Emtek 8556 Tuscany Bronze Single Sided Deadbolt - Lost Wax Cast Bronze

No. The 8556 is a one-sided deadbolt operated by a thumbturn from the inside only. There is no outside cylinder and no outside collar or trim supplied, so the exterior face of the door stays blank. That makes it an interior-side bolt for privacy, back-of-house, or a door you never need to unlock from the other side. If you need key access from outside, look at a cylinder x thumbturn deadbolt instead, such as the Dexter DB1000 Series single cylinder or the Hager 3115.

It covers 1-3/8 inch through 2 inch doors. The 8556 is built as standard for a 1-3/4 inch door, which is the usual commercial and exterior residential thickness, so if your door is thicker than that you have to call it out when you order. There is a door thickness field on the order for exactly that reason.

In most cases yes. It uses a standard tubular deadbolt prep: 2-1/8 inch cross bore through the face and a 1 inch edge bore, with a 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset. Those are the same holes a typical residential deadbolt occupies, so a straight swap usually needs no new drilling. Measure from the door edge to the center of the existing bore to decide which backset to order.

The nearest match in function is the Callan Model 205S, a one-sided half-bore deadbolt. Like the Emtek 8556, which is operated by a thumbturn from the inside only with no cylinder or collar, the Callan 205S bores only one face of the door. The Callan 205S is a Grade 3 deadbolt. The difference is appearance and material: the 8556 is lost wax cast bronze in the Tuscany style, offered in Flat Black Bronze and Medium Bronze.

The Emtek 8556 Tuscany is catalogued as residential hardware, so for a commercial exit door look at the Arrow E60, a Grade 2 exit deadlock with a blank plate by thumbturn function and a door thickness range of 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. The Arrow E60 gives you the same no-key, turn-from-inside operation with a blank plate on the outside face.

The Emtek 8556 Tuscany is non-keyed and works from the inside thumbturn only, so it will not serve an exterior entry. For key operation outside with a thumbturn inside, the Dexter DB2000 single cylinder deadbolt is Grade 2 and fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Hager 3115 is a cylinder by thumbturn deadbolt with a Schlage C keyway fitting the same 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch range.

The Emtek 8556 Tuscany covers doors from 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Above that, the Corbin Russwin DL3011 cylindrical deadlock is rated for 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors. Note the DL3011 is a cylinder by blank deadlock rather than a thumbturn-operated single sided unit.

The Emtek 8556 Tuscany is residential hardware. Where a fire rating is called for, the Hager 3115 and Hager 3215 are both fire rated cylinder by thumbturn deadbolts for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, the 3215 with a 1 inch throw, and the Cal-Royal CRB800 is a heavy duty single cylinder deadbolt with a UL 3-hour fire rated latch.

Backset is a required choice on the 8556, either 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch. It is the distance from the door edge to the center of the bolt hole. Residential doors most often use 2-3/8 inch; 2-3/4 inch shows up on thicker stiles and many commercial openings. If you are replacing an existing bolt, match what is already drilled rather than guessing.

Two: Flat Black Bronze (FB) and Medium Bronze (MB). Both are lost wax cast bronze from the Tuscany Bronze collection, so they are a living finish rather than a plated one and will develop patina with handling. If you are matching other Tuscany Bronze knobs or levers already on the building, order the same finish code across the set.

It is a residential product. The 8556 is cast bronze decorative hardware for homes and light interior use. For a commercial opening where a graded bolt is specified, choose something like the Delaney LM Series Grade 1 deadbolt or the Cal-Royal CB160 Grade 2, both of which carry a stated ANSI grade.

No, and that is by design. The 8556 is a non-keyed deadbolt with no cylinder, so there is nothing to key into a master or keyed-alike system. If a door needs to be part of a keyed suite, use a cylinder x thumbturn deadbolt instead, for example the Accentra D111 or the Bravura 310B Elite.

Both lock from one face only, but the prep differs. The 8556 uses a full tubular prep, a 2-1/8 inch cross bore straight through the door plus a 1 inch edge bore, so the hole appears on the outside face even though no trim covers it. A half-bore unit such as the Callan Model 205S is bored only partway, leaving the exterior face untouched. If the outside of the door must stay unmarked, the half-bore is the one to use.

Two items come up in searches that are not complete deadbolts. The BEST 8T is a T Series tubular deadbolt tube component, that is the latch mechanism by itself, and the Baldwin Reserve 8BR0618001 is a deadbolt spacer for double cylinder applications. The Emtek 8556 Tuscany is a complete single sided tubular deadbolt with the thumbturn trim.

Yes. The Emtek 8556 Tuscany is a tubular deadbolt requiring a 2-1/8 inch cross bore and 1 inch edge bore. If you would rather not bore, the Codelocks CL200 is a surface mounted deadbolt with key override, and the Codelocks CL2200 is a surface mounted electronic deadbolt in a brushed steel finish. Both mount to the face of the door instead.

The Emtek 8556 Tuscany has a thumbturn on the inside and no cylinder at all, so there is no key anywhere in the lock. A double cylinder deadbolt such as the Callan Model 210S, a Grade 3 double cylinder unit, or the Dexter DB1000 double cylinder, Grade 1 for 1-3/8 inch to 1-7/8 inch doors, takes a key on both faces and has no thumbturn. Double cylinder is typically chosen for doors with glass nearby; check your local egress code before specifying one.

The Cal-Royal LSD is a Grade 3 single cylinder deadbolt with an ADA ergonomic thumbturn, covering doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. It differs from the Emtek 8556 Tuscany in that it is keyed from the outside, where the 8556 is non-keyed and turn-operated from one side only.

Solid, lost wax cast bronze. The 8556 Tuscany thumbturn is cast rather than stamped or plated over zinc, which is why it carries weight in the hand and why the finish wears in rather than off.