Trimco 242 Flush Pull (2-1/2" Diameter)

No. The 242 cup pull is a plain recessed pull for sliding doors, closet doors, non-locking pocket doors and cabinets. There is no latch, no privacy function and no edge pull in it. If the pocket door has to lock, you need a pocket door lock set rather than a cup pull. Trimco lists the 242 for non-locking applications only.

The 242 is a 2-1/2 inch diameter round cup, so the recess is bored to suit that diameter. Trimco publishes a 242 flush pull template for laying out the cut, which is the safe way to size the pocket rather than working off the face diameter alone.

Yes, the 242 is listed ADA compliant. That matters on the pocket and sliding doors in a path of travel where a recessed pull is the only hardware on the door face.

No. The 242 is a standard open cup, and an open recess is not a ligature-resistant detail. For those rooms use the ABH 1911 Series flush door pull, which is built with a ligature-resistant design.

The Orca Hardware 2-1/8 inch diameter round flush pull is the closest like-for-like round cup pull. Both are round recessed cup pulls that mortise into the door face, so the working difference is the cup diameter: the Trimco 242 is 2-1/2 inches across, the Orca is 2-1/8 inches. That matters on a retrofit, because the bore already in the door was cut for one of those two sizes. Going from an existing 2-1/2 inch cutout to the 2-1/8 inch Orca leaves a visible gap around the flange; going the other way means enlarging the hole. Measure the existing cup before ordering either one.

The Trimco 242 is an open recessed cup with no latching mechanism, so it suits closet doors, non-locking pocket doors and cabinets. When the pocket door has to operate as a passage or dummy set rather than just a finger pull, the Baldwin Estate 8601 pocket door pull is the one to specify - it is built as a pocket door pull for passage and dummy applications. Choose by what the door has to do at the jamb: a bare pull for a door that simply slides, the 8601 where the opening is trimmed as a door set.

For rooms with ligature risk, specify the ABH 1911 series flush door pull, which is built with a ligature-resistant design. The Trimco 242 is a conventional 2-1/2 inch round cup pull intended for commercial openings such as hospitality, office, and multifamily and mixed-use buildings; it carries no ligature-resistant construction. Behavioral health, holding, and similar secure rooms are the openings where the 1911 is the correct call and a plain cup pull is not.

Commercial. Trimco grades the 242 as a commercial flush pull and calls out hospitality, office buildings and multifamily or mixed-use as its applications. It is stamped construction for durability, in brass, bronze or plated steel.

Seven finishes: 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. For satin chrome openings, order 626, which is the standard BHMA satin chrome number carried across most commercial trim, so the cup will read the same as your levers and push plates.

Orca Hardware makes a 2-1/8 inch diameter round flush pull, a step down from the 242's 2-1/2 inch cup, which helps on a narrow stile or a cabinet door where a 2-1/2 inch bore crowds the edge. If you are going the other direction on an Estate-grade pocket door, Baldwin's Estate 8601 pocket door pull covers passage and dummy applications.

Usually yes, and they are sold one at a time by finish, so count the faces you have to grab. A bypass closet slider needs a cup on the accessible face of each panel; a pocket door that gets pulled from both sides needs one on each face plus an edge pull to get the leaf back out of the pocket, which is a separate part from the 242 cup.

For plain sliding closet doors the Trimco 242 is the simpler standard: it is a stamped flush cup pull in brass, bronze or plated steel offered in seven finishes including 626 satin chrome, 613 oil rubbed bronze and 622 matte black, so one part number covers a whole building's closet doors in the finish that matches the rest of the hardware. The Baldwin Estate 8601 is a pocket door pull for passage and dummy use, which is the heavier answer for doors that need a functioning set rather than a finger pull. A property manager replacing worn closet pulls across a fleet is usually matching the former.

The Trimco 242 is ADA compliant as a commercial flush pull at its 2-1/2 inch diameter. The Orca Hardware round flush pull is a 2-1/8 inch diameter cup, a smaller finger recess. On an opening where the door hardware has to meet accessibility requirements, confirm the recess depth and opening size against the code official's reading before substituting a smaller-diameter cup for the 242.

Substrate is bronze or plated steel depending on finish, and Trimco also builds the 242/248 cup pulls in brass. All of them are stamped rather than cast, which is what keeps this a cost effective pull rather than a forged one.