Emtek 8214 Modern 5-1/2" Keyed Sideplate Lockset, Passage/Double Keyed - Brass Tubular

Both. The 8214 covers doors from 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches thick, which takes in older interior doors as well as standard exterior slabs. There's also a Door Thickness field on the order form, so if your door falls outside that range you should state the actual thickness when you order rather than assuming the standard latch and spindle lengths will reach.

It uses one standard 2-1/8 inch cross bore, which is the same prep almost every residential knob or lever set is bored for, so a door already cut for a tubular lockset takes it without new boring. The backset is adjustable between 2-3/8 and 2-3/4 inches, so either of the two common edge-bore positions works. What is different from a plain knobset is the sideplate: the 5-1/2 inch plate covers more of the face of the door than a round rose, so it will hide an existing rose footprint rather than leave it exposed.

Double keyed means the 8214 takes a key on both sides, with no thumbturn inside. Locksmiths spec it where there is glass in or beside the door, since a broken pane no longer lets someone reach in and turn the lock. The tradeoff is egress: anyone inside needs a key to get out, which is why many jurisdictions restrict double cylinder locks on a required exit door and why they are a poor choice for a rental unit or any opening where occupants may not have a key on them. If you want key outside and turn inside, order the single cylinder version instead of this one.

Yes, handing is a required choice and it's called out specifically for leversets, since a lever has to point toward the latch edge to be right. Stand outside the door, on the side it opens away from: hinges on your right is right hand, hinges on your left is left hand. Get it backwards on a lever and the handle sweeps the wrong way. Knob styles are symmetrical, but the order still asks for a hand.

Keyed alike is one of the two keying options, so a set of 8214s ordered together can run on a single key. Keyed different is the alternative if each opening needs its own. There's also a keying-to-code field, which is what you use when you're adding doors to a building that's already on an established key code and the new locks have to match the keys already in circulation rather than start a new bitting.

The Omnia D12036AC is the closest peer. It is a double cylinder deadbolt lever lockset with solid brass construction and a sideplate design, matching the Emtek 8214 on the two points that decide the opening: a double cylinder keyed function, meaning a key is required from both the outside and the inside, and brass construction. The Emtek 8214 is a tubular lock with an adjustable 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch backset and a 2-1/8 inch cross bore, and it fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, so confirm the Omnia prep matches your door before swapping.

Use a single cylinder sideplate lockset. The Omnia D12036A is a single cylinder deadbolt lever lockset in solid brass, so it is keyed on the outside and operated without a key from the inside, which is what egress code language on a required exit door is usually asking for. The Emtek 8214 is a double cylinder lock, keyed on both sides, so it is the wrong choice for that opening even though the sideplate format is the same.

The inside trim is a separate required selection with 88 knob and lever styles behind it, so you pick the shape rather than take a fixed one. That's how you match a fleet of doors: the same Modern 5-1/2 inch sideplate can carry a Stuttgart or Helios lever on the entry, an Ace knob on another opening, or crystal knobs like the Windsor or Bristol where the interior calls for it. Note the trim is ordered with the lock, not bought after, and any brass knob or lever style can go on it.

Brass is the substrate, not a plating over zinc or steel, and the trim options are all brass knob and lever styles. It's offered in six finishes: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Satin Nickel (US15), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL) and Satin Brass (US4). Unlacquered brass is the one to know about before you commit: it has no clear coat, so it darkens and patinas with handling instead of staying bright. If you want brass that stays the same colour on a fleet of doors, Satin Brass is the one to order.

It's a residential lockset, and a tubular one, meaning the mechanism runs through the 2-1/8 inch cross bore rather than into a mortise pocket in the door edge. That suits single-family entries, condo unit doors and high-end residential work. For a commercial corridor, a stairwell, or anything on a fire-rated opening or a labelled door, you want a Grade 1 or Grade 2 cylindrical or mortise lock specified for that use, not this one.

Both are double cylinder, key on both sides, and both are solid brass sideplate lever locksets, so they're direct alternatives on the same kind of opening. The 8214 differs in what you configure: an adjustable 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset, a choice of six finishes, and 88 knob and lever styles for the inside trim. If you want key outside and thumbturn inside on the same look, Omnia's D12036A is the single cylinder version of the same lockset, and the D12036PD is the dummy, which has no latch or lock at all and is for a fixed inactive leaf.

No. The Emtek 8214 is a keyed entry lock with a working latch and strike plate, so it is built for a door that latches and locks. For a fixed panel, an inactive leaf, or a closet door that only needs a pull, the Omnia D12036PD is a double dummy sideplate lever lockset in solid brass with plates on both faces at 5-1/2 inch center to center. A double dummy has no latch and no key, so it surface mounts and does not need the 2-1/8 inch cross bore the Emtek 8214 requires.

They share the sideplate lever format and solid brass construction, but they are three different functions and are not interchangeable once the door is prepped. The D12036A is single cylinder, keyed outside only. The D12036AC is double cylinder, keyed from both sides. The D12036PD is a double dummy with plates at 5-1/2 inch center to center and no locking function at all. Pick by what the opening has to do: keyed both sides on a glass-adjacent entry, keyed one side on an egress door, dummy on a leaf that does not latch. The Emtek 8214 sits in the double cylinder group.

For a leaf that never latches, a dummy is the match. Omnia's D12036PD is a solid brass dummy deadbolt lever lockset with plates, on 5-1/2 inch centers, so it carries the same sideplate proportion as a keyed unit without a latch or cylinder behind it. Use it on the inactive leaf of a pair or on a door held by a roller catch. It won't secure anything, so don't put one where the door has to lock.

A strike plate comes in the set, so you're not sourcing one separately, and the latch faceplate is offered in round corner or square corner to match how the mortise in your door edge was routed. Round is what a hole saw and router jig leave; square corner is a chiselled prep. Picking the one that matches the existing cutout means the faceplate sits flush without recutting the edge.

No. The Emtek 8214 can be ordered with any brass knob or lever style and ships as a complete set with the knob or lever, latch, and strike plate, so a knob trim is a selection rather than a different product. The Omnia peers in the same sideplate format, the D12036A single cylinder, the D12036AC double cylinder, and the D12036PD double dummy, are all lever locksets. Note that handing is required when a lever is specified on the Emtek 8214.