob rather than a lever as the interior trim.

A dummy handleset is a pull only, so an entry opening needs a keyed set. Cross-brand entry handlesets include the Schlage Residential F60 Addison Single Cylinder Keyed Entry Handleset with Accent Lever, a Grade 2 entrance set for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, the same thickness range the Emtek 4204 Hercules covers. The Pamex FS7P31 Lexington Single Cylinder Handleset also carries an entry function across 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. If the door is a full 1-3/4 inch, the Kwikset 687BW Belleview Single Cylinder Handleset is a Grade 3 entrance set built for that thickness.

They are not the same. The Emtek 4204 Hercules is a dummy set, which is fixed trim with no latch behind it and mounts on doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick. The Schlage Residential JE285 Barcelona Style Handleset with Seville Lever is a non-keyed handleset with an entrance function, Grade 2, for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, meaning it operates a latch without a cylinder. Use the dummy where the door is inactive or already latched by another device, and the non-keyed entry set where the door still needs to latch closed.

The Emtek 4204 Hercules is built for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick. For a thicker door, the Deltana 810871 Montego Handleset covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Weslock 2810 Hillcrest Single Cylinder Handleset with Hudson Knob covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Beyond that, the Weslock 1411 Traditionale Colonial Handleset with Eleganti Knob is rated 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch. Those are keyed or single cylinder sets rather than dummy trim, so confirm the opening actually needs a working latch before substituting.

Eight: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Brass (US4) and French Antique (US7). If you're matching other openings in the building, the US codes are what to compare against your existing hardware, and the unlacquered brass will patina over time rather than hold its as-shipped color.

It's a residential product. For a commercial opening you want a keyed, graded lockset rather than a residential dummy pull, so look at Grade 2 handlesets such as the Master Lock HDLB Series single cylinder deadbolt handleset or the Schlage Residential F60 Addison entry handleset if the application allows a residential grade, and step up to a mortise or cylindrical lock where the spec calls for it.

Tubular. That's the lighter, simpler platform, and on this dummy version it's surface mounted with no prep at all. Emtek's mortise handlesets are a different build entirely, requiring a mortise pocket cut into the door edge, so instructions written for those mortise sets do not apply to the 4204.

Check the rail, not just the stile. The 4204 is a sectional set with 5-1/2 inches between the upper and lower sections, so you need enough continuous flat face on the door to land both pieces. Since it's surface mount with no bore, there's no cross-bore clearance to worry about, which is what usually kills a handleset on a slim French door slab.

No. The Emtek 4204 Hercules is a non-electronic tubular dummy set. Electronic handlesets are a different category of product: the Kwikset 815SCEHFL-CP913CNT San Clemente Handleset pairs with a Contemporary SmartCode keypad electronic deadbolt for 1-3/4 inch doors, and 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. Those carry their own power, credential, and deadbolt requirements that a dummy pull does not.

The Emtek 4204 Hercules is a tubular set that surface mounts with no door prep required. The Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont is mortise trim with an entrance function for 1-3/4 inch doors, and it comes in a single cylinder version and a double cylinder version. Mortise trim dresses a mortise lock body pocketed into the door edge, so the door must already be prepped for that lock case; the tubular dummy has no lock body behind it at all.

The Emtek 4204 Hercules is a contemporary brass handleset with a 5-1/2 inch center-to-center. For a traditional profile in solid brass, Deltana offers the 803871B Hanover Handleset, the 815871 St. Ann Handleset, and the 825871 Kingston Handleset, all solid brass with an entry function. Those are entry sets rather than dummy trim, so they suit an opening that needs to lock. Baldwin's Wesley Handleset is another entrance-function option, offered with an Alcott Knob or a Carnaby Knob as the interior trim.

They solve different problems. The Emtek 4204 Hercules is a dummy handleset with no latch behind it. The Schlage Residential JI18/19 Interconnected Passage Lock with Keyed Deadbolt and Torino Lever is a Grade 2 passage-function interconnected set for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, the same thickness range the 4204 Hercules covers, and it retracts the latch and deadbolt together from the inside lever in one motion. Multi-family egress requirements often drive that single-motion behavior, which a dummy set cannot provide.

No. The Emtek 4204 Hercules is sold as a complete set, with the inside trim ordered as a brass knob or lever. If the requirement is exterior trim alone, the Kwikset 687AMD Amador Single Cylinder Handleset and the Kwikset 687BW Belleview Single Cylinder Handleset are both supplied as exterior only, Grade 3 keyed entry for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Amador is also offered with an SC1 keyway SmartKey cylinder, which matters when keying to an existing Schlage-keyway system.

Brass throughout, both the material and the substrate, and it sits in Emtek's Brass collection. That matters mostly for finish behavior and feel; brass takes the plated and living finishes consistently across a set of doors.

It can. The Emtek 4204 Hercules requires handing when a lever is used on the inside trim, and it is ordered right hand or left hand. Among the cross-brand dummy sets, the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest pairs with a New Heaven Lever and the Weslock 6695 Belmont pairs with an Impresa Knob. A knob interior generally removes the handing question because the knob is symmetrical; a lever interior does not.

Only if the door needs to lock, which the Emtek 4204 Hercules dummy set does not do. Key-free options include the Yale Real Living BYRD256 CBARX Assure Key Free Touchscreen Deadbolt with Ridgefield Passage Handleset and trim, a Wi-Fi set for 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors, and the Yale Real Living BYRD226NRRX Assure Lock Standalone Touchscreen Deadbolt with Ridgefield Handleset, which runs without a network connection across the same 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch range. The standalone version keeps codes on the lock itself; the Wi-Fi versions add remote code management.