Yes, as long as the stile measures at least 4-3/4 inches (120mm). That is the minimum stile width for the ED3727, which is built as a narrow stile surface vertical rod device. Anything narrower than 4-3/4 inches and the device case will not land on the stile properly, and you would need to look at a different mounting approach.

No. The ED3727 is not fire rated, so it cannot go on a labeled fire door opening. It is UL/cUL Listed under UL 305, which covers panic hardware for life safety egress, not fire door hardware. For a labeled opening, look at a fire rated surface vertical rod device such as the Adams Rite 3100 Series or the Arrow S1150.

No handing to call out. Every device in the TownSteel 3700 Series is non-handed or reversible, so the same ED3727 works on a left or right hand door. That makes it easier to stock one part for a building with openings swinging both ways.

Ordering the ED3727 less bottom rod (LBR) drops the lower rod and bottom latch, so the device only latches into the head. Crews pick LBR where the floor is uneven, where a threshold or carpet would foul a bottom latch, or where they want to cut down on the maintenance a floor strike creates. Both a standard version with the bottom rod and an LBR version are offered, in either finish.

Yes. A surface vertical rod device like the ED3727 latches at the top (and at the floor unless you order it less bottom rod), not into the edge of the frame, so a pair of doors can be secured without a center mullion. That is the main reason to choose vertical rod over a rim device, which needs a mullion between the leaves.

Wood doors are fine. The ED3727 is listed as wood door compatible in addition to the aluminum storefront openings narrow stile devices usually serve, provided the stile meets the 4-3/4 inch minimum. By contrast, the Von Duprin 7527 and 7827 surface vertical rod devices are not wood door compatible.

No, despite the matching 3727 digits they are different devices. The Sargent 3727 is a Grade 1 surface vertical rod exit device with a standard push bar in a wide stile design, part of Sargent's 30 Series. The TownSteel ED3727 is a Grade 1 narrow stile device in the 3700 Series with a 4-3/4 inch minimum stile width. Order by brand as well as number so the stile type matches your door.

No. The TownSteel ED3727 is not fire rated, so it belongs on a non-rated egress opening. For a labeled opening, use a device carried as fire rated: the Adams Rite 3100 Series at 30 inches is fire rated and wide stile, the Arrow S1150 is fire rated and fits narrow or wide stile, and the Sargent 2727 is a Grade 1 fire rated reversible device in a wide stile design. Confirm the device length against your door width before ordering.

The TownSteel ED3727 is wood door compatible. Two narrow stile Grade 1 peers that otherwise read as close matches are not: the Von Duprin 7527-3ft and the Von Duprin 7827-3ft are both listed as not wood door compatible. If the opening is a wood door, stay with the ED3727 or another device carried for wood.

It is certified to ANSI/BHMA A156.3 Grade 1, the heaviest duty classification for exit devices, so it is intended for high use commercial openings. Internal components are electro-plated steel and corrosion-resistant alloy, and the latching mechanism is built shock resistant to take abuse at the door.

Both are covered. The ED3727 meets the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and meets the guidelines of the Buy American Act, which is what most federal, school, and municipal specs are checking for on egress hardware.

The ED3727 is configured for a 36 inch by 84 inch door opening. Two finishes are offered: 630 satin stainless steel, the standard commercial look that blends with most existing lever and pull hardware, and 695 Duro, a dark bronze tone. Both finishes are available with or without the bottom rod.

Several narrow stile surface vertical rod devices cover the same application. The Von Duprin 3327A and the Von Duprin 7527 are both Grade 1 narrow stile devices for 36 inch doors on 1-3/4 inch thick doors. The Corbin Russwin ED4400 is a Grade 1 narrow stile device that accepts trim, and the Falcon 19-V-EO is a Grade 1 narrow stile exit only device. The Adams Rite 8200 Series is another narrow stile, non fire rated Grade 1 option.

You can, since a wide stile easily exceeds the 4-3/4 inch minimum, but the narrow case of the ED3727 will look undersized on a wide stile door and will not cover an existing wide stile device's fastener pattern. For a wide stile aluminum or hollow metal door, a wide stile device such as the Corbin Russwin ED5400, the Von Duprin 2227, or the Falcon 20 Series is the better match.

The TownSteel ED3727 is an ANSI/BHMA A156.3 Grade 1 device. If the opening does not call for Grade 1, the Dexter ED2000 Series is a Grade 2 surface vertical rod panic device, and the Design Hardware 2000V at 33 inches is catalogued as a standard duty surface vertical rod. Design Hardware also offers the 1000V at 33 inches as a heavy duty option.

The TownSteel ED3727 is sold in exit device configurations with a choice of satin stainless steel 630 or 695 Duro finish and with or without the bottom rod. If your spec calls specifically for a device catalogued to take operator trim, the Corbin Russwin ED4400 and ED5400 are listed as exit only, accepts trim, and the Corbin Russwin ED7400 is a narrow stile crossbar device listed as exit only, accepts operator trim.

The TownSteel ED3727 can be ordered with the bottom rod omitted, which keeps the floor clear at the threshold. The Orca Hardware OED56 Series at 36 inches is also configured less bottom rod, non-handed, in an aluminum finish and listed as exit only standard duty. The ED3727 side of that choice is a Grade 1 narrow stile device.

The TownSteel ED3727 is non-handed or reversible by design, so one device covers either swing. Reversible peers include the BEST Precision 5201 at 36 inches, listed as reversible, the Von Duprin 2227-3FT at 36 inches listed non-handed, the Sargent 2727 listed as reversible, and the Orca Hardware OED56 at 36 inches listed non-handed.

The TownSteel ED3727 is stated to meet the guidelines of the Buy American Act, to meet ADA requirements, and to be ANSI/BHMA A156.3 Grade 1 certified and UL/cUL Listed for UL 305. Other Grade 1 narrow stile devices at the same 36 inch width include the Corbin Russwin ED4400, the Falcon 24-V-EO, and the Falcon 19-V-EO, all carried as Grade 1 narrow stile exit only devices.

The TownSteel ED3727 is an operating Grade 1 narrow stile surface vertical rod exit device. For a non-operating match on an inactive leaf, the Sargent 12-8710 is listed with a dummy function as a fire rated surface vertical rod device in a wide stile design, Grade 1, from the 8700 Series.