Kwikset 730CA Circa Privacy Knob with 6-Way Adjustable Latch and Round Corner Strike

No handing to specify. The Circa 730CA knobset is reversible, so one part number works on a left hand or right hand door. That matters for a property manager buying a batch for a building: you order quantity, not handing, and any unit fits any bedroom or bath door in the run.

Yes. The 730CA Circa ships with a 6-way adjustable latch, so the same latch sets to either of the two standard residential backsets, 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inches, without buying a second part. That is the reason this one works well when you are replacing hardware across a house or an apartment unit where the door prep is not consistent.

Three interchangeable faceplates ship with the latch: round corner, square corner, and a drive-in collar. So whether the existing door edge is mortised with radius corners, mortised square, or bored for a drive-in latch with no mortise at all, you use what is in the box. The strike supplied is a round corner strike, which suits a frame already prepped with a radiused strike cutout.

Residential. The Circa 730CA is built for houses, condos, and the interior doors of apartment units, not for commercial traffic. For a bathroom door on a commercial or institutional job, step up to a Grade 2 cylindrical privacy knob such as the Dexter C2000 Series privacy ball knob, which is Grade 2 and covers 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, or the Cal-Royal BER20 Grade 3 privacy knob for lighter-duty commercial work.

In most cases yes, on a standard bored door. The Circa 730CA is a cylindrical knobset, the same prep family as the knob it is replacing, and its adjustable latch covers both common backsets, so an existing 2-1/8 inch cross bore and either backset takes it. Where it will not go straight in is a door prepped for a mortise lock or for a lever with a larger rose footprint.

The Kwikset 730CA Circa is a bed/bath privacy knob with a turn piece on the interior. For the same function in a knob, the Pamex FTF Baron knob lockset is built for a privacy function at Grade 3 and fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Cal-Royal BER20 is a Grade 3 privacy knob lock with brass trim over the same 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch door thickness range. Both put the lock on the room side the way the Circa does, so either drops into a bedroom or bathroom opening where the Circa was specified.

The Kwikset 730CA Circa is a residential knob. For a commercial washroom taking constant use, the Dexter C2000 Series privacy ball knob is a Grade 2 non-keyed privacy lock for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, which is the tier normally written into a commercial washroom spec. Match the function first - both are privacy/bed-bath - then pick the grade the facility calls for.

Dummy knobs are the trap - they look identical on the door and have no latch or lock at all. The BEST 6K Series single dummy trim, the Schlage A170 single dummy trim, and the Bravura Biloxi dummy knobset are surface-mounted trim for a door that does not latch, so none of them will secure a bathroom. The Kwikset 730CA Circa is a working privacy set that ships with knobs, roses, latch, strike, emergency unlock tool and mounting hardware.

For a fire-rated opening, work from a knob that carries the rating. The Falcon W101 Grade 2 cylindrical knob lock is fire rated in a passage/closet latch function with a 2-3/4 inch backset, and the Falcon X101 Grade 1 heavy duty passage knobset is fire rated for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. The Kwikset 730CA Circa is a residential bed and bath privacy set, which is the wrong side of that requirement on a rated door.

Everything for a standard install is included: both privacy knobs, the roses, the latch, the strike, the emergency unlock tool, and the mounting hardware. Nothing else to order for a door that is already bored. If your frame has a square corner or full lip strike cutout rather than a radiused one, you would need a strike to match, since the one supplied is round corner.

The 730CA itself is the privacy version only, with the interior turn piece. To match the look on doors that should not lock, you want the passage function of the same Kwikset Circa collection rather than a different style. If you are willing to mix, the Schlage Residential F500 Plymouth with Georgian knob is a combo pack with adjustable backsets and dual strikes covering 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, which is a way to get several functions across a house in one buy.

Use privacy on bath and bedroom doors, passage on hall, closet, and pantry doors. The 730CA locks with a thumbturn inside and releases with the emergency tool from the hall, which is exactly what a landlord wants on a tenant bathroom: privacy for the occupant, access for maintenance without a key system. A passage set like the Bravura Albany or the Arrow MK01 has no locking mechanism at all and is the cheaper choice where nothing needs to lock.

No - a keyed knob is a different function. The Kwikset 730CA Circa locks with a turn piece on the inside and ships with an emergency unlock tool, which is what a bed or bath opening needs. The Cal-Royal BER00 is an entrance/office Grade 3 knob lock with a Kwikset keyway and the Pamex FTF Baron is offered in an entrance/office function at Grade 3; both are keyed from the outside for a door where you control access with a key rather than from inside the room.

A hall or closet door that only needs to latch takes a passage knob, not the privacy 730CA Circa. The Pamex FTF Baron knob lockset comes in a passage function at Grade 3 for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Dexter C2000 Series passage ball knob is a Grade 2 non-keyed passage lock over the same door thickness range. Neither has a turn piece, so there is no lock to defeat on a door that should never be secured.

The Kwikset 730CA Circa is a Signature Series privacy knob in the Circa collection, offered in polished chrome and satin chrome. On the decorative side, the Baldwin Estate 5077 Bethpage privacy knob with R027 rose and the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas privacy knob, which fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, both cover the same bed and bath function with a different knob and rose shape. Choose on the trim profile that matches the rest of the house.

The 730CA Circa covers the bed and bath doors, since it is a privacy function. For the rest of the openings in the same building you would add a passage set such as the Dexter C2000 Series Grade 2 passage ball knob for halls and closets, and a keyed set such as the Cal-Royal BER00 Grade 3 entrance/office knob with a Kwikset keyway for unit entries - that keyway matters if the property is already keyed to Kwikset. The Schlage Residential F500 Plymouth with Georgian knob is sold as a combo pack with adjustable backsets and dual strikes for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch if you prefer one family across the whole unit.

The Kwikset 730CA Circa latch carries three interchangeable faceplates - round corner, square corner and drive-in collar - which is what you want when you do not know the existing door prep. If the prep is already known, the Cal-Royal BER20 Grade 3 privacy knob lock with brass trim and the Pamex FTF Baron Grade 3 privacy knob lockset both cover the same bed and bath function on doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch without the adjustable faceplate set.

The Kwikset 730CA Circa is a knob, and the comparable privacy sets in the same class are also knobs - the Cal-Royal BER20 Grade 3 privacy knob, the Pamex FTF Baron Grade 3 privacy knob and the Dexter C2000 Series Grade 2 privacy ball knob. If your facility requires a lever handle on the opening, none of the knob options above will satisfy it and you should be selecting from lever trim instead.

Two: polished chrome and satin chrome. Both are bright-family chromes rather than brass or bronze, so if the rest of the doors in the unit are on satin nickel or brass trim, the Circa will read as a different family. For a warmer look in a privacy knob, the Baldwin Estate 5077 Bethpage privacy knob is an alternative.