Pamex DD09-31 Anodized Aluminum Kickplate with Tape On Type for Steel Doors

Yes, that's what the tape-on version is for. The DD09-31 is a tape-on kick plate, and the tape-on style is the one recommended for steel doors, so it mounts to the face of a hollow metal door with adhesive instead of screws. Nothing to drill, no fasteners to hit the door skin or the internal reinforcement. Clean the door face down to bare, dry finish before you set it, because once an 8 x 34 inch plate is down it does not reposition.

Pamex classifies the DD09-31 as residential. Aluminum at 0.05 inches with adhesive mounting suits apartments, condos, and light-duty openings. For a school corridor, hospital, or anywhere carts hit the door daily, step up to a stainless steel screw-mounted plate such as the Hager 190 Series or the Ives 8400 Series, both of which are stainless protection plates with beveled edges.

The plate is 0.05 inches thick. At that gauge it sits nearly flush against the door face and does not interfere with the stop, the gasketing, or the swing on a normally hung door. It is a protection plate, not a reinforcement plate, so it takes cart and shoe scuffs off the bottom of the door rather than adding structural strength.

Depends on the door. Tape-on, like the DD09-31, is what's recommended for steel doors: no fasteners through a hollow metal skin, no drilling into a door you may not want to perforate, and no exposed screw heads. Screw-on plates make more sense on wood doors and on high-traffic openings where a plate takes repeated impact and you want mechanical hold. For an apartment or interior residential steel door getting cart and foot contact, the tape-on does the job.

Three: BT satin brass, 613 oil rubbed bronze, and 619 satin nickel. If you are matching a building's existing lever and hinge finish, 613 and 619 are the two that pair with most modern residential trim. Note it is anodized aluminum, not solid brass or bronze, so the color is an anodized finish over aluminum rather than a plated metal.

Yes. The DD09-31 is built to ANSI/BHMA A156.6, which is the standard covering architectural door trim including protection plates. That is the specification line a spec writer or facilities buyer looks for on a submittal.

Material and mounting. The Pamex is anodized aluminum in a tape-on format sized 8 x 34 inches, aimed at residential doors. The Hager 190S is a satin stainless steel protection plate with four beveled edges, and the Ives 8400 Series is likewise a stainless protection plate with beveled edges. Stainless is the choice when the plate takes real abuse or when the rest of the opening's hardware is 32D stainless and you want the finishes to read the same. Choose the Pamex if you want a brass, bronze, or nickel look on a residential steel door with no drilling.

The tape-on construction is what Pamex recommends for steel doors specifically. On wood, adhesive bond varies with the door's finish and porosity, and a screw-mounted plate is the safer install. If the doors in your building are wood, look at a screw-on stainless plate like the Hager 190 Series or Ives 8400 Series instead.

The Pamex DD09-31 is designated for residential use and is an aluminum kickplate at 8 inches by 34 inches, so a run of matching doors can be carried in one size across satin brass, oil rubbed bronze, or satin nickel. If the same program includes doors where a stainless plate is wanted, the Hager 190S kick plate and the Ives 8400 Series are both stainless door protection plates with beveled edges that can sit alongside it.

The DD09-31 is anodized aluminum, so the metal itself does not rust the way a plated steel plate would. The limit outdoors is the adhesive: tape-on mounting is affected by temperature swing and by moisture getting behind the plate at the door bottom. For a covered residential entry it works. For a fully exposed exterior opening, a mechanically fastened stainless plate is the more durable answer.

Both are stainless steel door protection plates with beveled edges - the Hager 190S in the 190 Series with a satin stainless finish, the Ives 8400 in the 8400 Series. They serve the same role on the door, so the choice between them comes down to which series a facility is already carrying rather than a difference in what the plate does.