Emtek Lost Wax Cast Bronze Recoleta 8" Door Pull

Three mounting choices on the Recoleta 8 inch bronze pull. Standard is thru-bolt with decorative caps (MPN 86168FB or 86168MB). Concealed screws is the CS option (CS86168FB, CS86168MB) if you do not want fastener heads showing on the face. Back-to-back is the BTB option (BTB86168FB, BTB86168MB) when you want a matching pull on both sides of the door sharing the same thru-bolts. Pick the mounting before you order, since the part number changes with it.

Center-to-center is 8 inches, and overall height is also 8 inches, so the mounting holes sit right at the ends of the pull. If you are replacing an existing pull and want to reuse the holes in the door, the old pull needs 8 inch CTC to line up.

Yes, for the thru-bolt and back-to-back versions. Both pass fasteners through the door, so the bolt length has to suit the leaf. There is a Door Thickness field on the order to capture that. Concealed-screw mounting fastens from the back side and is the option to look at if the door is unusually thick or you cannot drill through.

It is classified residential. Lost wax cast bronze is solid and durable, but for a school, hospital, or retail entrance you want a commercial-duty pull instead. From the commercial side, the Ives 8103HD straight pull with through-bolt mounting or the ABH AB7200 solid stainless flat end pull with through-bolt mounting are the kind of thing to spec. The Recoleta is for front doors, interior doors, and cabinetry where the look drives the choice.

No, order the BTB (back-to-back) version instead. BTB86168FB or BTB86168MB gives you a matched pair sharing common thru-bolts, so the two pulls align and there is no fastener head on either face. Ordering two single pulls gets you two sets of thru-bolts that will fight each other in the same holes.

The Emtek Recoleta 8 inch door pull is a lost wax cast bronze pull designated for residential use, so for a commercial opening look at a heavy duty steel or stainless pull instead. The Ives 8103HD is a heavy duty straight door pull in 1 inch round stock with through bolt mounting, and the Ives 8102HD is a heavy duty straight pull using 3/4 inch round bar with 1-1/2 inch clearance. The ABH AB7200 is a solid stainless steel flat end pull handle in 7/8 inch diameter, also through-bolt mounted. Those are built for the cycle counts a store or institutional entrance sees; the Recoleta is a decorative bronze pull for a house or a boutique interior door.

The Emtek Recoleta 8 inch pull is offered in a back-to-back mounting configuration alongside its standard thru-bolt with decorative caps and a concealed screw version, in Flat Black Bronze and Medium Bronze. If you want a back-to-back set in another look, the Deltana OHP620 is an off-set handle pull sold as a back-to-back set for doors 1-1/8 inch to 1-3/8 inch thick, and Deltana offers longer back-to-back pairs in the SSPOBB24 24 inch modern offset and the SSPORBB24 24 inch round offset. The Sure-Loc PL-2KN is a knurled long pull in a double-sided configuration. The Recoleta differs in being cast bronze with an 8 inch center-to-center; the Deltana 24 inch sets cover a much taller grip span.

Projection is 2 inches, which gives you room to get a full hand behind it with gloves on. That standoff also matters near a jamb or an adjacent wall, and on a door that swings into a tight pocket, since the pull sticks out 2 inches past the face.

Two: Flat Black Bronze (FB) and Medium Bronze (MB). Both are available in all three mountings (standard thru-bolt, concealed screws, and back-to-back). These are living bronze finishes from Emtek's Tuscany Bronze collection, so they will patina with handling rather than stay factory-uniform. Order all pulls for a job at once if you want them to age together.

Yes. It is classed as a door or appliance pull, so the 8 inch size works on a refrigerator panel, a pantry door, or a tall cabinet as well as a passage or entry door. On cabinetry the concealed-screw version usually looks better, since the thru-bolt caps would show on the inside face of the panel.

The Recoleta only comes in the 8 inch size. On a tall entry or glass-front door where you want more visual weight, look at the Deltana SSP1210 12 inch contemporary pull for a single-side application, or the Deltana SSPOBB24 24 inch back-to-back offset pulls for a pair on both faces. Sure-Loc also does long pulls in round, square, and knurled profiles, single and double sided. None of those are cast bronze, so they will not match Emtek's Tuscany Bronze finishes.

The Emtek Recoleta 8 inch pull mounts with a 2 inch projection on an 8 inch center-to-center. If you want an offset shape, the ABH AB3310 is an offset flat end door pull for surface mount and the AB3330 series is an offset round end pull with custom length options. The Ives 8169 is a C style offset solid pull in 1 inch diameter with heavy duty mounting, and the Ives 8145EZHD uses a 45 degree offset. Deltana's SSPOBB24 and SSPORBB24 are 24 inch offset pulls in modern and round profiles.

They solve a different problem. The Emtek Recoleta is an 8 inch center-to-center grip pull in cast bronze, thru-bolt mounted with a 2 inch projection, so it is for a door you pull open. A plate mounts flat to the face: the Trimco 1001-1 is a heavy duty push plate at 3 inches by 12 inches, the Trimco 1041 is a half-round push plate at 8 inches by 16 inches, and the Trimco 1070 series offers classic push/pull plates at 3-1/2 inches by 15 inches. Use a plate on the push side and reserve the Recoleta for the pull side.

Lost wax casting means each Recoleta pull is poured into a one-off mold, which is why it has the irregular hand-formed surface rather than the uniform machined look of tubular stainless. Bronze all the way through, not plated, so wear shows as patina instead of a bright spot. If you want the opposite look, a solid stainless pull like the ABH AB7200 or the Ives 8102HD round bar pull holds a consistent finish and does not develop a patina.

No, it is purely mechanical trim. There is no electronic function, no reader, no wiring. It is a grab handle only, with no latching mechanism, so the door still needs its own lock, latch, or deadbolt to secure it.