Emtek Designer Brass Knobsets - Belmont Knob, Dummy (Pair)

No door prep is needed. The Belmont dummy knob set is surface mounted, so it screws to the face of the door rather than dropping into a 2-1/8 inch cross bore. That makes it the usual choice for a false-active leaf on a pair of French doors or a closet door where nothing has to latch. If the door already has a bore from an old lockset, a dummy trim will not cover or fill it, so you would want a keyed or passage lockset in that opening instead.

It ships as a pair, one knob for each face of the door, sold as a complete set with both rosettes. If you only need a single knob on one side (a closet door or one leaf of a pair), a single dummy is the right call instead, such as the Schlage A170 single dummy trim or the BEST 6K Series single dummy.

Yes, and it is part of the order. The Belmont knob can be ordered with any brass rosette: #8, Lancaster, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Ribbon & Reed, Rope, Watford, or Wilshire. Pick the rosette that matches the passage and privacy sets already on the other doors so the dummy blends in.

The Belmont knob in dummy function is surface mounted with no latch and no door prep, so it will not hold a door closed. For a latching hall or closet door, the Baldwin Estate 5011 Colonial passage knob with 5058 rose and the Omnia 434/PA egg-shaped knob latchset with 3 inch projection are passage-function knobsets in the same traditional decorative vein. For higher-traffic openings, the Schlage D10S is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage latch with an Orbit knob.

The Belmont knob in dummy function is non-keyed with no locking mechanism, so bed and bath doors need a privacy set. Comparable privacy knobs include the Baldwin Estate 5077 Bethpage privacy knob with R027 rose, the Baldwin Estate 5000 Baltimore 2 inch knob with 5148 rose privacy lock on a 2-3/8 inch backset with full lip strike, and the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas privacy knob for doors 1-3/8 to 2 inches thick. For a Grade 2 commercial privacy knob, the Dexter C2000 privacy ball knob covers 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors.

They serve the same non-functioning trim purpose but differ in two ways that affect ordering. The Schlage A170 is a single dummy trim, Grade 2 cylindrical non-keyed, rated heavy duty and listed for doors 1-3/8 to 1-7/8 inches thick - it covers one side only. The Emtek Belmont dummy is sold as a complete pair for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches thick, surface mounted with no door prep, and is a residential brass decorative set offered in ten rosette styles.

Cylindrical dummy and passage knobs require a bored door. The Cal-Royal BA40 dummy knob is a cylindrical lock, and the BEST 6K single dummy trim and Schlage A170 single dummy are cylindrical as well - all of them expect standard door prep. The Emtek Belmont dummy is surface mounted and requires no door prep, which is why it is the one that goes on an unbored or already-covered door face.

The Emtek Belmont dummy knob is specified for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches thick. Where the door is thicker, the Schlage A170 single dummy trim is listed to 1-7/8 inches. Among latching knobs for thick doors, the Corbin Russwin CK4310 Grade 1 passage lock and the Deltana 6171 Round knob entry both go to 2 inches, and the Falcon X101 Grade 1 passage knobset goes to 2-1/4 inches.

Seven: French Antique (US7), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Pewter (US15A), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Polished Chrome (US26), Satin Nickel (US15), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). Unlacquered brass will patina over time, which is intentional on restoration work; the Lifetime polished brass will not. There is also a split finish option if you want a different finish on each face of the door.

It is catalogued for residential use. For a commercial opening where an ANSI/BHMA grade is on the drawing, look at graded dummy and knob trim instead, such as the Schlage A170 Grade 2 single dummy or the BEST 6K Series Grade 2 dummy trim. High traffic institutional work usually calls for Grade 1, like the Schlage D Series.

The Belmont Belmont knob in dummy function is classified residential and carries no latching or locking function, so it is not the part for a rated or high-traffic commercial opening. For those doors, the BEST 6K single dummy trim is Grade 2 medium duty, and where a latching function is needed the Falcon X101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical passage knobset with interchangeable core and a fire rating, covering doors 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inches. The Corbin Russwin CK4310 is a Grade 1 passage lock for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors.

The Belmont dummy is an American Designer style brass set that can be ordered with any brass rosette, including Ribbon and Reed, Rope, Wilshire and Watford patterns. For a plain round dummy instead, the Bravura Biloxi BVR-BV34722 is a Grade 2 dummy knobset with round trim, and the Cal-Royal BA40 is a dummy knob from the Barrington BA series for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches thick.

The Emtek Belmont dummy is non-keyed with no cylinder, so the keyed opening needs a separate entry set. Brass-bodied traditional options include the Deltana 3381 Egg knob entry and the Deltana 6901 Portland knob entry; the 3381 covers doors 1-3/8 to 2 inches and the 6901 covers 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches. The Baldwin Estate 5000 Baltimore knob is also offered in a passage configuration with a 2-3/8 inch backset and full lip strike if only latching is wanted.

The Belmont dummy is sold as one complete pair per set, in finishes such as Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Satin Nickel US15 and Polished Brass US3. For volume standardization on a unit turn, the Sure-Loc Bergen round knob is offered as a 6-pack with adjustable backset, and the Schlage Residential F500 Plymouth with Georgian knob is a combo pack with adjustable backsets and dual strikes for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches thick.

Brass, both the material and the substrate, and it belongs to Emtek's Brass collection in the American Designer styling. That matters on unlacquered and oil rubbed bronze finishes, where the finish wears into the base metal rather than flaking off a pot metal casting.

Yes. There is an optional split finish entry on the order, so you can specify one finish for the hall side and another for the room side. Useful when a closet or French door opens between two rooms finished differently. Put the exact finish for each face in that field.