Emtek 83228 Faceplate & Screws For Tubular Pocket Door Privacy Latch, Square Corners

The 83228 is the faceplate and mounting screws only, a replacement part for Emtek's tubular pocket door privacy latch. If the latch mechanism inside the door edge is broken, this won't fix it. Order this when the plate is scratched, bent, painted over, or you need it in a different finish than what's on the door now.

Emtek's tubular pocket door privacy latch takes either a round or square corner faceplate, and the 83228 is the square corner version. Pull the existing plate off the door edge and look at the mortise pocket the router left: square corners in the wood mean a square plate, radiused corners mean the round one. Fitting a square plate into a round-corner mortise leaves gaps at the four corners.

No, they are different pieces of the same assembly. The Emtek 83228 is a faceplate and screws for a tubular pocket door privacy latch, so it replaces the visible plate and fasteners on the edge of the door. The Deltana DLP23875 is a complete drive-in latch with an adjustable backset of 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch in a passage/privacy function, which is the latch body itself. If the latch mechanism still works and only the plate is damaged or the wrong finish, the 83228 is the part; if the latch is failing, a full latch such as the DLP23875 is what covers it.

A drive-in latch suits that opening. The Emtek 83228 is a faceplate and screws, which assumes a mortised and screwed plate at the door edge. The Deltana DLP23875 is a drive-in latch in a passage/privacy function with an adjustable 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset and a door thickness range of 1-3/8 to 2 inch, and it seats into the bore without a screwed faceplate. For a keyed opening in the same style, the Deltana DLE23875 is a drive-in adjustable latch in an entry function with the same 1-3/8 to 2 inch door thickness range.

The Kwikset 83521 is a plain latch carrying a UL 3 hour rating and fits the BBL, KNL, CNL, and PLL preps, and the Kwikset 83518 is an adjustable square drive latch also carrying a UL 3 hour rating. The Emtek 83228 is a residential privacy faceplate and screws for a tubular pocket door latch, which is a different application than a rated swinging door. For an opening on a rated wall, work from the Kwikset UL rated latches; for an interior pocket door privacy latch needing a new plate, the 83228 is the match.

The latch is adjustable for a 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch backset and works on doors from 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches thick, with a 2-1/8 inch cross bore. That covers standard interior residential doors, both the older 1-3/8 inch and the 1-3/4 inch. The 83228 faceplate mounts to that same latch regardless of which backset you set it to.

The Emtek 83228 is a square corner faceplate and screws sized to a tubular latch with an adjustable 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset in a brass construction. The Kwikset 84290 is a square corner plainlatch at a fixed 2-3/8 inch backset, which brings the latch body with it rather than the plate alone. Choose on what you are replacing: the 83228 keeps the existing pocket door privacy latch and changes the plate and screws, while the 84290 is a complete latch fixed to one backset.

It is the wrong function for a keyed opening. The Emtek 83228 serves a privacy/bed/bath tubular latch and is non-keyed. The Deltana DLE23875 is a drive-in adjustable latch in an entry function, fitting doors 1-3/8 to 2 inch thick, and that is the function to specify when the opening takes a key. Where the door is a bath, bedroom, or interior pocket door with a thumbturn, the privacy 83228 faceplate is the correct match.

It's a residential part. For apartments, single family rentals, and light hospitality interiors it's the correct replacement, but on a high-traffic commercial opening you'd want to look at a commercial-rated pocket door assembly instead. The plate itself is steel; the latch it serves is brass.

Non-keyed. It's a privacy/bed/bath function, so it locks from inside the room with a thumbturn and there's no cylinder or key on either side. That's what you want on a bathroom or bedroom pocket door. If the opening needs a key, a privacy latch is the wrong function to be replacing parts on.

No, the mounting screws come with the plate. Nothing else is required for the swap: back out the old screws, pull the plate from the door edge mortise, seat the new one, and drive the supplied screws. No re-boring, since the latch body and the 2-1/8 inch cross bore stay as they are.

The Emtek 83228 faceplate and screws are offered in nine finishes, including Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Polished Nickel US14, Satin Nickel US15, Pewter US15A, Flat Black US19, Polished Chrome US26, Polished Brass Lifetime US3, Unlacquered Brass US3NL, and Satin Brass US4. That range matters when the door edge plate is visible on a pocket door and has to match the pull and the rest of the trim. The Kwikset 84290 square corner plainlatch and the Deltana DLP23875 drive-in latch are specified by backset and function rather than by a trim finish family, so match those on the mechanical fit and use the 83228 when the visible plate finish is what you are matching.