Emtek 4209 Hercules Knurled Full Length Dummy Set Entrance Handleset - Brass Tubular

It's a dummy set, so there is no latch, no cylinder and no keying. The 4209 Hercules Knurled full length handleset is fixed trim that mounts to the face of the door and gives you the look and grip of an entrance handleset with nothing operating. Use it on the inactive leaf of a double door, on a French door held by a flush bolt or multipoint, or anywhere the door is held shut by something else. If you need it to latch and key, you want an entry handleset instead.

No boring needed. The 4209 is surface mounted, which is what makes it a straightforward retrofit on a door that already has a slab face you don't want to cut, or on a leaf that was never prepped for hardware. That is the practical difference between this and a keyed handleset, which needs a bore and a latch mortise.

Handing is specified as right hand or left hand, and it matters as soon as the inside trim is a lever or an interconnect device is called for, because a lever has to point the correct way and an interconnect has to drive the correct direction. If your inside trim is a knob and there is no interconnect, the handing question is cosmetic. Stand outside the door: the side the hinges are on gives you the hand.

Three things. Finish, from eight choices: 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). Inside trim, chosen from Emtek's brass knob and lever range. And handing, right or left. Door thickness can also be noted on the order. It ships as a complete set, exterior handle and interior trim together.

It's a residential product. For an apartment unit door, a single family home, or a model unit it's on spec. For a commercial opening in a school, hospital or office corridor, where a facility spec calls for a graded lockset, look at graded product instead: the Master Lock HDLB Series HDLBA0615/4D handleset is Grade 2, as are the Schlage Residential F Series F60 Addison and the J Series JE285 Barcelona.

The 4209 Hercules is dummy function and unkeyed, so it pulls the door but does not latch or lock it - the usual use is the inactive leaf of a pair or a door held by other means. For a locking opening, the Schlage F60 Addison is a single cylinder keyed entry handleset with an Accent lever, Grade 2, fitting 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors - the same thickness range the 4209 covers. The Weslock 2810 Hillcrest is a single cylinder handleset with a Hudson knob for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. The Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont is entrance-function mortise trim for 1-3/4 inch doors, in single cylinder and double cylinder versions.

The Emtek 4209 Hercules covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, so a thicker slab needs a different set. The Weslock 1411 Traditionale Colonial with Eleganti knob is single cylinder and covers 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch. The Deltana 810871 Montego and the Weslock 2810 Hillcrest both go to 2 inch. Among the electronic sets, the Yale Assure BYRD226CBARX and BYRD226NRRX with Ridgefield handleset cover 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch, and the Yale BYRD256CBARX covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch.

They are not the same thing. The Schlage JE285 Barcelona with Seville lever is non-keyed entry function, Grade 2, for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors - it has a working latch that retracts. The Emtek 4209 Hercules is dummy function: the trim is surface mounted with no door prep and nothing latches. Use the JE285 where the door must stay closed on its own, and the 4209 where the leaf is held by a flush bolt or is inactive. Both cover the same door thickness range.

No - the Kwikset 687AMD Amador is a single cylinder keyed entry handleset supplied exterior only, with SmartKey, Grade 3, for 1-3/4 inch doors; the 687AMD-SMC is the same set with the SC1 keyway, and the 687BW Belleview is the exterior-only Grade 3 equivalent in a different style. Exterior only means no interior trim is in the carton. The Emtek 4209 Hercules is sold as a complete set with the inside knob or lever specified at order, and it is dummy function rather than keyed.

Yes, and you have to. Any Emtek brass knob or lever can be paired to the inside, from the Hercules Lever to crystal knobs like Windsor and Bristol, contemporary bar trims such as T-Bar Knurled and L-Square Knurled, and traditional knobs like Providence or Egg. That's how you make the door match the rest of the house or the rest of the building without changing the exterior handle. Remember the handing rule if you choose a lever.

Two other dummy handlesets to look at are the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest Dummy Handleset with New Heaven Lever and the Weslock 6695 Belmont Dummy Handleset with Impresa Knob, both listed for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors. Their wider thickness range is the reason to choose one: the Emtek 4209 stops at 1-3/4 inches, so on a door thicker than that the Weslock sets stay in range and the 4209 doesn't.

The 4209 Hercules is dummy only, no cylinder. For a keyed opening in the same residential class, the Schlage F60 Addison with Accent Lever is a Grade 2 single cylinder keyed entry sized for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, the same range as the 4209, and the Pamex FS7P31 Lexington single cylinder handleset covers that range too. Baldwin's Estates 6542 Tremont mortise trim is the mortise route, single or double cylinder, and is listed for 1-3/4 inch doors only.

That's a common use for it. Put the 4209 dummy on the inactive leaf, where nothing needs to operate because the leaf is held by flush bolts or a surface bolt, and put an operating handleset on the active leaf. Since the dummy is surface mounted with no prep, the inactive leaf never gets cut. Order the two sets in the same finish so the pair reads as one.

The Emtek 4209 Hercules is brass throughout and comes in 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). Deltana builds several solid brass handlesets: the 803871B Hanover, the 815871 St. Ann, and the 825871 Kingston are all entry function in solid brass, and the 810871 Montego covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. The Deltana sets are entry function rather than dummy, so they latch.

The Emtek 4209 Hercules is a residential brass handleset. Where a facility spec calls for a graded handleset, the Schlage F60 Addison and the Schlage JE285 Barcelona are both Grade 2, and the Master Lock HDLBA0615/4D single cylinder deadbolt handleset is Grade 2 as well. The Kwikset 687AMD Amador and 687BW Belleview exterior-only handlesets are Grade 3. Property managers standardizing a run of interior or inactive-leaf doors on the Emtek 4209 get brass trim and a choice of interior knob or lever instead.

The Emtek 4209 Hercules is a non-electronic dummy handleset. For an electronic opening, the Kwikset 815SCEHFL-CP913CNT San Clemente pairs a Halifax lever interior with a contemporary SmartCode keypad deadbolt, SmartKey, RCAL latch and RCS strike, for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Yale Assure BYRD226CBARX is a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth touchscreen deadbolt with Ridgefield handleset, and the BYRD226NRRX is the standalone touchscreen version of the same set; both cover 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch. The Yale BYRD256 CBARX is a key free touchscreen deadbolt with a Ridgefield passage handleset.

The Emtek 4209 Hercules is a surface mounted dummy set with no door prep, and handing must be given when a lever is used inside or an interconnect device is specified. Where the opening calls for a lever-and-deadbolt interconnect rather than a full length handleset, the Schlage JI18/19 is an interconnected passage lock with keyed deadbolt and Torino lever in satin stainless steel, Grade 2, for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors - the same thickness range as the 4209.

It's a full length handleset plate with 5-1/2 inch center to center spacing, so it covers a tall strip of the stile rather than a small rose. Whether it hides your old marks depends on where those holes sit relative to that footprint. Since it mounts to the surface and needs no bore, an old bore hole underneath is not a problem for installation, only for appearance if the plate doesn't reach it.