Emtek 86086 Extended Lip Strike, Square Corners

The Emtek 86086 is an extended lip strike, meaning the ramp the latch rides over reaches further past the face of the jamb than it does on a standard plate. That extra reach matters when the door sits back from the jamb face, when the stop or casing is thick, or when the latch is catching the wood on the way in instead of riding up onto the lip. On a tight, flush opening where the latch already climbs the standard lip cleanly, you do not need the extended version. It comes with an underplate and screws, so you are fastening the plate itself, not sourcing hardware separately.

Square corners on the 86086, so it seats in a jamb pocket that was chiselled or cut with squared corners. If the mortise in your jamb has rounded corners, which is what a router template leaves, a square plate will not sit flush in it. You either square those corners out with a chisel or use a radius corner strike instead. Check the corners of the pocket itself, not the plate currently screwed over it, because the old plate can be a different shape than the hole underneath it.

The nearest peer is the Deltana SP2753, a steel strike plate measuring 2-3/4 inches by 1-1/4 inches with a deadbolt function. Both are flat jamb-face strikes that mortise into a rectangular cutout. The difference is what the plate does at the edge: the Emtek 86086 is an extended lip strike, meaning the lip runs further past the plate to carry the latch across the gap between the door and the jamb, and it ships with an underplate and screws. The Deltana is sized for a standard deadbolt pocket. Measure the existing mortise and check the door-to-jamb gap before swapping, because the extended lip changes how far the strike projects onto the stop.

Not the Emtek 86086. It has square corners and needs a rectangular mortise routed into the jamb face. For a round jamb bore, the Kwikset 80318 is a full round adjustable strike with a deadbolt strike plate function, and its adjustment lets you tune bolt engagement after the strike is seated. Going the other way, if you are replacing a round strike with the 86086 you will be cutting the jamb to square corners and filling the old bore.

No solenoid, no wiring. The 86086 is a fixed, non-electronic strike plate, so it holds the latch and nothing more. It will not release on an access control signal, a buzzer, or a keypad. If you need remote release at that opening, you need an electric strike, which is a different part with a different jamb prep and a power feed behind it.

Twelve finishes: Medium Bronze (MB), Tumbled White Bronze (TWB), 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). Those are Emtek's own finish codes, so order the strike in the same code stamped on your knob or lever and the two will read as a set. One thing to know about US3NL: unlacquered brass carries no clear coat, so it darkens with handling and weather. That is the point of it, and it means a new strike will start brighter than trim that has been on the door a few years before it catches up.

An underplate and mounting screws come with the 86086, which is what you need to fasten the plate to the jamb. The cup that lines the latch pocket behind the strike is a separate item. ZenSupply stocks those on their own, including the Kwikset 81640 Strike Box and the Kwikset 81231-001 Metal Strike Dust Box, so if your jamb pocket is open behind the plate, measure it and add a box sized to it.

Residential is what the 86086 is specified for. It suits apartment, condo, and single family entry and interior doors, particularly where you are keeping the finish consistent with Emtek trim across a unit or a whole building. It is not the plate for a commercial opening running a mortise lock, and it is not the plate for a fire rated door assembly, where the strike has to be part of a listed assembly. For those, use a commercial strike cut to that jamb prep.

No. The 86086 is a residential square corner strike, not an ASA plate, and it will not cover or fill the long T shaped cutout an ASA prep leaves in the jamb. For that prep, ZenSupply carries the Codelocks ASA Strike Plate in stainless steel, which is built for the ASA pocket. Dropping a residential plate over an ASA cutout leaves exposed jamb on both sides of it and nothing solid for the screws.

For a deadbolt you want a plate made for one. ZenSupply carries the Deltana SP2753, a steel deadbolt strike plate measuring 2-3/4 by 1-1/4 inches, and the Kwikset 80318 Full Round Adjustable Strike, which Kwikset lists as a deadbolt strike plate. The Emtek 86086 is the extended lip, square corner plate offered across Emtek's twelve finishes, so if you are matching an Emtek entry set and need both openings covered, plan on the deadbolt plate as a separate line on the order.

No, and they are usually used together rather than one instead of the other. The Emtek 86086 is the visible plate that mounts on the jamb face, supplied with an underplate and screws. The Kwikset 81640 Strike Box and the Kwikset 81231-001 Metal Strike Dust Box are the metal cups that line the bolt pocket inside the jamb, both carrying a deadbolt strike plate function. They reinforce and contain the pocket behind the plate; they do not finish the jamb face or provide the extended lip. If what failed on the opening is the visible plate, the 86086 is the part. If the bolt pocket is chewed out behind an otherwise good plate, the box is the part.

Plan on re-prepping the jamb. The Emtek 86086 is a square-corner extended lip strike cut to Emtek's own footprint, not to the ASA prep. If you want to keep the existing cutout, the Codelocks ASA Strike Plate is built to the ASA strike pattern and comes in a stainless steel finish. The trade is appearance: Emtek lists the 86086 for residential use and offers it in twelve decorative finishes, while the Codelocks part is a single stainless finish. On a commercial opening already cut to ASA, matching the prep is usually the cheaper labor path; on a residential door being refinished, cutting to the Emtek footprint gets you the finish match.

The Emtek 86086 is a fixed strike, so alignment is decided by where you cut the mortise. Two adjustable peers handle a moving target: the Kwikset 80318 full round adjustable strike and the Kwikset 81825 6 Way Adjustable Deadlatch, both with a deadbolt strike plate function. Adjustable strikes let you shift engagement without recutting the jamb, which suits doors that move seasonally or openings you maintain across a portfolio. The 86086 goes the other way, giving you a fixed extended lip and an underplate on a jamb you set once.

Yes. The 86086 is sold as a standalone replacement part, with its underplate and screws, so you can pull a bent or mismatched strike off the jamb and swap in a new one while leaving the knob or lever on the door alone. Order the finish code that matches the trim you are keeping.

The Emtek 86086 is offered in Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B) along with eleven other finishes, including Flat Black (US19), Satin Nickel (US15), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3) and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), so the strike can be specified in the same finish as the lockset. Among the alternatives, the Codelocks ASA Strike Plate is a stainless steel finish and the Deltana SP2753 is a steel plate. Those suit openings where the strike is utility hardware; the 86086 finish range is what you draw on when the strike is part of the visible package on a door.