Rockwood 629 UL Rated 190 Degree Door Viewer with Heavy Duty Privacy Cover for 15/16" to 1-1/4" Doors

Drill a 9/16 inch hole. That is the only prep the 629 needs, and it goes through a door 15/16 to 1-1/4 inch thick. If you are working an existing viewer hole, measure it first: the Emtek 2610 solid brass viewer, for example, uses a 5/8 inch diameter hole, so a hole drilled for that one will be oversized for the 629.

It depends on the door slab. The 629 is a residential-duty viewer and it only spans 15/16 to 1-1/4 inch. Most apartment entry doors are 1-3/4 inch, which puts them well past that range, so the 629 is more at home on interior doors, closet and treatment room doors, and thinner slabs. For a 1-3/4 inch entry door, the Trimco 976 or 977 (1-17/64 to 2-1/8 inch) or the Hager 1759 (1-3/8 to 2-1/8 inch) will actually reach through.

The Rockwood 629 is UL fire rated for 1-1/2 hours but fits doors 15/16 inch to 1-1/4 inch thick. For a thicker labeled leaf, the Ives U700 is a one way brass viewer with a UL fire rating, the Ives U698 is a one way wide angle viewer, UL fire rated, at 190 degrees, and the Hager 1756 is a 185 degree one way viewer with a fire rating for a 2-1/8 inch door. Pick by the angle you want and confirm the thickness against the leaf.

They serve the same purpose but they are not identical. The Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 is a UL listed privacy door viewer with a 200 degree glass lens and a privacy cover; the Rockwood 629 is a brass viewer with a 190 degree view and a heavy duty privacy cover, UL fire rated for 1-1/2 hours, installed in a 9/16 inch hole. Both carry a Privacy/Bed/Bath function. The Rockwood 629 fits doors 15/16 inch to 1-1/4 inch thick, so confirm the leaf thickness before treating the two as interchangeable.

Two to watch. The Ives 701 is a one way brass viewer for thicker doors with a 120 degree viewing angle, and the Ives U696 is a one way viewer with a 150 degree angle - both are fire rated, but neither reaches the 190 degree view of the Rockwood 629, and neither carries a privacy cover. The Hager 1756 is a 185 degree fire rated viewer built for a 2-1/8 inch door, so it will not seat in the 15/16 inch to 1-1/4 inch leaf the Rockwood 629 is made for. Match on viewing angle, cover, and thickness together, not on any one of the three.

190 degrees, which is wide enough to see someone standing tight against the door frame rather than only straight out. Among what else is out there: the Ives U698 is also a 190 degree wide angle viewer, the Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 and Trimco 976 go to 200 degrees, the Hager 1756 and 1759 are 185 degrees, the Trimco 975 is 160, and the Ives 701 is 120. If a resident needs the widest possible field, the 200 degree units are the ones to look at.

The 629 is listed to ANSI A156 under function numbers L03221 and L03171, which are the door viewer designations a specifier writes into a hardware schedule. Paired with the UL 1-1/2 hour fire rating, that covers the two things a facility reviewer typically asks for on a viewer.

Yes. The Ives U698 is a one way wide angle door viewer, UL fire rated, with a 190 degree view - the same viewing angle as the Rockwood 629 but without a privacy cover. The Emtek 2610 is a solid brass door viewer that drills a 5/8 inch hole. The Rockwood 629 is the one to keep when the room needs the cover to block a view in from the corridor side; drop to the U698 or 2610 when plain viewing is all the opening calls for.

For the widest view, the Trimco 976 and the Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 are both 200 degree viewers, the Cal-Royal with a privacy cover; the Trimco 977 is 200 degree with a heavy duty cover; the Ives U698 is 190 degree and UL fire rated; and the Rockwood 629 is 190 degree with a heavy duty privacy cover, in brass, UL fire rated for 1-1/2 hours. The Trimco 975 sits lower at 160 degrees. Thickness splits the group: the Trimco 975, 976 and 977 all cover 1-17/64 inch to 2-1/8 inch doors, while the Rockwood 629 covers 15/16 inch to 1-1/4 inch.

Two: bright chrome (CRM) and black (BLK). Chrome is the one that blends with satin and bright chrome lever sets and hinges already hung on most multi-family openings; black is the pick where the interior trim is dark bronze or matte black. Ordering across a building, pick one and stay with it, since the cover is the visible piece from inside the room.

Brass is the substrate, finished in bright chrome or black. Brass matters on a viewer because the barrel threads together through the door and gets turned by hand at install and by residents over years of use.