Rockwood 626 UL Listed 190 Degree Door Viewer with Cover for 1-3/8" to 2-1/8" Doors

Drill a 9/16 inch hole. That is the prep for the 626, bored through the door at eye height, and the viewer body threads together from both faces to clamp the leaf. If the door already has a viewer hole from a different brand, measure it first: a 5/8 inch bore, like the one the Emtek 2610 uses, is oversized for this body and the escutcheons may not cover cleanly.

The 626 is a UL Listed 190 degree viewer, which is what lets it go into a rated opening rather than only a plain interior door. Institutional and multi-family specs frequently call for a listed viewer on corridor and stair doors, and this one is the wide angle version of that.

No. The 626 starts at 1-3/8 inch, so a thinner leaf leaves the two halves unable to draw tight against the faces. For thin doors, the Trimco 975, 976, and 977 viewers all cover down to 1-17/64 inch.

The Rockwood 626 is a UL listed 190 degree viewer with a cover that fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/8 inch thick. The Ives U698 is the nearest match on optics: it is a one-way wide angle viewer, UL fire rated, with a 190 degree view. If the cover matters as much as the angle, the Trimco 977 pairs a heavy duty cover with a 200 degree lens and fits doors 1-17/64 inch to 2-1/8 inch, so it covers the same door thickness range and a slightly wider field.

The Rockwood 626 has a cover, but if the requirement is written as a privacy function, the Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 is specified for Privacy/Bed/Bath and is a UL listed viewer with a 200 degree glass lens and privacy cover. The Hager 1759 is a 185 degree one-way viewer with a privacy flap and fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/8 inch, the same thickness range the 626 covers.

The Rockwood 626 views 190 degrees. Three brass viewers in the same size class see considerably less: the Ives 701 is a one-way brass viewer for thicker doors with a 120 degree viewing angle, the Ives U696 is a fire rated one-way viewer at 150 degrees, and the Trimco 975 is a 160 degree viewer fitting doors 1-17/64 inch to 2-1/8 inch. They install in the same kind of opening and read the same on a takeoff, so confirm the angle before ordering one as a drop-in for a 190 degree viewer.

The Rockwood 626 is UL listed and its 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/8 inch range tops out exactly at 2-1/8 inch, so it reaches that door. If the specification calls out a fire rating on the viewer itself, the Hager 1756 is a 185 degree one-way viewer with a fire rating built for 2-1/8 inch doors, and the Ives U700 is a one-way brass viewer with a UL fire rating. The Ives U698 keeps the 190 degree field and is UL fire rated as well.

It has a swing cover on the inside face. That matters in hotel rooms, dorms, and apartments where residents want the peephole blanked off when they are not using it, both for privacy and to stop light bleeding through into a dark corridor. If a privacy flap is the whole reason for the purchase, the Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 is a privacy-function viewer and the Hager 1759 carries a privacy flap as well.

A 190 degree viewer like the Rockwood 626 shows nearly the full width of the corridor, including someone standing flat against the wall beside the door, which is the blind spot narrower viewers leave. The Trimco 975 is a 160 degree viewer and the Ives 701 a 120 degree, both of which cut off progressively more of that side view. If you want wider still, the Trimco 976 and 977 are 200 degree viewers.

For most multi-family and hotel stock, yes. The Rockwood 626 spans 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/8 inch in a single part number, which covers hollow core interior leaves at the low end and heavy solid entry doors at the top, so you order one model and one finish rather than sorting doors by thickness. The prep is the same across all of them, a 9/16 inch bore.

The Rockwood 626 views 190 degrees. Two options go wider: the Trimco 976 is a 200 degree viewer fitting doors 1-17/64 inch to 2-1/8 inch, and the Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 is a UL listed viewer with a 200 degree glass lens and a privacy cover. Both add ten degrees at the edges of the field, which is the difference between seeing someone standing flat against the jamb and not.

The Rockwood 626 is brass and installs in a 9/16 inch drilled hole. The Emtek 2610 is a solid brass door viewer with a 5/8 inch diameter hole, which is larger, not smaller. If an existing bore is the constraint, the practical direction is the other way: a 5/8 inch hole will accept a 9/16 inch body with a cover to conceal the gap, so a door already drilled for the 2610 can take the 626, while a door drilled 9/16 inch cannot take the 2610 without enlarging the bore.

All three Trimco viewers fit doors 1-17/64 inch to 2-1/8 inch, overlapping the Rockwood 626 range of 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/8 inch. The 975 is a 160 degree viewer, the 976 is 200 degree, and the 977 is 200 degree with a heavy duty cover. Against the 626, which is 190 degree with a cover, the 976 is the closest on optics without a cover callout and the 977 is the closest on both angle and cover.

Solid brass body, offered in antique bronze (ANT), polished brass (BRS), and bright chrome (CRM). Brass is the reason it holds up on an entry door that gets handled daily. For matching a fleet of units, bright chrome pairs with satin and polished chrome lock trim, polished brass with brass trim, and antique bronze with darker oil-rubbed hardware.

The 626 viewer is catalogued to ANSI A156. functions L03221 and L03171. Those are the numbers to carry onto a hardware schedule or a submittal when the architect has called out a door viewer by ANSI designation rather than by manufacturer model.

The Rockwood 626 is a brass viewer supplied with a cover. The Emtek 2610 is a solid brass door viewer that installs in a 5/8 inch diameter hole and is offered without a cover callout, which suits apartments and interior doors where the flap is not part of the requirement. The Ives U700 is another one-way brass viewer, carrying a UL fire rating.