Keedex K-BX711150 Weldable Gate Box, Blank Weldable Gate Box, Blank No Holes

The K-BX711150 blank gate box measures 7 x 11 x 1-1/2 inches (W x H x D), so the tube or frame face has to accept a 7 by 11 inch cutout and the section needs at least 1-1/2 inches of depth behind the face for the box body to sit in. On a hollow steel gate frame that is the number to check first, since a narrow stile or a shallow tube won't take it.

It comes blank, no holes. The K-BX711150 is the undrilled version of the box, so you lay out and cut the lock prep, cylinder hole and any spindle or trim holes yourself to suit whatever hardware you are mounting. That is the point of the blank: it fits hardware combinations the pre-punched boxes don't cover. If you want the prep already done, order a box punched for the specific lock instead.

Yes, it is built to be welded in. The body is 14 gauge steel, so it takes a MIG weld to a steel tube gate or frame without burning through the way thinner sheet does, and once it is in, it is a structural part of the gate. Grind and finish the welds, then prime and paint, since the box is bare steel and will rust outdoors if left uncoated.

No. The K-BX711150 is the box shell only, supplied blank in 14 gauge steel. The lockset, cylinder, thumbturn or lever trim, strike and any fasteners are all ordered separately, and because the box arrives with no prep you can pick the hardware first and cut the box to match it.

Only if the lock's case and prep fit inside a 7 x 11 x 1-1/2 inch envelope. Depth is the limit that catches people out: a lock body deeper than 1-1/2 inches will not seat, no matter how much face area you have. Check the case depth of the lockset against that 1-1/2 inch dimension before you weld anything in, because the face layout you can cut yourself and the depth you cannot.

It gives a lock somewhere to live on a gate that has no door face. A steel picket or tube gate has no flat surface and no thickness to mortise into, so you weld the box into the frame and it becomes the pocket the lockset, cylinder and trim mount into, with the box shell protecting the hardware from weather and from a pry attempt at the edge. The K-BX711150 is the 7 x 11 x 1-1/2 inch blank in that family.

It is a commercial-duty part, 14 gauge steel through the body, which is why it gets used on apartment complex, storage yard and school perimeter gates rather than light residential fencing. Wall thickness is what matters on a gate box, because the box carries the lock loads every time somebody pulls the gate against the latch.

Yes, and the blank version is the one that makes that practical. Because K-BX711150 ships with no prep, one part number covers gates running different locks: you stock the same 7 x 11 x 1-1/2 inch 14 gauge box and cut each one for whatever hardware that opening needs, instead of carrying several pre-punched boxes.

One. K-BX711150 is a single configuration, the 7 x 11 x 1-1/2 inch blank in 14 gauge steel, so there is nothing to specify on the order beyond quantity. If you need a different footprint or a box already punched for a particular lock, that is a different Keedex box number, not an option on this one.