Emtek Modern Classic Brass Leverset - Helios Lever, Dummy (Pair)

The Emtek Helios dummy leverset is a non-functioning pull. There is no latch, no spring return, and no mechanism behind it, so the lever is fixed and the door has to be held shut by a ball catch, roller catch, or magnetic catch you supply separately. A pair means levers on both faces, which is what a double closet, a French door leaf, or a pantry door with a catch normally needs. If you want the lever to retract a latch and hold the door closed on its own, a dummy is the wrong function and a passage set is what you want.

Yes. The Helios dummy pair covers 1-3/8 inch through 1-3/4 inch doors, which spans both the common older interior slab at 1-3/8 and the standard 1-3/4 inch door. There is also a Door Thickness field on the order, so if your door falls outside that or you are on something unusual, state the actual thickness when you order.

Because the lever is fixed, it cannot be flipped after the fact the way a spring-loaded passage lever often can, so handing is required at order time on the Helios dummy pair. Right Hand and Left Hand are the two choices. Stand on the outside of the door: if the hinges are on your right, it is right hand. Getting this wrong gives you a lever pointing back toward the hinge edge.

No. The Helios dummy pair is a residential product, solid brass, contemporary styling, with no grade behind it. For commercial traffic in a lever dummy, look at a Grade 1 or Grade 2 commercial dummy trim instead: the BEST 9K Series 1DT is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy trim, and the BEST 7KC Series 1DT is the Grade 2 medium duty version. The Accentra 455LN Augusta is another Grade 1 single dummy lever. All three are single dummies, so a two-sided opening needs two.

No, a pair gives you two levers and you would be paying for one you cannot use. For a single side, a half dummy is the correct part. The Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy with the 5048 rose is available in both hands, left as the 5103 LDM and right as the 5103 RDM, and the Callan Bentley 5051 is a Grade 2 dummy lever option. The Emtek pair is for openings where both faces get a handle, like a double closet or a French pair.

Not reliably. The Helios dummy is surface mounted with its own screw pattern, so it does not use a 2-1/8 inch cross bore and the rosette is not guaranteed to cover one. If you are pulling an existing cylindrical lock off a bored door and want a fixed pull in its place, a cylindrical dummy trim that seats in the existing prep is the cleaner swap, such as the BEST 7KC Series 1DT or the 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim. Use the Emtek pair on doors with no prep at all.

A dummy lever is non-keyed with no latch mechanism, so it will not hold a door shut. For a latching but non-locking opening, the Baldwin Estate 5103 is offered in a passage function with the 5048 rose, the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 cylindrical passage lever with a non-handed design, and the Hager 2510 is a Grade 2 passage cylindrical lever covering 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. All three latch; the Helios dummy pair is a fixed pull.

Yes. The Helios dummy is non-keyed with a dummy function, which means no privacy turn and no latch. For privacy, the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with the 5048 rose keeps the same decorative rose-mounted lever look, the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton privacy lever set is Grade 3 for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Hager 2540 privacy lock uses the Withnell lever on 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors.

The Helios dummy pair is a residential brass leverset with a surface mount dummy function and no door prep. When the drawing calls out a grade, order a graded peer instead: the Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant passage lever with a fire rating for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors, the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 fire rated passage lever covering 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch, and the Design Hardware X75 is a Grade 1 passage lever for 1-3/4 inch doors.

No. The Helios dummy is non-keyed with no cylinder. For a keyed opening, the Deltana 5851 Claremont and Deltana 6411 Morant are entry levers, the Cal-Royal AG00 is a Grade 2 entrance lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway keyed different and a 2-3/8 inch backset, and the Dexter C1000 entry/office is a Grade 1 clutching keyed lever for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Helios dummy trim is often paired on the inactive leaf while the keyed lock goes on the active one.

No, and that is the main reason to choose it over a graded peer. The Helios dummy pair is surface mount with no door prep required, so there is no bore or latch mortise to cut. Cylindrical peers such as the Accentra 5301LN Augusta Grade 2 passage lever, the Arrow GL01 Grade 2 Sierra passage lever for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Design Hardware J75 Grade 2 passage lever for 1-3/4 inch doors all install into a bored opening.

Yes, the rosette is a choice on the order, not fixed. Six brass rosettes are offered with the Helios lever: Disk, Modern, Modern Rectangular, Neos, Square, and Urban Modern. That is how you keep a dummy on a closet or French door reading the same as the passage and privacy sets on the surrounding openings.

Seven finishes: Flat Black (US19), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Brass (US4), Satin Nickel (US15), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). There is also an optional split finish field on the order, so a pair can run one finish on the room side and another on the hall side if the two spaces are finished differently. Unlacquered brass is the one that will patina rather than hold its shine.

Neither. The Helios dummy is non-keyed with no cylinder and no privacy function, and it is a mechanical product with no electronic option. For a lever that locks on the same door, the function changes: a Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever handles a bed or bath, and the 5103 passage version latches without locking. Order the function you need up front, since a dummy cannot be converted later.

The Helios dummy is sold as a pair, giving you a fixed lever on both faces of the door, which is what a double door or a closet pair needs. A single dummy covers one face only: the BEST 7KC Series 1DT is a Grade 2 medium duty single dummy trim, the BEST 9K 1DT is the Grade 1 heavy duty version, and the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy is ordered as a specific hand, left hand or right hand. Order the pair when both faces need a lever and a single dummy when only one does.

The Helios dummy pair is a brass leverset offered in seven finishes including Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14) and Flat Black (US19), with six rosette shapes, which is why it suits a design-driven opening. If the finish and rosette range is not the point, the Callan Bentley is a Grade 2 dummy lever and the BEST 7KC Series 1DT is a Grade 2 medium duty single dummy trim, both giving the same non-latching pull without the decorative program.

The Helios dummy pair is rated for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch door thickness. For a thicker leaf, the Deltana 6201 Manchester entry lever and the Deltana 6431 Linstead entry lever both cover 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, the Hager 2510 passage lever covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Falcon K101 passage lever reaches 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. Those are latching functions rather than dummy trim, so confirm the opening actually needs to latch.

They solve different problems. The Helios dummy pair is a non-electronic, non-keyed fixed pull. The Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever with passage function and ADA compliance for 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch doors, the Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination passage function for 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock. Choose those when the door must control access; choose Helios when it only needs matching trim.

The Baldwin Estate 5103 family runs the same lever across functions on the 5048 rose: passage, privacy, and left or right hand half dummy, so a residential suite stays visually consistent door to door. On the Bravura side, the Miramar with round trim is a Grade 2 passage leverset in US4 Satin Brass, which lines up with the Satin Brass (US4) finish the Helios dummy is offered in.

It is not a functional substitute. The Helios dummy pair is residential brass trim with no latch and no cylinder. Institutional corridor and utility openings are served by the Dexter C1000 asylum function, a Grade 1 lock for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, the Dexter C1000 classroom, a Grade 1 clutching keyed lever, and the Arrow MK33-BD-CS heavy duty asylum lock with a conventional cylinder in Schlage C keyway. Helios dummy trim can still serve inactive leaves and closet faces in the same facility.

Solid brass, both substrate and material, from Emtek's Brass collection. That matters on the unlacquered brass finish in particular, which is meant to darken and patina with handling rather than stay bright, and it means the lever has real weight in the hand compared with a plated zinc residential lever.