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Sargent Sargent 8200 Series - (8250) Hotel Guest Lock Function Escutcheon Trim, Heavy Duty Single Cylinder with Deadbolt Mortise Lock, Grade 1 SGT-8250-ET

Sargent 8250-ET Hotel Guest Lock Function Heavy Duty Mortise Lock with Deadbolt and Escutcheon Trim

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Sargent 8250-ET Hotel Guest Lock Function Heavy Duty Mortise Lock with Deadbolt and Escutcheon Trim

Industry Benchmark Mortise Lock with Maximum Security and Performance

The Sargent 8250-ET represents the industry benchmark for commercial mortise locks, delivering maximum security, performance, and durability with high-quality components. This heavy duty lever-style mortise lock features a 2 3/4" backset, 1 3/4" door thickness compatibility, and 3/4" latchbolt throw for reliable operation. The multi-functional lock body integrates with all SARGENT key systems including Degree, Signature, KESO, and XC, while meeting ANSI/BHMA A156.13 Series 1000 Grade 1 operational standards.

Professional Features & Benefits

  • Standard Door Compatibility: Designed for 1 3/4" door thickness with 2 3/4" backset depth and 3/4" latchbolt throw for reliable installation.
  • Heavy-Duty Durability: UL Cycle Above and Beyond test completed at 16 million cycles (Verification ID: V584148) for exceptional longevity in high-traffic applications.
  • Grade 1 Performance: ANSI/BHMA A156.13 Series 1000 Operational Grade 1 certification with curved lip strike type for commercial-grade reliability.
  • Universal Key System Integration: Integrates with all SARGENT key systems (Degree, Signature, KESO, and XC) with 6 pin or 7 pin cylinder options for flexible security management.
  • Fire-Rated Construction: UL 10C Fire-Rated up to 3 hours with UL-cUL listing and NFPA 80 compliance for life safety applications.
  • Multi-Functional Design: Available in 56 different functions including electromechanical, security and monitoring options with field reversible handing for versatile applications.
  • EcoFlex Technology: Electromechanical versions operate from 12 to 24VDC with EcoFlex technology creating up to 89% energy savings and 96% power consumption reduction.
  • Comprehensive Warranty: 10-year limited warranty with 2-year coverage on electrical components for added confidence and protection.

Technical Specifications

  • Refer to manufacturer documentation for complete technical specifications.

Installation & Operation

  1. Review manufacturer specifications and verify door preparation requirements including 1 3/4" door thickness, 2 3/4" backset depth, and handing as applicable to this mortise lock.
  2. Use manufacturer-provided templates to mark mounting hole locations accurately on door and frame surfaces for proper mortise preparation.
  3. Prepare door and frame by drilling required holes and routing mortise cavity as specified in manufacturer instructions for the lock body and strike.
  4. Install all mounting hardware including the mortise lock body, escutcheon trim, and curved lip strike per manufacturer torque specifications.
  5. Adjust operational components for proper alignment, latching, and smooth operation throughout the full range of motion with 3/4" latchbolt throw.
  6. Test device operation to verify proper function and make final adjustments as needed. Refer to manufacturer documentation for complete installation details and troubleshooting.

Professional Applications

  • Hotel and Hospitality Guest Rooms
  • Commercial Office Buildings
  • Healthcare Patient Rooms
  • Educational Facility Dormitories
  • Multi-Tenant Residential Properties
  • Government and Municipal Buildings
  • Industrial and Warehouse Administrative Areas

Why Choose Sargent Quality?

Sargent 8250-ET mortise locks deliver professional-grade reliability with patented design and construction rated for 16 million cycles in UL testing. The 10-year limited warranty with 2-year electrical component coverage demonstrates the manufacturer's confidence in long-term performance. Engineered for demanding commercial applications where dependable security and durability are essential, these locks exceed independently verified testing standards to provide the strongest and most durable mortise lock performance in the industry.

Product Specs

Series:
8200 Series
Grade:
Grade 1
Keyed Function:
Single Cylinder
Product Group:
Mechanical Locks
Product Subgroup:
Bored Locksets
Subcategory:
Bored Locksets
Keyed:
Yes
Commercial/Residential:
Commercial
Lock Type:
Mortise
Lock Function:
Hotel Guest Lock
Product Type:
Mortise Locks
Duty Level:
Heavy Duty
Handle Type:
Lever
Product Attribute:
Mortise Locks
Electronic:
No
Product Function:
Hotel/Motel
Product Category:
Mechanical Locks
Collection:
8200 Series
Department:
Door Hardware

Sargent 8250 LE1A BSP – Frequently Asked Questions

1) What does the hotel guest lock function on the Sargent 8250 actually do?
The 8250 is Sargent's hotel guest room function: a single cylinder keyed mortise lock with a deadbolt, operated by a lever outside and trimmed with an escutcheon. It's the function specified for guest rooms where the occupant throws the deadbolt from inside for privacy and the room key works the outside lever. If you need a storeroom, classroom, or office opening instead, that's a different function number in the same 8200 family, not this one.
2) Will the Sargent 8250-ET fit a 1-3/4 inch door and my existing mortise pocket?
The 8250-ET is built for 1-3/4 inch door thickness with a 2-3/4 inch backset, which is the standard commercial mortise prep. If your doors are already prepped for a 2-3/4 inch backset mortise body, the pocket geometry lines up. Anything thinner or with a 2-1/2 inch backset (some Baldwin mortise bodies use 2-1/2) is a different prep.
3) Will the 8250 latch into the strike already in my frame?
The latchbolt throws 3/4 inch and the lock ships with a curved lip strike. A curved lip strike is what you want where the door closes against a stop with some misalignment; if your frame carries a flat ANSI strike in a standard mortise prep, the 3/4 inch throw still engages, but check the lip projection against your jamb reveal so the bolt isn't riding the lip.
4) Can I key the Sargent 8250 into the master key system already running in my building?
It integrates with all SARGENT key systems, including Degree, Signature, KESO and XC, with 6 pin or 7 pin cylinder options. When ordering you pick the cylinder route: standard cylinder, less cylinder, 70 prep for small format interchangeable core less core, or 60 prep for large format interchangeable core less core. If you already run SFIC or LFIC cores across the property, order the 60 or 70 prep and drop your own cores in. Keying is specified separately as keyed different, keyed alike, or to a key code.
5) Is this mortise lock approved for a fire rated guest room door?
Yes. The 8250 is UL 10C fire rated up to 3 hours, carries UL-cUL listing, and complies with NFPA 80. That covers the typical 60 and 90 minute guest room and corridor doors in hospitality and healthcare, and it meets ANSI/BHMA A156.13 Series 1000 Operational Grade 1.
6) What is the closest mechanical Grade 1 mortise alternative to the Sargent 8250-ET if the opening needs a storeroom function instead of hotel guest?
The Sargent 8250-ET is a Grade 1 mechanical hotel guest lock with a single cylinder and deadbolt. For a storeroom opening, the Accentra 8805FL is a Grade 1 storeroom mortise lock in the 8800 Series with an Arcadia lever, and the Cal-Royal NM8080 is a Grade 1 storeroom mortise lockset with an interchangeable core option for 1-3/4 inch doors. Both drop the hotel guest shutout behavior, so the guest-side deadbolt lockout of the 8250-ET is not carried over.
7) Which mortise lock should a hotel use instead of the Sargent 8250-ET if guest room access needs to be electronic and credential-based?
The Sargent 8250-ET is a keyed mechanical mortise lock, listed as non-electronic. For credential-based guest access, the Dormakaba LX-I-M002 Saffire is an electronic RFID mortise lockset with BLE mobile access at BHMA Grade 2, and the Dormakaba E-Plex E5086 is a Grade 1 electronic pushbutton and card lock in a back-to-back mortise configuration. Both manage access through codes or credentials rather than a Sargent key system.
8) If a hotel guest room door needs electric release tied to an access control panel, what replaces the Sargent 8250-ET?
The Sargent 8250-ET is a mechanical keyed mortise lock. For panel-controlled release, the Schlage L9092EU with 03A trim is a heavy duty electric lock/unlock outside lever mortise lock, keyed outside, with request to exit and 12/24VDC operation for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Command Access ML190 is a heavy-duty motorized mortise lock with field selectable EL/EU operation at 24VDC in a storeroom function. Both require power run to the door, which the 8250-ET does not.
9) Can the Baldwin 6301 entry/apartment mortise lock body be used in place of the Sargent 8250-ET?
Not as a direct swap. The Baldwin 6301, in knob by knob and the 6301LS lever by lever version, is an entrance/apartment mortise lock body with a 2-1/2 inch backset for doors 1-3/4 inch and over. The Sargent 8250-ET uses a 2-3/4 inch backset, so the mortise pocket and cylinder centerline do not line up, and the Baldwin carries an entrance/apartment function rather than hotel guest.
10) If a property wants mobile credentials on guest doors instead of the Sargent 8250-ET, what wireless mortise options exist?
The Schlage LEMD-GRW is a Grade 1 ENGAGE Series wireless mortise lock with a 125kHz proximity reader and mobile-enabled deadbolt with LED, Greenwich trim, right hand, with a 3 hour fire rating, and the Schlage LEBMB-ADD is a Grade 2 mobile-enabled mortise lock with push button and LED covering privacy, office and apartment functions for 1-3/4 inch doors with a 3 hour fire rating. The Sargent 8250-ET is mechanical and field reversible for handing, where the LEMD-GRW is ordered handed.
11) Do I have to specify handing when I order the Sargent 8200 mortise lock?
The lock body is field reversible for handing, so one lock covers left and right hand openings and you can flip it on site. That matters if you're stocking spares for a property with mixed handing: one part number covers the building rather than two.
12) What lever and escutcheon options do I choose from on the Sargent 8250-ET?
Four escutcheon styles, LE1, LS, LW1 and WT, and eight lever designs: A, B, E, F, J, L, P and W. Finishes run 16 choices, from 03 bright brass and 04 satin brass through 10B oil rubbed bronze, 26D satin chrome, 32D satin stainless, and BSP black or WSP white suede powder coat. Pick the lever and escutcheon to match what's on the rest of the property, since the trim is what the guest sees.
13) How durable is the Sargent 8200 mortise lock for a high traffic hotel corridor?
Sargent completed UL's Cycle Above and Beyond test on the 8200 at 16 million cycles, verification ID V584148, against a Grade 1 operational rating. For a guest room door cycling dozens of times a day, that's heavy duty commercial service life rather than a residential-grade body.
14) Is the Sargent 8250-ET electronic, and what if I want a keypad or card reader on guest rooms?
No, the 8250-ET is a mechanical key-operated mortise lock. If you're moving guest rooms to credentialed access, look at an electronic mortise lockset instead, such as the Dormakaba Saffire LX-I-M002 RFID mortise lockset with Bluetooth mobile access, or the Dormakaba E-Plex 2066 pushbutton keyless mortise lock. Sargent's own 8200 family also lists electromechanical versions running 12 to 24VDC with EcoFlex, but those are separate models from this mechanical 8250.
15) What is a simpler alternative to the Sargent 8250-ET for a door that needs privacy with a deadbolt rather than a keyed hotel function?
The Sargent 8250-ET is keyed with a single cylinder for hotel guest use. Where the room only needs occupant privacy, the Cal-Royal NM8440 is a Grade 1 privacy mortise lockset with deadbolt for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Hager 3840S is a Grade 1 privacy mortise lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset for 1-3/4 to 2 inch doors. Neither uses a keyed guest cylinder, so staff key control would need to come from elsewhere.
16) Is the Schlage L0170 half dummy trim a substitute for the Sargent 8250-ET?
No. The Schlage L0170 is a Grade 1 non-keyed half dummy trim in the L Series with no latching or locking mechanism, and the Falcon MESC600DT is likewise a dummy escutcheon lever trim for M9900 exit devices. The Sargent 8250-ET is a keyed Grade 1 mortise lock body with a deadbolt and escutcheon trim, so a dummy would only suit an inactive leaf beside it, not the guest room door itself.
17) What mortise lock takes the place of the Sargent 8250-ET on a classroom or dormitory corridor door?
The Sargent 8250-ET carries a hotel guest function. For a classroom opening, the Corbin Russwin ML2003 is a Grade 1 mortise classroom lockset for 1-3/4 inch doors in the ML2000 Series, and the Cal-Royal NM8070 is a Grade 1 classroom mortise lockset with an auxiliary deadlatch for 1-3/4 inch doors. Both match the 8250-ET's Grade 1 level while changing the locking logic to classroom.
18) How does the Sargent 8250-ET compare with a standalone keypad mortise lock for a small property that does not want to issue keys?
The Sargent 8250-ET works off Sargent key systems with 6 or 7 pin cylinders. A keypad alternative is the Alarm Lock DL3500CR Trilogy, a Grade 1 electronic mortise lock with 300 user codes in a classroom function for 1-5/8 to 1-7/8 inch doors, or the BEST 45HZ EZ Series electronic keypad mortise lock with key override. Codes are managed at the lock rather than through a keyway, and the door thickness window on the DL3500CR is narrower than the 1-3/4 inch the 8250-ET is built for.
19) What should be specified instead of the Sargent 8250-ET on a behavioral health or patient room door?
The Sargent 8250-ET uses lever handles with escutcheon trim in LE1, LS, LW1, and WT styles. Where ligature resistance governs, the TownSteel MRX-L-01 is a Grade 1 heavy duty anti-ligature lever mortise lockset in stainless steel with a passage function for 1-3/4 inch doors, the MRX-A-01 is the same passage function with arch trim, and the Marks USA 5PDN is a Grade 1 hospital passage mortise push/pull paddleset that is ligature resistant and ADA compliant. All three are passage rather than keyed hotel guest.
20) For a hotel back-of-house door that only needs latching, what is a lighter choice than the Sargent 8250-ET?
The Sargent 8250-ET is a keyed heavy duty mortise lock with deadbolt. For a closet or corridor door needing no security, the Schlage PM010 is a Grade 1 non-keyed passage latch mortise lock for 1-3/4 inch doors, the Falcon MA101 is a Grade 1 heavy-duty fire-rated mortise passage lock with field reversible operation, and the Hager 3810E is a Grade 1 passage mortise lock with escutcheon and a 2-3/4 inch backset for 1-3/4 to 2-1/2 inch doors. The Hager matches the 8250-ET's backset and escutcheon format while leaving the lock unkeyed.
21) Is the Kaba Ilco 185 Series mortise lock an equivalent to the Sargent 8250-ET because both include a deadbolt?
No. The Kaba Ilco 185 Series is a deadbolt-function mortise lock supplied with no handing, so it provides bolt throw only with no lever latching. The Sargent 8250-ET combines a latchbolt with a 3/4 inch throw, a deadbolt, lever trim and a single guest cylinder, so the 185 Series would leave the opening without latch or lever operation.
22) What mortise lock body suits a public entrance or intruder-lockdown opening where the Sargent 8250-ET hotel function does not apply?
The BEST 45H Series is a heavy duty mortise lock body with a public entrance function and field reversible operation, and the BEST 45HCA Series is a heavy duty mortise lockbody with an intruder function for rooms that must be secured from inside. The Sargent 8250-ET matches their heavy duty class but its hotel guest function locks out the guest key from the inside instead, which is not lockdown behavior.
23) Can I use the Sargent 8250 outside hospitality, like dorms or patient rooms?
Yes. The hotel guest function suits any opening where the occupant needs a key-controlled lever plus an interior deadbolt: dormitory rooms, healthcare patient rooms, multi-tenant residential units, and commercial offices all use it. It's a commercial-rated lock, not a residential one.
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