Trimco 1204/1205 Base Stop

The 1204/1205 is a base stop, so it mounts to the baseboard or wall rather than the floor, and it uses two fasteners on 3 inch centers. Lay that 3 inch spacing out on the wall before you drill: both screws should land in baseboard or in solid backing, not in hollow drywall, or the stop will pull loose the first time a door slams into it. Trimco's 1200 Series covers both floor and wall mounted stops, so if the baseboard behind your door is too short or too thin to take both fasteners, a floor mounted model from the same series is the better call.

Two fastener choices are offered on the 1204/1205. Wood Screws suit a wood baseboard or wood blocking. The Combo Pack is the one to order when you do not know what is behind the wall or when you are mixing substrates across a building, since Trimco supplies the 1200 Series with fasteners for both surface mounted and anchored applications. Either way the two holes sit on 3 inch centers, so your anchors need to be set to that spacing.

Yes, the 1204/1205 base stop is ADA compliant, and it carries BHMA L02121. Because it is a base stop rather than a floor stop, it keeps the obstruction off the floor plane entirely, which is why wall and base stops are the usual pick in corridors and patient rooms where a floor mounted stop becomes a trip hazard. It is a commercial rated stop, and Trimco lists the 1200 Series for K-12 schools, universities, healthcare grade traffic aside, offices, retail and industrial buildings.

L02121 is the BHMA function code for the stop type, and it is what a spec writer or architect puts on the door hardware schedule instead of a brand name. If your schedule calls out L02121, the Trimco 1204/1205 base stop answers it directly, which matters on public and institutional jobs where submittals get checked against the BHMA designation rather than the catalog number. The stop is also ADA compliant, the other line most schedules want confirmed.

A base stop takes the impact at the baseboard, so nothing sits in the walking path and nothing has to be drilled into finished floor or tile. That is why it is the common choice in corridors, classrooms and anywhere carts and wheelchairs travel. A floor stop is the better option when the door swings well clear of the wall and the leaf would never reach a base mounted stop, or when the wall behind is glass or has no solid backing to anchor to. Trimco's 1200 Series covers both, plus holder versions if you need the door to stay open, so you can keep one series across a building and still pick the right mounting per opening. The 1204/1205 is the base mounted one.

Seven finishes are offered on the 1204/1205 base stop: 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 613 oil rubbed bronze, 613E dark oxidized satin bronze, 622 matte black, 625 bright chrome and 626 satin chrome. Those are standard BHMA finish numbers, so if your existing levers, hinges or closers are called out as 626 or 613 on the schedule, ordering the matching number gets you the same finish family without guessing from a photo. Every one of the seven is available with either fastener choice.

Yes. Trimco publishes an installation template for the 1204 (T18626) and a separate one for the 1205 (T18636), which is what you want when a crew is setting stops across dozens of openings and every one has to land at the same height and spacing. The fastener holes are on 3 inch centers, so once the template height is set for one opening it repeats across the building.