Emtek 83231 Faceplate & Screws For Standard or 28 Degree Rotation Latches, 1/4" Radius Corners

Faceplate and screws only. The 83231 is the replacement edge plate that fits over an Emtek standard rotation or 28 degree rotation latch, with the mounting screws in the pack. There is no latch body, no strike, and no trim in it. If the latch itself is broken, binding, or you need a different backset, the plate on its own won't solve it since backset is set by the latch, not the cover. Order this when the latch works and the plate is damaged, painted over, or the wrong finish for new trim.

Either one. The 83231 plate covers both Emtek standard rotation and 28 degree rotation latches, so you don't have to identify which of the two is in the door before you order. The detail that does decide fit is the corner shape of the mortise in the door edge: this plate has 1/4 inch radius corners and needs a pocket cut the same way. Pull the existing plate and look at the two screw-end corners before ordering.

No. The 83231 is cut with 1/4 inch radius corners, which matches a router-cut pocket. A square chiseled prep will leave the plate sitting proud at the corners, and a radius pocket won't take a square plate without chisel work in the door edge. Radius corner is what you'll find on most factory-machined doors, square on older hand-chiseled work. If your prep is square and you're replacing the whole latch anyway, the Kwikset 84290 Square Corner Plainlatch on a 2-3/8 inch backset is the square-corner option we carry.

No - they are different parts of the same assembly. The Emtek 83231 is the faceplate and screws for standard or 28 degree rotation latches, with 1/4 inch radius corners; it is the plate that shows at the door edge plus its mounting screws, not a working latch. The Deltana DLE23875 is a complete drive-in latch in entry function, rated for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick. Order the 83231 when the latch throws and retracts correctly and the plate is bent, painted over, or the wrong finish; order a latch like the DLE23875 when the mechanism itself is the problem.

Corner profile is the deciding detail. The Emtek 83231 faceplate has 1/4 inch radius corners, which suits a pocket routed to a radius-corner template. A square-cornered pocket is a different prep, and the Kwikset 84290 square corner plainlatch is built to that profile with a 2-3/8 inch backset. Put a tape on the existing plate at the door edge before ordering: radius corners take the Emtek 83231, square corners take a square-corner part, and mixing them means either chiseling the pocket square or filling and re-routing it.

For a labeled opening where the latch itself has to carry the rating, Kwikset lists two: the 83521 RCAL plain latch, UL 3 hour, sized for BBL, KNL, CNL and PLL trim, and the 83518 RCAL adjustable square drive latch, also UL 3 hour. The Emtek 83231 is the faceplate and screws for standard or 28 degree rotation latches, in a residential application - it is the part to order when the latch body is sound and the plate at the door edge is what needs replacing.

Not if the latch is an Emtek standard rotation or 28 degree rotation latch with a 1/4 inch radius corner prep. Swap just the 83231 faceplate and the edge matches the new trim. It comes in 15 finishes: Flat Black (US19), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Medium Bronze (MB), Matte White (MW), Satin Rose Gold (SRG), Brushed Stainless Steel (SS), Tumbled White Bronze (TWB), Polished Nickel (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Brass (US4) and French Antique (US7). The edge plate is the piece that shows when the door stands open, so on a building where you are standardizing, that is the part worth matching across openings.

Function. The Deltana DLE23875 is an adjustable drive-in latch in entry function, for a door where the knob or lever locks. The Deltana DLP23875 is the passage/privacy version, adjustable backset 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch, for a hall door or a bath or bedroom door with a thumbturn. Both cover doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick. The Emtek 83231 sits upstream of that choice - it is the faceplate and screws for standard or 28 degree rotation latches, so it changes the plate at the door edge without changing what the latch does.

A faceplate does not move the backset. The Emtek 83231 supplies the faceplate and screws for standard or 28 degree rotation latches, so the bore-to-edge dimension stays whatever the latch behind it is. When the backset is the problem, an adjustable latch covers both common dimensions: the Deltana DLP23875 drive-in latch adjusts to 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch in passage/privacy, and the Deltana DLE23875 is the adjustable entry counterpart. If the bore is a confirmed 2-3/8 inch, the Kwikset 84290 square corner plainlatch is fixed at that backset.

Residential. It is the edge plate that goes with Emtek's residential door hardware latches, so it is the right match for apartment, condo and single-family interior and entry doors running Emtek knobsets and leversets. There is nothing electrified about it, it is a mechanical cover plate with screws.

The faceplate is the only part of a cylindrical latch that shows once the door is open, so a finish change usually means a plate change rather than a latch change. The Emtek 83231 faceplate and screws is offered in 15 finishes, including Flat Black (US19), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Satin Nickel (US15) and Polished Chrome (US26), and covers standard or 28 degree rotation latches with a 1/4 inch radius corner pocket. Replacing the latch outright - a Deltana DLP23875 drive-in latch, for instance - is the move when the mechanism is worn or the backset has to change, not when the finish is the only complaint.