Emtek 93224 Heavy Duty Full Lip Deadbolt Strike Plate

Either prep works. The 93224 heavy duty full lip deadbolt strike plate covers both 2-3/8 and 2-3/4 inch backsets, so the same part goes on a standard residential door regardless of which of the two common backsets the door was bored for. The frame side is what the strike mounts to, so what actually has to line up is the edge bore height, not the backset itself.

1-3/8 to 2 inches. That spans the standard 1-3/4 inch commercial-weight door, the older 1-3/8 inch interior door, and thicker 2 inch entry slabs. If your door is heavier than 2 inches, this is not the right prep.

The deadbolt prep is a 2-1/8 inch cross bore through the door face and a 1 inch edge bore into the door edge. Those are the standard tubular deadbolt numbers, so a door already carrying a tubular deadbolt normally takes this without redrilling.

They do two different jobs in the same opening. The Emtek 93224 is a heavy duty full lip deadbolt strike plate in steel - the visible plate that mortises into the jamb face and carries the lip the bolt passes over. The Kwikset 81640 is a strike box, the metal cup that sits behind the plate inside the jamb mortise to line the bolt pocket. On a deadbolt install the plate is what you fasten and see; the box is what the bolt throws into. Buying the box does not give you a plate, and vice versa.

Look at an adjustable strike. The Kwikset 80318 is a full round adjustable strike, which lets the bolt opening be shifted to meet a bolt that is not centered in an existing mortise. The Emtek 93224 is a fixed full lip plate - the lip and bolt hole are in one stamped position, so the jamb prep has to match the plate. On a retrofit into an existing mortise, the adjustable strike absorbs the misalignment; on a new jamb cut to the plate, the fixed full lip plate is the straightforward part.

They are the closest peers in the group - both are steel deadbolt strike plates. The Deltana SP2753 is listed at 2-3/4 inch by 1-1/4 inch, a standard T-strike footprint. The Emtek 93224 is the heavy duty full lip version and comes with square corner faceplates in twelve finishes including Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Satin Nickel (US15), Flat Black (US19) and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). If the jamb is already mortised to a 2-3/4 by 1-1/4 pocket, both address that opening; the choice comes down to the lip and the finish you need to match on the rest of the door.

For an ASA prepped hollow metal frame, the Codelocks ASA strike plate is the part cut to that standard - it is an ASA strike plate in a stainless steel finish. The Emtek 93224 is a residential heavy duty full lip deadbolt strike plate, sized and finished for wood jamb residential deadbolt prep with a tubular deadbolt. Match the plate to the frame prep: ASA frame takes the ASA plate, residential wood jamb takes the full lip plate.

Full lip. The 93224 has a formed lip that wraps the jamb edge, which protects the wood face from the deadbolt dragging as it throws and gives the bolt a guided entry. A flat deadbolt plate like the Deltana SP2753, a 2-3/4 by 1-1/4 inch steel deadbolt strike, sits flush in the mortise with no lip, which is what you want when the jamb is already routed for a plain rectangular strike and you do not want to cut the extra relief for a lip.

Just the frame hardware. The 93224 is a replacement strike plate, not a keyed component, so there is nothing to key and no cylinder involved. The deadbolt it serves runs a Schlage C keyway, which is what matters if you are keying the lock into an existing set.

Square corners. The mortise in the jamb has to be chiselled square at the corners to seat it flat. If the existing cutout was made for a radius corner strike, the square plate will not drop in without squaring off those corners with a chisel.

Residential. The 93224 is built for a residential tubular deadbolt on a 1-3/8 to 2 inch door. For a commercial jamb where you need an adjustable or heavier frame strike, the Kwikset 80318 full round adjustable strike and the Kwikset 81825 six way adjustable deadlatch are deadbolt strike options with adjustment built in.

The 93224 is the strike plate itself. If you want a metal box behind it so the deadbolt throws into an enclosed pocket rather than bare framing, that is a separate part, and the Kwikset 81640 strike box and Kwikset 81231-001 metal strike dust box are both deadbolt strike boxes sold on their own.

Deadbolt only. The 93224 is cut for a deadbolt throw, not for a spring latch, so it has no curved lip to ride a latch bolt closed. A passage or entry latch needs its own latch strike. For an aluminum or commercial door frame taking an ASA style cutout, the Codelocks ASA strike plate in stainless is the different animal entirely.

The Emtek 93224 heavy duty full lip deadbolt strike plate is the one to standardize on for finish. It comes with a square corner faceplate in 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). The Codelocks ASA strike plate is offered in a stainless steel finish, so it reads as one look across a run of doors rather than matching a bronze or brass trim package.

No - a deadlatch is not a strike plate. The Kwikset 81825 is a 6 way adjustable deadlatch, the latch assembly that goes into the door edge. The Emtek 93224 is the deadbolt strike plate that mortises into the jamb on the opposite side of the opening. If a deadbolt bolt is chewing the jamb or the plate is damaged, the 93224 is the jamb-side part; the deadlatch addresses the latch in the door, not the strike.

Steel is the substrate, with the finish applied over it, and the associated deadbolt hardware is brass. Steel is what carries the load on a strike, which is the point of a heavy duty plate: the bolt bears on the strike every time someone tries the door.