Kwikset KWI-973HFLSQF Dummy Interior Halifax Lever Trim with Square Full Escutcheon

Pull only. The Halifax lever with square full escutcheon is a non-functioning dummy trim, so there is no latch, no cylinder and no turn piece in the pack. It mounts on the inside face of the door and gives you the lever and plate. The exterior half, which is where the actual locking function lives, is a separate Kwikset handleset purchase.

No. The Halifax interior pack is fully reversible and works on either a right- or left-handed door, so one part number covers both swings. That is useful if you are trimming out several openings that don't all hand the same way.

Kwikset handlesets only. The 973HFL Halifax trim is built as the interior half of a Kwikset handleset and is sold to be installed with one. Pairing it with another brand's exterior is not something the pack is made for, and you would be matching a spindle and screw pattern it was never cut for.

It's a residential product. For an apartment or single-family front door it's the right kind of trim, but for a commercial entry, an office suite, or a school corridor you want commercial-grade tubular or mortise hardware instead, not a residential handleset interior pack.

The Kwikset 973HFL Halifax interior pack is residential-duty trim built to mount to a Kwikset handleset exterior, and its square full escutcheon covers a wide footprint that a narrow stile does not give you. For a narrow stile, the Lockey 2950 is a narrow stile hookbolt mechanical pushbutton lock with a 1-1/8 inch backset, and the Lockey 2500 is a mechanical keypad hook bolt lock with an adjustable backset; both fit doors 1-1/8 to 2 inches thick and use a hook bolt, which is what a sliding or narrow frame opening generally calls for.

No - they solve different problems on the inside face of the door. The Kwikset 973HFL Halifax interior pack is a non-functioning lever, an interior pull only, and it has to be paired with a Kwikset exterior pack to make a complete handleset; there is no bolt in it at all. The BEST 8T-KL is a non-keyed tubular deadbolt with a blank plate on one side and a thumbturn on the other, so it throws its own bolt and is a standalone locking device rather than trim. If you need an interior lever to match a Kwikset handleset exterior, the 973HFL is the trim; if you need a thumbturn-operated bolt, the 8T-KL is the deadbolt, and on many doors both end up installed in separate bores.

Three finishes: Venetian Bronze, Satin Nickel, and Matte Black. Order the exterior handleset in the same finish so the entry reads as one set, since the interior pack and exterior are bought separately.

A screwdriver. The interior pack goes on the prep the handleset already uses, so there is no separate boring step for the trim itself, and it goes on in minutes. That is the normal install for a dummy interior half: line up the escutcheon, drive the screws.

The Halifax pack is dummy trim with no locking function at all, so it won't do code entry. For pushbutton access ZenSupply carries the Codelocks CL250 tubular latch with key override and the heavier duty Codelocks CL510/CL515 and CL610/CL615 back-to-back tubular latchbolt units. If the door is a narrow stile glass or aluminum entry, the Lockey 2950 narrow stile hookbolt lock with a 1-1/8 inch backset covers that, and it fits doors 1-1/8 to 2 inches thick.

If the inside just needs to throw a bolt, a closet-function unit is the simpler buy. The BEST 8T Series non-keyed tubular deadbolt gives you a blank plate on one face and a thumbturn on the other, for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Halifax pack is the opposite arrangement: a decorative lever and escutcheon with no working function, meant to complete a Kwikset handleset.

The Kwikset 973HFL Halifax interior trim is a dummy lever - a pull with no operating mechanism - so it cannot be made to control access no matter what is on the other side. For code entry, the Codelocks CL250 is a tubular latch with a key override, and the CL510/CL515 and CL610/CL615 are back-to-back tubular latchbolt models rated heavy duty, meaning both faces are operable rather than one face being fixed trim. Those are complete latching locks in place of a handleset, not trim that mounts to one, so the door prep and the exterior half of the opening change with them.

Yes, Microban antimicrobial protection is built into the finish, which Kwikset states keeps the hardware 99.9 percent cleaner than unprotected surfaces. For a property manager turning units or a hospitality entry that gets handled constantly, that is on the lever and the escutcheon as supplied, not something applied on site.