Emtek 450721 Ridgemont Entrance Handleset - Sandcast Bronze Tubular - Dummy

The Ridgemont 450721 is a dummy handleset. No latch, no bolt, no key. It mounts to the face of the door as a fixed pull and inside trim, so it's for the inactive leaf of a pair of doors, a closet or pantry door, or a door held closed by a catch or ball catch. If you need the door to latch or lock, a dummy is the wrong function.

Because of the inside trim. Handing is a required selection, right hand or left hand, and it matters when you pick a lever for the inside, since a lever has to point the correct way on the door. Knobs are symmetrical, but the order still takes the handing so the set ships oriented to your opening. Stand outside the door: if the hinges are on your right, it's right hand.

It ships as a complete set, exterior handle plus the inside trim you choose. You pick the inside piece when you order, from ten Sandcast Bronze levers (Aurora, Bryce, Cimarron, Cody, Durango, Lariat, Mariposa, Montrose, Teton, Yuma) or fifteen knobs including Butte, Egg, Round, Winchester, Bristol, Hampton, Lowell, Windsor, Astoria, Diamond, Georgetown, Modern Disc, Modern Square, Old Town and Providence. Nothing else is needed to complete the set.

That's exactly the job a dummy is for. Put the 450721 Ridgemont dummy on the inactive leaf as a fixed pull, and order the matching keyed or passage Ridgemont on the active leaf so both doors read identically from the street. Same 5-1/2 inch center-to-center, same Sandcast Bronze finish, same knob or lever style on the inside. The inactive leaf still needs flush bolts or a similar means of holding it shut, since the dummy itself does nothing mechanically.

No. The Ridgemont 450721 tops out at 1-3/4 inches. For a 2 inch slab, the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest dummy handleset and the Weslock 6695 Belmont dummy handleset both go to 2 inches, and the Deltana 810871 Montego handleset covers 1-3/8 to 2 inches. If the door is thicker still, the Weslock 1411 Traditionale runs 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 inches.

The Ridgemont 450721 is dummy only, so it will never accept a cylinder. For a keyed entrance on a 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch door, the Schlage F60 Addison single cylinder handleset with Accent lever is Grade 2 and covers that same thickness range, as does the Pamex FS7P31 Lexington single cylinder handleset in satin nickel. If you want the door to stay in the sandcast bronze look, order the keyed Ridgemont in the same finish and use the dummy only where no latch is needed.

The Weslock 2815 Hillcrest handleset is also a dummy function and pairs with the New Heaven lever, and the Weslock 6695 Belmont is a dummy handleset paired with the Impresa knob. Both carry a door thickness range of 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, while the Emtek 450721 Ridgemont covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. All three are non-keyed trim for a door leaf that does not latch, such as an inactive door in a pair or a closet slab.

The Emtek 450721 Ridgemont is a non-keyed dummy, so it has no cylinder and no latch. For a keyed opening, the Schlage F60 Addison handleset with Accent lever is a single cylinder keyed entry rated Grade 2 with a 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch door thickness range, the same range the Ridgemont covers. The Pamex FS7P31 Lexington is also a single cylinder entry handleset over that same 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch range. On a 1-3/4 inch door, the Kwikset 687AMD Amador single cylinder handleset is a Grade 3 keyed entry option.

The Yale Real Living Assure Lock handlesets with the Ridgefield grip share a similar name but are electronic touchscreen deadbolt sets: the BYRD226NRRX is a standalone touchscreen deadbolt and the BYRD226CBARX runs Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, both over a 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch door thickness range. The Emtek 450721 Ridgemont is non-electronic and is a dummy, so it has no deadbolt and no bore for one. Matching on the word Ridgefield to Ridgemont puts a powered lock on a door prepped for surface-mounted trim.

Three: Flat Black Bronze (FB), Medium Bronze (MB), and Tumbled White Bronze (TWB). These are Sandcast Bronze living finishes, so they patina with handling and weather rather than staying uniform, which is the point of the look. If you want the outside and inside trim in different finishes, there's a split finish option on the order.

Solid bronze, sandcast. The substrate is bronze all the way through, not a plating over zinc, which is why the finish wears in rather than wearing off. It's a residential product, suited to houses, cabins and short term rentals rather than high-traffic commercial entrances.

The Weslock 2815 Hillcrest dummy handleset with New Heaven lever and the Weslock 6695 Belmont dummy handleset with Impresa knob are both dummy-function handlesets, and both cover a wider 1-3/8 to 2 inch door thickness range than the Ridgemont's 1-3/8 to 1-3/4. What you give up is the sandcast solid bronze body and the living-finish look. On a closet or pantry door nobody touches from outside, that trade is usually fine.

If they're Sandcast Bronze collection Ridgemont, yes, same series, same 5-1/2 inch center-to-center spacing between the upper and lower fixings, and the same three bronze finishes. Bear in mind sandcast bronze is a living finish, so hardware installed years ago will have taken on its own patina and a new piece starts lighter before it settles in.

No. The Baldwin Wesley handleset is an entrance function, sold with an Alcott knob or a Carnaby knob as interior trim. The Emtek 450721 Ridgemont is a dummy, non-keyed, and its inside trim is chosen separately from the Sandcast Bronze knob and lever range. Both are handlesets, but only the Baldwin Wesley operates as an entrance set.

The Emtek 450721 Ridgemont covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. For thicker stock, the Weslock 1411 Traditionale Colonial handleset with Eleganti knob is a single cylinder set spanning 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch, and the Deltana 810871 Montego handleset covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Check the actual leaf thickness before ordering, since a 2 inch or 2-1/4 inch door falls outside what the Ridgemont spans.

The Emtek 450721 Ridgemont is a residential handleset. Among comparable sets, the Schlage F60 Addison and the Schlage JE285 Barcelona are Grade 2, the Master Lock HDLBA0615/4D single cylinder deadbolt handleset is Grade 2, and the Kwikset 687BW Belleview and 687AMD Amador are Grade 3. If a facility spec calls out a specific ANSI grade on the door, work from those graded sets; the Ridgemont is chosen on the Sandcast Bronze finish and dummy function instead.

No. The Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont is entry mortise trim for a 1-3/4 inch door and comes in single cylinder and double cylinder versions, so it dresses a mortise lock body already in the door. The Emtek 450721 Ridgemont is a tubular handleset, surface mounted with no door prep, and it is a dummy, so there is no lock body behind it at all. A door cut for a mortise case needs mortise trim.

Yes, there's a split finish option on the Ridgemont 450721 order. Useful when the exterior needs to match other Sandcast Bronze hardware on the street elevation but the interior trim has to match a different palette inside the house. Specify both finishes when you order.

The Emtek 450721 Ridgemont is a brass handleset in the Sandcast Bronze collection with a 5-1/2 inch center-to-center. For solid brass entry sets in the same traditional vein, Deltana offers the 803871B Hanover, the 815871 St. Ann, and the 825871 Kingston, all solid brass entry function handlesets. The difference in use is function: the Deltana sets are entry, while the Ridgemont is dummy trim.

The Emtek 450721 Ridgemont is the non-electronic dummy half of that arrangement. On the active door, the Kwikset 815SCEHFL San Clemente handleset with Halifax lever carries a contemporary SmartCode keypad electronic deadbolt on a 1-3/4 inch door, and the Yale BYRD256 CBARX pairs a key-free touchscreen deadbolt with a Ridgefield passage handleset over 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch. Those are different product families from the Ridgemont, so the trim will not visually match across the two doors.