Emtek Classic Brass Leverset - Merrimack Lever, Passage Set

Yes. The Merrimack passage set drops into a standard 2-1/8 inch cross bore and covers doors from 1-3/8 inch up to 2-1/4 inch thick, so a typical 1-3/4 inch interior door needs no extra prep. One exception on the rosette side: if you pick the STRETTO rosette, that one wants a 1-1/4 inch diameter bore and a 2-hole prep. The rest of the brass rosettes go on the standard prep.

Backset is a required choice at order time, 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch. The standard latch ships 2-3/8 inch, which is what most residential interior doors are bored for; specify 2-3/4 inch if your existing latch hole sits farther from the edge. Measure from the door edge to the center of the 2-1/8 inch bore and order to match, since the latch is what has to reach the strike.

It does not lock. Passage function means the lever simply retracts the latch from either side, non-keyed, with no push button or thumbturn. Use it on halls, closets, pantries, and laundry doors. For a bedroom or bathroom you want a privacy function instead, which adds the thumbturn on the inside, and for an exterior or office door you need a keyed entry function.

Handing matters here. The Merrimack lever is ordered Left Hand or Right Hand, so you have to determine the door's hand before you order rather than reversing it on site. Stand outside the door, on the side it swings away from: if the hinges are on your left it is left hand, on your right it is right hand. Get this wrong and the lever points up instead of down.

If the door already has the standard 2-1/8 inch cross bore and a 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset latch bore, the Merrimack goes straight in, since it is a tubular cylindrical lockset on that same prep. Order the backset to match what is drilled and pick the latch faceplate corner, round or square, to match the existing mortise in the door edge. The one case that needs new prep is the STRETTO rosette, which calls for a 1-1/4 inch bore and a two hole preparation.

The Merrimack lever in passage function is a non-keyed brass tubular lever set for residential use, so it latches without locking on hall and closet doors. If the same opening needs a commercial-rated lever in the same function, the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage cylindrical lock with non-handed levers and a 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch door thickness range, and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant passage/closet lever lock with a fire rating for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors. The Merrimack is chosen for the brass finish range and rosette styling; the K101 and CL3110 are chosen where an ANSI grade has to appear on the submittal.

The Merrimack passage set specifies a door thickness of 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch with a 2-1/8 inch cross bore. For openings beyond that, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch, the Corbin Russwin CL3110 passage/closet lever covers 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch, and the Hager 2510 Grade 2 passage lever covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Measure the leaf before ordering, since a thick fire door or a clad exterior slab will fall outside the Merrimack range.

Passage is the wrong function for a bath or bedroom because the Merrimack in passage form is non-keyed and does not latch locked. For those openings, the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with the 5048 rose is a privacy function lever, the Kwikset 300BRNL RDT Breton is a Grade 3 privacy lever set for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 privacy cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. Match the finish across the run so the privacy doors read the same as the passage doors.

No. The Merrimack passage set is non-keyed with a passage function, so it has no cylinder and cannot secure an opening. Keyed cylindrical levers for those uses include the Cal-Royal AG03 classroom lever, Grade 2 with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway keyed different and a 2-3/4 inch backset, the Cal-Royal AG05 Grade 2 storeroom lever with a deadlocking latchbolt for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Dexter C1000 Grade 1 classroom cylindrical lever with clutching for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Keep the Merrimack for the interior hall and closet doors in the same job.

No, and it is the most common mix-up on a closet run. The Merrimack passage set includes a working latch and strike plate and retracts the latch when the lever is turned. A dummy lever is surface trim with no latch at all, for a door held by a ball catch or an inactive leaf. Dummy parts in cylindrical form include the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim lever, Grade 1 heavy duty and non-keyed, the BEST 7KC Series single dummy trim lever, Grade 2 medium duty, and the Callan Bentley Grade 2 dummy lever. Order the Merrimack passage set only where the door has to latch.

The Merrimack in passage form has no cylinder, so an entry door needs a keyed lever. Options in cylindrical form include the Hager 2525 Grade 2 commercial cylindrical entry lock with a lever handle for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, the Cal-Royal AG00 entrance lever, Grade 2 with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway keyed different and a 2-3/8 inch backset for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Falcon B511CP6D Grade 2 medium duty lever with entry/office function. In a decorative brass program, the Deltana 6201 Manchester lever entry covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors.

It ships as a complete set: both levers, the rosettes you specify, the latch, and the strike plate. Nothing else needs to be bought to hang it on a properly bored door. The latch faceplate is available round corner or square corner, so you can match the mortise already cut into your door edge instead of re-chiseling it.

CF gives you rosettes with no exposed screws, so the trim reads clean from both faces, and it comes with the 28 degree rotation latch included. The other two latch choices are the standard latch and the 28 degree latch on its own. The 28 degree latch takes less lever rotation to retract, which is the lighter feel people notice on a hall door they use all day. If you do not care about visible screw heads, the standard latch build is the simpler order.

Ten finishes are offered: Flat Black (US19), French Antique (US7), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Pewter (US15A), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Brass (US4), Satin Nickel (US15), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). Seven brass rosette shapes go with them, from the round Regular and Oval to the Rectangular, Quincy, Watford, Wilshire, and #8. That is how you keep a whole floor of doors consistent while changing only the rosette shape where the trim calls for it.

Staying in the decorative residential lane, the Baldwin Estate 5103 passage lever with the 5048 rose is the closest equivalent in character, and Baldwin also offers that same 5103 in privacy and in left and right hand half dummy so you can trim a whole set of doors consistently. Bravura's Miramar passage leverset in US4 Satin Brass is another round-trim brass-finish passage option. Where the Merrimack differs is breadth of specification, ten finishes and seven rosette shapes ordered separately from the lever.

The Merrimack passage set is a brass lever offered in ten finishes from Flat Black to Unlacquered Brass and seven rosette styles, which is more selection than a utility door needs. For plainer openings, the Hager 2510 is a Grade 2 passage cylindrical lever with the Withnell design for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 medium duty passage lever with a non-handed design, and the Design Hardware J75 is a Grade 2 passage lever lockset with a flat lever for 1-3/4 inch doors. All three do the same latching job; they differ from the Merrimack in trim range rather than function.

The Merrimack passage set is a residential brass lever, well suited to unit interiors where finish continuity matters, and it is offered in ten finishes with both 2-3/8 inch and 2-3/4 inch backsets. Corridor and back-of-house doors in the same building usually call for a graded passage lever: the Falcon K101 is Grade 1 heavy duty, fire rated and non-handed; the Falcon T101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage lever with pressure release technology; and the Design Hardware X75 is a Grade 1 passage lever lockset with a flat lever for 1-3/4 inch doors. A common approach is Merrimack inside the units and one graded family in the common areas.

The Merrimack is a mechanical, non-electronic lever set with no code entry. Where a hall or closet door needs keyless access, the Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with passage function and ADA compliance for 1-3/16 inch to 2 inch doors, the Lockey 2835DC adds double combination in the same function and thickness range, and the Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination in passage function for 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch doors. These carry a keypad on the escutcheon rather than a decorative rosette.

The Merrimack passage set is ordered left hand or right hand, so the door swing has to be confirmed before the order goes in. Several commercial passage levers avoid that step: the Falcon B101 Grade 2 passage lever has a non-handed design, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lock uses non-handed levers, and the Kwikset 200DL Delta passage lever is reversible with an adjustable 6AL latch and RCS strike. On a large re-key or fleet order, non-handed hardware removes a line of error from the takeoff.

Neither. It is a purely mechanical, non-keyed passage set with no cylinder and no electronics, so there is nothing to key, no keyway to match, and nothing to wire. If you need keyless entry on the same opening, the Lockey 2835 mechanical pushbutton lever handles 1-3/16 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Delaney LP250 is an electronic keypad leverlock.

The Merrimack is a brass lever set built around a chosen rosette, with the trim style selected separately from options such as the Rectangular and Watford rosettes, and it can be ordered with a CF mechanism so the rosettes carry no exposed screws. The Bravura passage levers pair a fixed trim with each design: the Miramar with round trim is a Grade 2 passage leverset in US4 satin brass, the Atlanta and Orlando come with round trim, and the Tampa comes with square trim, all Grade 2 passage. Bravura fixes the lever and trim as one part; the Merrimack is configured.