Kwikset 83288 - Strike Box

The 83288 is a steel strike box, the cup that sits behind the deadbolt strike plate inside the door jamb. It lines the bolt hole so the deadbolt throws into a metal pocket instead of bare wood, and it keeps splinters and debris out of the bolt path. It is the box only, not the strike plate and not the deadbolt itself.

Deadbolt only. The 83288 is dimensioned for a tubular deadbolt bolt, not for the angled latchbolt on a knob or lever set. A passage or entry latch needs its own latch strike, which is a different cup and a different plate.

The Kwikset 83288 strike box is a residential-duty steel part for a tubular deadbolt. For openings prepped to a commercial standard, the Codelocks ASA strike plate is the peer to look at, since ASA is the commercial mortise strike prep and comes in a stainless steel finish. Multi-family unit entry doors carrying residential deadbolts are the 83288's territory; a jamb already cut for ASA needs the ASA plate, not a tubular deadbolt strike box.

For a deadbolt strike, the Deltana SP2753 is the nearest peer: a steel deadbolt strike plate measuring 2-3/4 inches by 1-1/4 inches. The Kwikset 83288 is a steel strike box for a tubular deadbolt. If the door already has a 2-3/4 by 1-1/4 mortise cut in the jamb, the SP2753 drops into that same footprint; if the jamb is being bored fresh, the 83288 works with the Kwikset deadbolt prep it was made for.

No, and the part numbers being similar makes this an easy mistake. The Emtek 83223 is a standard deadbolt strike plate with square corners - the visible face plate that mounts to the jamb. The Kwikset 83288 is a strike box, the steel cup that sits behind the plate and lines the mortise the bolt throws into. On many deadbolt installs both parts are present and they are not interchangeable; ordering the 83223 when the box is what failed leaves the bolt throwing into bare wood.

Two other-brand deadbolt strikes worth looking at: the Deltana SP2753, a steel deadbolt strike plate measuring 2-3/4 x 1-1/4 inches, and the Emtek 83223 standard deadbolt strike plate with square corners. Both are face plates for the jamb. The Kwikset 83288 is the recessed steel box that goes behind a plate, so it is a complement to that hardware rather than a swap for it.

For units already running Kwikset tubular deadbolts, yes. The 83288 is the steel box that pairs with that bolt, and buying one part number across the fleet keeps the jamb prep and the parts bin consistent. Where a unit has a different brand of deadbolt, match the strike hardware to that lock rather than mixing.

If the jamb mortise itself is still sound and only the face plate is damaged, a flat strike plate such as the Deltana SP2753 at 2-3/4 by 1-1/4 inches or the square-corner Emtek 83223 covers it with one part. The Kwikset 83288 strike box is the choice when the mortise pocket is what needs lining, and it is a non-keyed, non-electronic steel part, so it standardizes cleanly across a run of residential deadbolt doors with no keying to coordinate.

No keying involved. The 83288 carries no cylinder and is a non-keyed, non-electronic part, so there's nothing to specify on the order beyond the model number. Your keyway and keying decisions live with the deadbolt cylinder, not the strike hardware.

One version. The 83288 ships as a single model with no finish or size choices to specify, which is normal for a strike box since it sits concealed in the jamb mortise where nothing shows once the plate is on.

It does for the visible plate. The Emtek 83223 is specified with square corners, so it seats in a jamb mortise cut square rather than radiused, and the Deltana SP2753 is dimensioned at 2-3/4 by 1-1/4 inches. The Kwikset 83288 is the strike box behind the plate, so its fit is governed by the depth and width of the bolt pocket rather than by the corner profile showing on the jamb face.