Schlage 03-233 - ND Button Lever

Trim only. The 03-233 is an ND Series replacement lever, sold as a replacement part with a lever-only function, so no lock chassis, latch, strike or cylinder comes with it. If the ND lock body in the door is sound and you are replacing a lever that is broken, worn, or the wrong style, this is the part you want. If the chassis itself has failed, order a complete ND lockset instead and the lever comes with it.

Non-handed, so you do not pick a hand. Every ND lever is reversible and the same 03-233 covers a left or right hand opening. Handing still matters elsewhere on that door: on keyed ND functions the hand sets cylinder orientation, and on a reverse bevel door it decides the finish of the latchbolt and strike. Those are lock body and latch calls, not lever calls, so they do not change what you order here.

The 03-233 is the ND lever that carries the locking pushbutton. Press the button and the opposite lever is locked out, so it will not retract the latch until the lock releases. What releases it, turning the inside lever, unlocking with a key, or opening the door, is set by the ND chassis the lever mounts on, because the 03-233 is trim and the lock body determines the function. Order the lever to match the function already in the door.

ND Series levers are stated to comply with ANSI A117.1 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The lever shape is what earns that: it operates with a closed fist or a loose grip, with no tight grasping, pinching or wrist twisting, which is the operable-parts test an inspector applies to door hardware on an accessible route. That holds across the 03-233 lever designs, so specifying Rhodes over Athens is an appearance decision, not a compliance one.

Rhodes is one of the 03-233 lever designs, along with Athens, Sparta, Omega and Tubular. In Rhodes alone the lever runs in satin nickel 619, bright brass 605, satin brass 606, satin bronze 612, oil rubbed bronze 613, bright chrome 625, aged bronze 643E and antimicrobial satin chrome 626AM. Matching an existing opening is a matter of pairing the right design with the right finish number, since a Rhodes in 613 and a Rhodes in 625 read completely differently on the door.

626AM, satin chrome with an antimicrobial treatment, is the one to specify for patient rooms, restrooms and other high-touch openings. On the 03-233 it is offered on the Omega, Rhodes, Athens and Tubular lever designs. Because it is satin chrome, it sits beside standard 626 satin chrome trim without the corridor looking mismatched, so you can put the antimicrobial finish only where infection control asks for it and leave the rest of the floor as it is.

No. The 03-233 is a commercial ND Series part and it mounts on an ND lock chassis, so it will not go onto a residential knob or lever set from another line. Where it does work is any opening already carrying an ND lock body, which is the usual situation in apartment corridors, offices, schools and healthcare buildings. If the door has something other than an ND chassis behind the trim, the lever is the wrong part regardless of finish.

No - the two are different components of a door opening. The Schlage 03-233 is an ND Series button lever, meaning it is the lever handle itself, sold as a replacement part for commercial ND Series locks, non-handed, with a lever-only function and no locking mechanism of its own. The Cal-Royal CALDOR238 is a CAL101 dormitory dead latch, a dormitory-function unit. If the lever has snapped, sagged, or worn out on an ND Series lock, the 03-233 in the matching lever style - Athens, Rhodes, Sparta, Omega, or Tubular - is the part that restores it, and a dormitory dead latch will not mount in its place.

The Schlage 03-233 ND button lever is lever-only trim: it is the lever handle for a commercial ND Series lock and carries a button lever function, so the locking behavior on the opening comes from the lock body it mounts to, not from the 03-233 itself. For an opening that has to be specified as dormitory function, Cal-Royal builds the CALDOR238, a CAL101 dormitory dead latch that carries the dormitory function outright. Buyers standardizing a dorm or multi-family corridor typically pick the function-rated unit for the opening first, then order 03-233 levers in the chosen style and finish as replacement stock for the ND locks already hung elsewhere in the building.

No, those are two separate fixes. A broken or loose handle on a Schlage ND Series commercial lock is corrected with the Schlage 03-233 ND button lever, the replacement lever itself, ordered in the lever style already on the door - Athens, Rhodes, Sparta, Omega, or Tubular - and in a finish that matches the rest of the fleet, such as 626 Satin Chrome, 613 Oil Rubbed Bronze, or 622 Matte Black. Because the 03-233 is non-handed, the same lever works on left-hand and right-hand doors, so a property manager can carry one lever style and finish across a building. A latch that will not hold is a latch problem, and the Cal-Royal CALDOR238 CAL101 dormitory dead latch is a dead latch unit with a dormitory function.