Emtek #8 Classic Arched Pocket Door Tubular Lock (2-1/2" x 4-3/8")

Either one. The #8 Classic Arched pocket door lock covers doors from 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches thick, which takes in both the older 1-3/8 inch interior slab and 1-3/4 inch stock. Prep is the standard 2-1/8 inch bore at a 2-3/8 inch backset, so a door already drilled for an ordinary tubular knob or lever at that backset accepts it without new boring. Mounting screws and the strike plate come in the set.

Three different jobs on the same arched trim. Passage, part numbers beginning 2034, latches the door shut but has no lock at all, which is what you want on a closet, pantry or hall pocket door. Privacy, beginning 2035, adds a lock you set from inside the room, for a bathroom or bedroom. Dummy, beginning 2036, is trim with no latch, for a door that is held or stopped some other way. All three share the same 2-1/2 x 4-3/8 inch plate, the same 2-3/8 inch backset and the same 2-1/8 inch prep, so the door prep does not change with the function you pick.

The Emtek #8 Classic Arched pocket door tubular lock is built in passage, privacy, and dummy functions, so no version of it accepts a cylinder. For a keyed pocket door, the Omnia 7035/A is a keyed entry pocket door lock with modern rectangular trim and solid brass construction, so it covers the office, storage, or tenant-side opening the Emtek passage and privacy functions do not.

The Emtek #8 Classic Arched pocket door tubular lock is a 2-3/8 inch backset only part and expects standard 2-1/8 inch door prep. Where the existing prep does not match, the Weslock 0627 round passage pocket door lock and the Weslock 0577 rectangular privacy pocket door lock both have an adjustable backset and a full lip strike, and the Deltana SDLA325 is a heavy-duty adjustable pocket door lock in privacy function.

The Emtek #8 Classic Arched pocket door tubular lock starts at 1-3/8 inch minimum door thickness, so a 1-5/16 inch slab falls below it. The Pamex PF1 square style sliding door lock and the Pamex PF2 round sliding door lock both list a 1-5/16 inch to 1-9/16 inch door thickness range, and the PF2 uses a 2-3/8 inch backset, the same backset the Emtek part is bored for.

Measure the old mortise against 2-1/2 x 4-3/8 inches, which is the face size of the #8 Classic Arched trim. It is longer on one axis than a Deltana SDL25 at 2-1/2 x 2-3/4 inches, so it hides that smaller footprint, but a Deltana SDL60 at 6 inches leaves a cutout longer than the Emtek plate will cover. The bore side is easier: standard 2-1/8 inch hole at 2-3/8 inch backset, so an existing standard prep at that backset takes it straight in.

It ships as a complete set with the mounting screws and the strike plate, so there is no separate strike to buy. What it does not cover is hanging the door. If the pocket itself is still to be built, the Orca Hardware PK1200 pocket door frame kit is made for 1 inch or 1-3/4 inch doors, and the NGP SLAL250PD72 is a 72 inch aluminum pocket door track rated to 250 pounds. Order those alongside the lock, not instead of it.

Emtek builds the #8 Classic Arched as a residential set, solid brass through the trim and substrate. For a harder-use opening where you want something built heavier, the Deltana SDLA325 is a heavy-duty pocket door lock with an adjustable backset at 3-1/4 x 2-1/4 inches, and the Rockwood 891 is a pocket door privacy latch. Both of those are privacy function, so if you need passage on the same door the Emtek 2034 or the Weslock 0527 is the direction to go.

The Emtek #8 Classic Arched pocket door tubular lock uses a 2-1/2 inch by 4-3/8 inch trim in passage, privacy, and dummy. The Deltana SDL25 pocket door lock is a privacy function part at 2-1/2 inch by 2-3/4 inch, matching the 2-1/2 inch width on a shorter plate, and the Deltana SDP25 is the same 2-1/2 inch by 2-3/4 inch size in passage function for the closet or hall door alongside it.

The Emtek #8 Classic Arched pocket door tubular lock covers a 2-1/2 inch by 4-3/8 inch footprint, and the Deltana SDL60 decorative pocket door lock is a 6 inch privacy part, which is the taller plate when the existing mortise or old trim outline runs long. For a wider rather than taller cutout, the Deltana SDLA325 heavy-duty pocket door lock measures 3-1/4 inch by 2-1/4 inch in privacy function.

The Emtek #8 Classic Arched pocket door tubular lock in privacy function is the 2035 series in ten finishes on a 2-1/2 inch by 4-3/8 inch trim. Where the spec calls out an outside release, the Omnia 7012/L is a modern rectangular pocket door lock with privacy function and emergency release, and the Rockwood 891 is a pocket door privacy latch for the same bed and bath application.

The Emtek #8 Classic Arched pocket door tubular lock is sold as a complete set with screws and strikeplate. If the edge pull needs to come with the lock, the Omnia 7012/N is a modern rectangular pocket door passage lock with a mortise edge pull, and the Omnia 7012/PD is the same rectangular set as a pair dummy with mortise edge pull for a door that is only pushed and pulled.

Neither one replaces the lock. The NGP SLAL250PD72 is a 72 inch aluminum pocket door track rated up to 250 pounds and the Orca PK1200 is a pocket door frame kit for doors 1 inch or 1-3/4 inch thick, so both are the rough opening hardware the door hangs and slides on. The Emtek #8 Classic Arched pocket door tubular lock is the latch and trim that mortises into the door edge and face, and a job using either the NGP track or the PK1200 frame still needs a lock like it.

Ten finishes, and the same ten run across passage, privacy and dummy, so a matched set of pocket doors and swing doors is straightforward: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Brass (US4) and French Antique (US7). Split finish is available as an order option if you want one finish on the hall side and another on the room side.

It darkens. Unlacquered Brass (US3NL) carries no clear coat, so it patinas with handling and with time, which is the reason people specify it. If you want brass that holds its shine, Polished Brass Lifetime (US3) is the lifetime-finish version of the same #8 pocket door lock, and Satin Brass (US4) is the brushed option. All three are brass underneath.

The Emtek #8 Classic Arched pocket door tubular lock uses an arched 2-1/2 inch by 4-3/8 inch plate in an American Classic style. For the same privacy function in another trim shape, the Orca Hardware PDLRD is a round pocket door lock and the Orca Hardware PDLSQ is a square one, the Pamex PF1 is a square style sliding door lock and the Pamex PF2 is round, and the Omnia 7012/L carries modern rectangular trim.