Emtek Narrow Oval Pocket Door Mortise Locks (2" x 7-1/4")

Backset is 2-1/8 inches, measured from the door edge to the center of the trim. That's a fixed backset, not adjustable, so the pocket in the door edge and the trim cutout have to be laid out to that dimension. The trim plates are 2 x 7-1/4 inches and 1/8 inch thick, so plan the mortise depth to let the plate sit flush.

Four functions are offered on the Emtek Narrow Oval pocket door lock and they map cleanly to the room. Privacy (model 2165) is the bath or bedroom choice, with a thumbturn and no key. Passage (2164) is the closet, pantry or laundry door with no locking at all. Keyed (2163) is for a door you want locked with a key, like an office or a store room. Dummy (2166) has no latching mechanism and is trim only, for a door that is held some other way or for the second leaf of a pair. Every one of the four comes in all seven finishes.

Emtek pocket door mortise locks can be keyed alike to each other, so a run of keyed 2163 units across several openings can share one key. They may not key alike with other Emtek products, so don't plan on one key covering the pocket doors and the entry handlesets. Keying is set at order time: pick Keyed Different or Keyed Alike, and if you're matching an existing system you can supply the key code. Only the keyed function is affected here, since passage, privacy and dummy take no cylinder.

The Narrow Oval set is built to the door thickness you specify, with 1-3/8 inches as the floor, so a 2 inch door is handled by stating that thickness on the order. If you'd rather have a lock with a published range covering it, the Weslock 0577 privacy and Weslock 0527 passage pocket door locks are both listed for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors. What won't work at that thickness is the Pamex PF1 or PF2, which are listed for 1-5/16 to 1-9/16 inch doors only.

The Emtek Narrow Oval pocket door mortise locks need a minimum door thickness of 1-3/8 inch. Below that, look at the Pamex PF1 square style or PF2 round sliding door lock, both listed for a 1-5/16 to 1-9/16 inch door thickness range, with the PF2 carrying a 2-3/8 inch backset against Emtek's 2-1/8 inch. The Pamex pair is the answer for a light interior slab; the Emtek is the answer once the door is 1-3/8 inch or thicker and you want brass trim.

The Omnia 7035/A is a keyed entry pocket door lock with modern rectangular trim and solid brass construction, and it is the keyed peer to Emtek's 2163 keyed Narrow Oval. Both are solid brass; the difference is the face. Emtek's plate is an oval 2 by 7-1/4 inch in an American Classic style, the Omnia is a modern rectangle. A locksmith should also note the Emtek keyed pocket door locks can be keyed alike with each other but may not key alike with other Emtek products, so a building already keyed to an Emtek entry cylinder is not automatically served by either one.

The Weslock 0577 is a rectangular privacy pocket door lock with an adjustable backset and a full lip strike, so it covers the same bed and bath privacy duty on a pocket door. The Emtek Narrow Oval privacy lock is 2165, has a fixed 2-1/8 inch backset, a 2 by 7-1/4 inch oval trim plate, and a 1-3/8 inch minimum door thickness; the Weslock 0577 is listed for a 1-3/8 to 2 inch door thickness range. Choose the Emtek if the oval brass trim matches the rest of the openings, the Weslock 0577 if the pocket already has a strike prep that does not fall at 2-1/8 inch and you need to adjust the backset.

Of the pocket door hardware in play, the keyed options are the Emtek 2163 Narrow Oval and the Omnia 7035/A keyed entry. The Deltana SDL25, SDL60 and SDLA325, the Orca PDLRD and PDLSQ, the Rockwood 891, the Weslock 0577 and the Omnia 7012/L are all privacy or bed and bath function, meaning a thumbturn and no cylinder. If the job requires a key on the pocket door, such as an office or a storage room off a corridor, the choice narrows to the Emtek 2163 or the Omnia 7035/A.

It ships as a complete set: the mortise lock body, both trim plates, the strike plate and the mounting screws. For the lock itself you're not buying anything separately. What it does not include is the pocket door track and frame, so on new construction you'd order that separately, such as an Orca Hardware PK1200 pocket door frame kit or an NGP SLAL250PD72 72 inch aluminum track rated to 250 pounds.

Emtek lists the Narrow Oval pocket door mortise lock as residential, and it's a decorative solid brass mortise set, so it suits homes, condo units and high-end multi-family rather than heavy commercial traffic. For a commercial pocket door where you just need a privacy latch and durability over looks, the Rockwood 891 pocket door privacy latch or the Deltana SDLA325 heavy-duty adjustable pocket door lock are the ones to look at instead.

Order the operating function you need on the active leaf and the dummy (2166) on the other, in the same finish. The dummy carries the same 2 x 7-1/4 inch Narrow Oval trim with no latch, so both leaves read identically. It's available in all seven finishes, same as the working functions. If you want both leaves to be pure trim, the Omnia 7012/PD is sold as a pair dummy set.

The Rockwood 891 is a pocket door privacy latch, and the Deltana SDP25 is a passage pocket door lock with a compact 2-1/2 by 2-3/4 inch face. Either is a lighter answer than the Emtek Narrow Oval passage set, 2164, which is a full mortise lock body with a 2-1/8 inch backset, a 2 by 7-1/4 inch trim plate, and a required door thickness call-out. For a hall or closet pocket door where the trim does not have to match a decorative brass program, the smaller Deltana passage unit takes a smaller pocket cut.

No. The Orca Hardware PK1200 is a pocket door frame kit, and the NGP SLAL250PD72 is a 72 inch aluminum pocket door track rated up to 250 pounds; those are the pocket and the suspension, not the latching hardware. The Emtek Narrow Oval 2163 through 2166 are mortise locks that mortise into the edge of the door leaf and ship as a complete set with screws and strikeplate. On a new pocket door opening you buy a frame kit or track and a lock; they are not alternatives to each other.

The Deltana SDLA325 is a heavy-duty adjustable pocket door lock, 3-1/4 by 2-1/4 inch, privacy function, and Deltana also lists the SDL60 decorative 6 inch privacy lock for a longer plate. The Emtek Narrow Oval privacy, 2165, is a solid brass mortise lock on a 2 by 7-1/4 inch plate with 1/8 inch thick trim and a fixed 2-1/8 inch backset. For a multi-family bathroom pocket door where the pocket prep varies unit to unit, the SDLA325 adjusts; where the finish schedule is fixed across a brass package, the Emtek holds the look.

Seven finishes: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL) and Satin Brass (US4). All seven are available on the keyed, passage, privacy and dummy functions. A split finish can be requested at order time if you want one finish facing a hallway and a different one facing the room. Unlacquered brass is the one to think twice about on a rental or a fleet of units, since it's meant to patina rather than hold its shine.

A strike plate is included along with the mounting screws, so you're cutting a fresh strike prep rather than reusing what's in the jamb. On a replacement job that matters, because the existing pocket door strike is unlikely to line up with the 2-1/8 inch backset geometry of this set.

Both are dummy function pocket door hardware. The Omnia 7012/PD is a modern rectangular pocket door lock set with a mortise edge pull, sold as a pair dummy. The Emtek 2166 is the dummy version of the Narrow Oval, a 2 by 7-1/4 inch oval brass plate offered in the same seven finishes as the keyed, passage, and privacy versions, from Oil Rubbed Bronze to Polished Chrome. On a pair of bypassing or double pocket doors where neither leaf latches, either serves; the choice is rectangular modern trim against oval brass.