Schlage PC70 Series Grade 1 Classroom Exterior Lockdown Cylindrical Lock with Rose

If your frame is prepped for a standard ANSI strike, yes. The PC70 uses a 2-3/4 inch backset and ships with the 10-072 strike, a 1-1/4 inch by 4-7/8 inch square corner box strike with a 1-3/16 inch lip. That is the standard commercial frame prep, so on most existing openings the lock drops into the frame cutout without rework. Openings prepped for a 2-3/8 inch backset are the exception and will not line up.

No handing to specify. The PC70 is field reversible, so one part number covers both swings and a property manager can stock a single lock for the whole building instead of splitting inventory by hand.

Fire rated, and UL listed for 3-hour fire doors. It is also certified to ANSI/BHMA Grade 1 for operational and security performance, which is what most institutional and multifamily specs call out on corridor and stair openings.

Six cylinder preps, and you pick one at order time: B (SFIC prep, less core), H (SFIC prep with construction core), J (FSIC prep, less core), T (FSIC prep with construction core), L (less cylinder) and P (conventional cylinder). If your building is already on small format interchangeable core, order B or H and drop your own cores in. H and T let the trades work on a construction core during the build and swap to permanent cores at turnover.

Yes, the PC Series carries the full range of Schlage key system security. The patented Everest 29 S123 keyway is supplied standard, which blocks unauthorized key duplication, and restricted Primus options are available for higher key control. Schlage also states the series works with over seven non-Schlage key systems, so a mixed-brand building can often stay on one key.

The Cal-Royal NM8070 is a heavy duty Grade 1 classroom mortise lockset with an auxiliary deadlatch, listed for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Corbin Russwin ML2003 is another Grade 1 classroom mortise lockset in the ML2000 Series, also listed at 1-3/4 inch door thickness. Both are mechanical classroom-function locks in the same grade class as the Schlage PC70, which is a Grade 1 lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset.

The Accentra 8805FL is a Grade 1 storeroom mortise lock in the 8800 Series with an Arcadia lever. The Cal-Royal NM8080 is a Grade 1 storeroom mortise lockset with an interchangeable core option for 1-3/4 inch doors, which is useful if you are already running an interchangeable core key system like the SFIC and FSIC preps offered on the Schlage PC70.

Several electronic mortise locks cover classroom openings. The Alarm Lock DL3500CR is a Grade 1 Trilogy electronic mortise lock with 300 user codes and classroom function for doors 1-5/8 to 1-7/8 inches, and the DL2700CR is a Grade 1 Trilogy T2 classroom-function electronic mortise lock with weatherproof design in the same door range. The TownSteel FME-2000 is a Grade 1 heavy duty classroom mortise lockset with RFID for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Schlage PC70 is a mechanical lock, not electronic.

The Alarm Lock Trilogy electronic mortise locks list a 1-5/8 to 1-7/8 inch door thickness range, including the DL2700CR and DL3500CR classroom-function models and the DL4500 electronic mortise deadbolt. The Hager 3810S passage mortise lock covers 1-3/4 to 2-1/2 inches. The Schlage PC70 lists a 1-3/4 inch door thickness.

The TownSteel MRX-L-01 is a Grade 1 heavy duty stainless steel anti-ligature lever mortise lockset with passage function for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the MRX-A-01 is the same passage function with satin stainless ligature resistant arch trim. The Marks USA 5PDN is a Grade 1 hospital passage mortise push/pull paddleset that is ligature resistant and ADA compliant in satin stainless steel. The Schlage PC70 uses a standard curved lever and is not a ligature resistant design.

It is built to suite. PC Series levers suite with Schlage PM Series, PT Series and ALX Series Grade 2 cylindrical locks, and all lever styles suite with Von Duprin exit devices, so a corridor with panic hardware and offices with cylindrical locks read as one set. Eight lever designs are offered: Athens, Boardwalk, Broadway, Latitude, Longitude, Rhodes, Sparta and Tubular.

It uses the common cylindrical ANSI 161 door prep, so on a door already bored for a standard cylindrical lock there is no new machining. The lock ships pre-assembled with an install-assist design and a no-adjustment chassis that covers the full door range, and the snap-on wrought brass rose hides the mounting screws. For a maintenance crew turning multiple units, that is the difference between a quick swap and a shop job.

Lock monitoring is available, but the mechanical request-to-exit (RX) kits are sold separately, so budget them as a line item on the order. The PC70 itself is a mechanical lock, not an electrified one. If the opening needs credential access rather than monitoring, look at an electronic lock such as the Schlage CO-100 standalone mortise lock with keypad reader, or the ENGAGE Series LEMD wireless mortise lock with a 125kHz proximity reader.

The closest cross-brand equivalent in function is the Cal-Royal NM8050, a heavy duty Grade 1 office/entrance lockset with an auxiliary deadlatch, listed for 1-3/4 inch doors. If the opening is really a classroom rather than an office, the Corbin Russwin ML2003 and the Cal-Royal NM8070 are both Grade 1 classroom locksets for 1-3/4 inch doors. For a non-keyed opening in the same Grade 1 class, the Falcon MA101 is a heavy duty passage lock that is fire rated and field reversible. What the PC70 brings that these do not is suiting with Schlage PM, PT and ALX trim and Von Duprin exit devices across one building.

The Cal-Royal NM8050 is a heavy duty Grade 1 office/entrance mortise lockset with auxiliary deadlatch for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Hager 3850E is a Grade 1 office mortise lock with lever and escutcheon, non-keyed, on a 2-3/4 inch backset for doors 1-3/4 to 2-1/2 inches. Both cover the entrance/office function family that the Schlage PC Series also lists.

No. The Falcon MA101 is a Grade 1 heavy-duty mortise passage lock, field reversible and fire rated, in the MA Series - passage means the latch retracts from either side with no keyed control. Use it on hall and closet openings. For a keyed classroom opening you would look at the Cal-Royal NM8070 Grade 1 classroom mortise lockset instead.

The Schlage PC Series includes a Bed/Bath Privacy function among its eight mechanical functions, so you can keep the same lever family across the building. If you are sourcing across brands, 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 doors 1-3/4 to 2 inches.

The BEST 45HCAC is a heavy duty mortise lock body with public entrance function and field reversible operation, and the 45HCAINL is a heavy duty mortise lockbody with intruder function. Those are lock bodies rather than complete lever-and-rose locksets, so trim is ordered separately. The Schlage PC70 is supplied as a lever lock with rose and is field reversible.

The Schlage Electronics LEBMB-ADD is a mobile-enabled mortise lock with push button and LED covering privacy, office and apartment functions, rated Grade 2 with a 3 hour fire rating for 1-3/4 inch doors. The LEMD-GRW is a Grade 1 ENGAGE Series wireless mortise lock with 125kHz proximity reader and Greenwich trim, right hand, also 3 hour fire rated. The Schlage PC70 is a Grade 1 mechanical lock, so the electronic models change both the credential method and, for the LE Series, the grade.

No. The Emtek 3019 Brisbane, 3102 Memphis, 3104 Hamilton and 3106 Manhattan mortise entrance locksets are dummy function, meaning they are trim with no working latch or keyed control. The Schlage PC70 is a commercial-rated lock. For a functioning keyed commercial opening, look at the Accentra 8805FL Grade 1 storeroom mortise lock or the Cal-Royal NM8070 Grade 1 classroom lockset.

The Sargent 7925 is a Grade 1 heavy duty dormitory exit function mortise lock in the 7900 Series with rose trim and a single cylinder deadbolt. That gives you a deadbolt at the opening, which the Schlage PC70 does not carry - its latchbolt is retracted by the lever from either side.

The Command Access ML190 Series motorized mortise lock is a heavy-duty storeroom-function lock with field selectable fail safe or fail secure operation on 24VDC. The BEST 45HW Series is a heavy duty wired electromechanical mortise lock with 12V/24V operation. The Schlage PC70 is a mechanical lock, though it does offer mechanical Request to Exit monitoring kits sold separately.

Six, and the same six run across every lever and trim in the series so you can mix designs without a finish mismatch: 613 Oil Rubbed Bronze, 619 Satin Nickel, 622 Matte Black, 625 Bright Chrome, 626 Satin Chrome and 643E Aged Bronze. 626 Satin Chrome is the usual choice for back-of-house and commercial corridors; 622 and 643E are the ones specified on design-forward multifamily and hospitality openings.

It is a commercial lock. The PC Series was purpose-built for commercial real estate, retail, multifamily and hospitality, and every Schlage lock is put through cycle, resistance, door impact, warped door and bolt strength testing to establish its ANSI grade. This one is Grade 1, the highest ANSI/BHMA grade, which is what high-traffic tenant and common-area doors need. Levers are solid zinc and the rose is wrought brass.