Rockwood 891 Pocket Door Privacy Latch

A turn piece on the inside throws the latch into a strike mounted in the jamb, so the door is held shut against the pocket opening rather than against a keeper on the slab. The opposite face carries an emergency release, so a parent or a maintenance tech can unlock a bathroom or bedroom from the outside without tools. That is the standard privacy/bed/bath arrangement, not a keyed lock, so it is not the part to use where you need controlled access.

It is built to ANSI A156.14 and carries the D0831 designation, and Rockwood lists it as commercial hardware. A156.14 is the sliding and folding door hardware standard, so it is the right citation to put on a submittal for a pocket door in an institutional building. Body is brass.

No. The 891 is built for 1-3/8 and 1-3/4 inch doors only. For a 2 inch slab, the Weslock 0577 rectangular privacy pocket door lock covers 1-3/8 to 2 inches and has an adjustable backset with a full lip strike, so it is the privacy option that reaches your thickness.

No. The 891 is a privacy/bed/bath latch: a turn piece locks to the jamb strike with an emergency release on the opposite side, which is the bathroom pattern, not a keyed one. For a keyed pocket door opening, the Omnia 7035/A is a keyed entry pocket door lock in solid brass with modern rectangular trim, and the Emtek 2153 Narrow Modern Rectangular Pocket Door Mortise Lock at 2 inch by 7-1/4 inch is a keyed unit. Both take a cylinder; the 891 does not.

Drop to a passage unit. The Rockwood 891 is a privacy/bed/bath latch whose turn piece locks to the jamb strike, which a closet or hall pocket door does not need. The Weslock 0527 Rectangular Passage Pocket Door Lock is a no-locking passage unit for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, the Emtek 2101 Passage Pocket Door Lock measures 2-3/8 inch by 3-1/8 inch, and the Deltana SDP25 is a 2-1/2 inch by 2-3/4 inch passage unit. The Omnia 7012/N pairs passage function with a mortise edge pull for pulling the slab out of the pocket.

The Omnia 7012/L Modern Rectangular Pocket Door Lock is built around the same privacy function with emergency release that the Rockwood 891 provides through its turn piece locking to the jamb strike and a release on the opposite side. Both are privacy-function pocket door locks, so the bathroom or bedroom pocket door gets a thumbturn on the inside and an emergency release for the outside either way. The 891 is brass and carries ANSI A156.14, D0831; the Omnia is described as a modern rectangular trim. Choose the 891 where the D0831 designation is called out on the spec, and the 7012/L where the rectangular trim needs to match other openings.

The Rockwood 891 is made for 1-3/8 inch and 1-3/4 inch doors, so a heavier slab falls outside its range. The Weslock 0577 Rectangular Privacy Pocket Door Lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors and has an adjustable backset and a full lip strike, which is the one to specify for a thick pocket door that still needs a privacy thumbturn. The Deltana SDLA325 Heavy-Duty Pocket Door Lock is also a privacy-function unit with an adjustable design at 3-1/4 inch by 2-1/4 inch. Both stay in the same privacy/bed/bath function as the 891.

Both are privacy-function pocket door locks for a bathroom or bedroom slab, but they are not the same part. The Emtek 2102 Privacy Pocket Door Lock measures 2-3/8 inch by 3-1/8 inch. The Rockwood 891 is brass, carries ANSI A156.14, D0831, is specified as commercial, fits 1-3/8 inch and 1-3/4 inch doors, and ships with four #6 x 5/8 inch oval head sheet metal screws. If the submittal calls for the A156.14 designation, the 891 is the one that answers it; if the 2-3/8 inch by 3-1/8 inch plate has to match adjacent Emtek trim, the 2102 does.

Four #6 x 5/8 inch oval head sheet metal screws ship with the latch. The strike mounts in the jamb, so the opening needs a jamb to receive it. Everything else, the mortise pocket in the door edge and the face preps, is site work.

Several privacy pocket door locks cover the same job with different trim shapes and footprints. Orca Hardware PDLRD is round and PDLSQ is square. Deltana SDL25 is a 2-1/2 by 2-3/4 inch plate, the SDL60 a 6 inch decorative plate, and the SDLA325 a heavy-duty adjustable unit at 3-1/4 by 2-1/4 inches. Omnia 7012/L is a modern rectangular privacy lock that also has an emergency release, and Emtek 2102 is 2-3/8 by 3-1/8 inches. The 891 is the one specified to ANSI A156.14 in a commercial submittal.

For 1-3/8 and 1-3/4 inch pocket doors it works as a single standard, with one screw pack (four #6 x 5/8 inch oval head SMS) and one finish across the fleet in 626, 625, or 613. It is brass and built to ANSI A156.14, which is what an institutional spec wants. The limit is thickness: any pocket door outside 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches needs a different latch, so survey slab thickness before committing the whole building to it.

No. The 891 is the privacy latch itself, brass, with four #6 x 5/8 inch oval head sheet metal screws, for 1-3/8 inch and 1-3/4 inch doors. The rolling gear is a separate line: the NGP SLAL250PD72 is a 72 inch aluminum pocket door track rated up to 250 pounds, and the Orca Hardware PK1200 is a pocket door frame kit for 1 inch or 1-3/4 inch doors. On a new pocket door opening, the track or frame kit and the latch are two separate orders.

The Orca Hardware PDLRD is a privacy-function round pocket door lock, and the Pamex PF2 is a round sliding door lock with a 2-3/8 inch backset for 1-5/16 inch to 1-9/16 inch doors. If the opening calls for square trim instead, the Orca Hardware PDLSQ is the privacy-function square version. The Rockwood 891 is a brass privacy latch for 1-3/8 inch and 1-3/4 inch doors, so match trim shape first and then confirm the slab thickness falls in range.

The Deltana SDL60 Decorative Pocket Door Lock is a 6 inch privacy unit, and the Emtek #8 Classic Arched Pocket Door Mortise Lock is a brass unit at 2-7/8 inch by 7-5/8 inch. The Emtek 2153 Narrow Modern Rectangular runs 2 inch by 7-1/4 inch. All of these present a taller plate on the face of the slab than a compact latch. The Rockwood 891 is brass and comes in 613 satin bronze oil rubbed, 625 bright chrome and 626 satin chrome, so if the finish is the deciding factor rather than the plate size, the 891 already covers those three.

The Weslock 0577 Rectangular Privacy Pocket Door Lock has an adjustable backset and a full lip strike, and the Deltana SDLA325 Heavy-Duty Pocket Door Lock is an adjustable privacy unit at 3-1/4 inch by 2-1/4 inch. On the passage side, the Weslock 0627 Round Passage unit is also adjustable-backset with a full lip strike. The Rockwood 891 is a commercial brass privacy latch to ANSI A156.14, D0831 that locks its turn piece to the jamb strike, so it is the choice when the strike prep is being cut fresh to the Rockwood pattern.

The Rockwood 891 is designated commercial and built to ANSI A156.14, D0831 in brass, with a privacy/bed/bath function and three finishes to work with: 613 satin bronze oil rubbed, 625 bright chrome and 626 satin chrome. Among the alternates, the Weslock 0577 is a privacy pocket door lock with an adjustable backset and full lip strike covering 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Deltana SDLA325 is a heavy-duty adjustable privacy unit. For a facility rolling one part number across many bathroom pocket doors, the A156.14 designation on the 891 is what a submittal reviewer looks for.

The Deltana SDL25 Pocket Door Lock is a 2-1/2 inch by 2-3/4 inch privacy unit, and the Emtek 2102 Privacy Pocket Door Lock is 2-3/8 inch by 3-1/8 inch. Both keep a compact plate on the face of the slab while holding the privacy function. The Rockwood 891 is a brass privacy/bed/bath latch with a turn piece that locks to the jamb strike and an emergency release on the opposite side, mounted with four #6 x 5/8 inch oval head sheet metal screws.