Emtek Classic Brass Leverset - Merrimack Lever, Privacy Set

Yes. The Merrimack privacy leverset drops into standard door prep: a 2-1/8 inch cross bore, on doors from 1-3/8 inch up to 2-1/4 inch thick. One exception matters at order time: if you pick the STRETTO rosette, the prep changes to a 1-1/4 inch diameter bore with a 2-hole preparation for the thumbturn. Everything else on the brass rosette range uses the normal 2-1/8 inch hole.

Measure from the door edge to the center of the bore hole. The Merrimack privacy set ships with a 2-3/8 inch backset latch as standard, and you specify 2-3/4 inch if that is what your door is bored for. Backset is a required selection when ordering, so get it off the door before you buy. Interior residential doors are usually 2-3/8; 2-3/4 shows up more on exterior and some older prep.

Sold as a complete set: both levers, the rosettes, the latch and the strike plate are in the box. Nothing else is required to hang it on a bored door. The only thing you choose is which latch, standard or the 28 degree rotation latch, and the latch faceplate corner style, round or square, to match the mortise already cut in your door edge.

Handing matters here. The Merrimack lever is ordered as Left Hand or Right Hand, so you cannot flip it in the field like a non-handed commercial lever. Stand outside the door, on the side it swings away from you: if the hinges are on your left it is left hand, hinges on the right is right hand. On a privacy set the outside is the hallway side, the side with the emergency release rather than the thumbturn.

No, not for commercial openings. The Merrimack is a residential tubular brass leverset, non-keyed, with a bed and bath privacy function. For a corridor, a leased unit, or anything carrying a code or grade requirement on the drawing, go to a graded commercial cylindrical lock instead. From what ZenSupply stocks, the Arrow MK02-TA is a privacy cylindrical lock listed Grade 1 with a fire rating, and the Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 privacy cylindrical lock for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors.

Privacy means it locks from the inside only, by thumbturn, with no key and no cylinder. That is the bed and bath function. If the door does not need to lock at all, a hall and closet passage lever is the right part, and ZenSupply carries the Baldwin Estate 5103 passage lever if you want a comparable solid brass look. If the door needs a key, the Merrimack privacy set is the wrong function entirely, it is non-keyed. For a decorative brass entry lever, the Deltana 6201 Manchester and 6431 Linstead are entry function and fit 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors.

Yes, up to 2-1/4 inches with the standard 2-1/8 inch bore prep, which covers thick solid core and most custom slabs. There is a free-text door thickness field at order time, so state the actual slab thickness when you buy and the set is supplied to suit. Doors thinner than 1-3/8 inch are outside the range.

In most cases yes, because both work off the same bored prep. The Kwikset 300BRNL Breton privacy set covers 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Merrimack privacy set covers 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch on a 2-1/8 inch cross bore, so a door already bored for the Kwikset is within range. Confirm the backset in the existing hole, 2-3/8 or 2-3/4, and order the Merrimack to match, and pick the faceplate corner, round or square, to suit the mortise already cut in the door edge.

The Baldwin Estate 5103 Privacy Lever with 5048 Rose is the nearest decorative-residential match. Both are privacy/bed/bath levers built for interior doors rather than commercial openings. The difference is in configurability: the Emtek Merrimack privacy set is ordered as a handed lever, Left Hand or Right Hand, and paired with a chosen brass rosette - #8, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Watford or Wilshire - while the Baldwin 5103 privacy is supplied on its own 5048 rose. Finish is also selected on the Emtek side from ten options including Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Polished Nickel - Lifetime (US14) and Flat Black (US19).

The Kwikset 300BRNL RDT Breton Privacy Lever Set is a Grade 3 privacy/bed/bath lever that fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, which is the same door range the Emtek Merrimack privacy set is specified for. The Merrimack is a brass-material lever offered in ten finishes with a choice of seven rosettes; the Breton comes as a fixed round-trim set. For a fleet of interior doors where the finish only has to be consistent, the Breton covers the same function with one part number instead of a configured one.

The Emtek Merrimack privacy set is classified for residential use. For a commercial opening, the Hager 2540 Grade 2 Privacy Cylindrical Lock with Withnell Lever is the cylindrical equivalent and takes doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick, a wider range than the Merrimack's 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. The Hager is a commercial lever with fixed Withnell trim; the Merrimack is the decorative brass lever with selectable rosette and finish.

The Emtek Merrimack privacy set is specified for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick. For a 2 inch door, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 cylindrical lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch, and the Hager 2510 Grade 2 lever covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Note the function difference before ordering: both of those are passage/hall/closet locks with no privacy locking, so they suit a door that only needs to latch, not a bed or bath door that has to lock from inside.

CF stands for concealed fastener: the rosettes mount with no exposed screws on the face, so you see a clean brass rose instead of two screw heads. Choose it where the hardware is on show, a front hall or a client-facing room. It comes with the 28 degree latch included, which is a shorter lever rotation than a standard latch. If you are matching existing Emtek doors that already show screws, take the standard rosette instead so the openings look alike.

Seven brass rosettes work with the Merrimack lever: #8, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Watford and Wilshire. The lever can be ordered with any brass rosette, so a builder standardizing a house can run the same Merrimack lever throughout and change the rose shape between formal and secondary rooms. Rectangular and Wilshire read squarer, Oval and Quincy softer.

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). Two notes for matching a whole floor of doors: the Lifetime finishes are the ones that hold their look, and Unlacquered Brass is deliberately living, it will darken and patina over time rather than stay bright. There is also a split finish option if you want the hall side to differ from the room side.

No. The Merrimack privacy set is a working latching set with latch and strike, it does not function as a dummy. For an inactive leaf you need a half dummy, which is a handed part, and ZenSupply stocks the Baldwin Estate 5103 in both a left hand and a right hand half dummy with the 5048 rose if you want a decorative brass match rather than a commercial one.

It matches on function but not on trim. The Arrow MK02-TA is a privacy cylindrical lock with a Tudor knob, non-keyed, and it is fire rated. The Emtek Merrimack privacy set is a lever, not a knob. If the opening needs a lever - for reach or for a specification calling out lever trim - the MK02-TA does not answer it. If a knob is acceptable and the door is a fire-rated opening, the Arrow is the one to look at.

The Emtek Merrimack privacy set is ordered Left Hand or Right Hand. If handing is a problem for a stocked order, the Falcon B101 Grade 2 and the Falcon K101 Grade 1 are both non-handed lever locks, so one part serves either swing. Both are passage/hall/closet function rather than privacy, so they suit hall and closet doors; a bed or bath door that must lock from inside still needs a privacy lever.

The Emtek Merrimack privacy set is privacy/bed/bath function only. For matching function changes in a comparable decorative family, the Baldwin Estate 5103 Passage Lever with 5048 Rose covers passage/hall/closet, and the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy is offered as a left hand and a right hand version for a door leaf that does not latch. That gives one lever design across privacy, passage and dummy openings on the same floor.

They solve different problems. The Emtek Merrimack privacy set is a non-keyed, non-electronic tubular privacy lever - it locks from the inside for a bed or bath door. The Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with passage function and ADA compliance, fitting doors 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch, and it controls who gets through the door by code rather than giving the occupant an inside lock. Use the Lockey where access needs to be restricted; use the Merrimack where an interior door needs privacy.

Solid brass, both substrate and finish family, in Emtek's American Classic styling. Brass is the material a property manager wants where the hardware is handled constantly and needs to stay presentable, and the Lifetime finishes, Polished Brass US3 and Polished Nickel US14, are the ones to specify for units you do not want to be refinishing. Note this is a residential-duty set, so for a leased-out corridor or a common area the graded commercial locks are the better call.