Keedex K-BXRHO Weldable Gate Box for Schlage Rhodes and Many Other Lever Sets, Universal Hole Pattern

Yes. The K-BXRHO is punched with a universal hole pattern made for the Schlage Rhodes and many other cylindrical lever sets, so the Rhodes drops straight in. The prep is cylindrical, and it is set up for lever trim rather than mortise hardware, so any commercial cylindrical lever built on that same pattern is what it takes.

That is the job a weldable gate box does. The Keedex K-BXRHO welds onto the gate frame and carries a cylindrical lever set that the tube itself has no meat to accept. Plan the space before you cut: the box is 4-3/4 inches wide, 4-1/8 inches high and 1-3/4 inches deep, so you need that much clear run on the lock side of the gate with nothing in the way of the box body.

The .125 aluminum one. The K-BXRHO comes in three materials, 14 gauge steel, .125 aluminum, and 16 gauge stainless steel, and since the box gets welded to the gate you match the box to the frame you are welding it to: steel box on a steel gate, aluminum on aluminum, stainless on stainless. Field welding across dissimilar metals is not something you want to attempt on a gate. The hole pattern is the same whichever material you pick.

No. The K-BXRHO is a cylindrical box, punched for cylindrical lever sets, and it has no mortise pocket for a lock case. If the gate is getting mortise hardware you need a gate box prepped for a mortise lock body, which is a different box with a deeper case cutout and the armored front cut into the edge.

You can, with a gate box behind it. The Keedex K-BXRHO takes the Schlage Rhodes and many other cylindrical lever sets on a universal hole pattern, so the gate carries the same commercial cylindrical lever hardware as the doors instead of being the one opening on the property stuck with a padlock and a hasp. For a manager standardizing a site, that means one lever, one cylinder type, one set of spare parts across doors and gates.

Take the 16 gauge stainless version of the K-BXRHO. Stainless does not need a coating to resist corrosion, which matters on a part that gets welded and then ground, since grinding and welding burn the paint or galvanizing off a steel box right at the weld and that is where rust starts. The 14 gauge steel box is the one to use where the gate is going to be painted or powder coated after fabrication anyway.

Material, and that is the only choice on the box: 14 gauge steel, .125 aluminum, or 16 gauge stainless steel. The universal hole pattern and the 4-3/4 by 4-1/8 by 1-3/4 inch body are the same across all three, so the material decision is purely about what your gate frame is made of and what finish it is getting. The lever set itself is ordered separately.

No handing to call out. The K-BXRHO is one box in one configuration per material, and the universal hole pattern is what determines what mounts in it, not the direction the gate swings. What you do need to settle before it is welded on is which side of the gate the box faces and where the keeper or receiver lands on the post, because once the box is welded it is not moving.

It is specified for commercial use, and the gauges back that up: 14 gauge steel or 16 gauge stainless, or .125 aluminum on aluminum gates. Because it welds to the frame rather than bolting through it, the load from a lever being pulled on goes into the gate structure instead of into fasteners that work loose, which is the usual failure on a high-traffic exterior gate.