Office Door Hardware: Commercial List for 4 Door Types
Order an office building as four sets: a keyed lever lock for offices, a passage lever for meeting rooms, a non-locking lever and closer for stair doors, and a storefront lock or panic device for the entrance. Every hinged door also takes hinges and a stop.
The set to order
| Part | What to check | Models |
|---|---|---|
| Office: keyed lever lock | Entrance function, keyed outside. LH853 SNET has a 60 mm backset and suits doors 35 to 45 mm. 8806 SSET has a 60 or 70 mm backset and suits doors 35 to 55 mm. | LH853 SNET, LH855 SNET, 8806 SSET |
| Office: mortise alternative | Lock case, lever and cylinder. Lc21 8550 has a 50 mm backset and 85 mm center distance. State the function on the order. Fit the 70 SNKT thumbturn on the room side. Cylinder length follows door thickness. | Lc21 8550, LH1033 SS, 70 SNKT |
| Meeting room: passage lever | Latches, never locks. Doors 35 to 45 mm. | LH853 SNPS, LH852 BNPS |
| Meeting room: door closer | Where the door schedule calls for one. JU-051 800 mm, 15 to 30 kg. JU-061 850 mm, 25 to 45 kg. | JU-051, JU-061 |
| Large meeting room: panic device | For a room serving 50 or more people. Goes on the push side. 306-S is published for doors up to 1300 mm wide. | 306-S, 316-S |
| Stair door: non-locking lever | Passage function, doors 35 to 45 mm. Measure first, because stair doors are often thicker. | LH853 SNPS |
| Stair door: thicker leaf | LH1033 SS suits doors 35 to 50 mm and has an 8 mm spindle, so confirm the fit to the case. State Passage function on the order. | Lc06 8550PS, LH1033 SS |
| Stair door: closer | JU-088 950 mm, 40 to 65 kg. JU-072 1050 mm, 40 to 65 kg. JU-093 1050 mm, 45 to 85 kg. No hold-open. | JU-088, JU-072, JU-093 |
| Stair door: hinges | Steel or stainless steel, never brass. BL028 is black, 4 × 3 in × 2.5 mm. Quantity and position come from the door certificate. | BL028, SSH012 |
| Entrance: aluminum storefront door | HY006ET has a hook bolt, key outside and thumbturn inside. HY007-S is a push-pull paddle set with a deadlatch and hold-back. HY007 is a deadlatch lock case. Order single cylinder. | HY006ET, HY007-S, HY007 |
| Entrance: frameless glass door | Glass 8 to 12 mm on the patches. Floor spring, bottom patch, top patch and pull handle. Use the 12 mm glass list for the full count. | F101, F110, F111, 100 |
| Entrance: steel or timber door, single leaf | Panic device on the inside face, keyed outside trim so people can enter. 016 is reversible. | 306-S, 316-S, 016 |
| Entrance: steel or timber door, pair | Top and bottom latching. Add a coordinator if the pair is rebated. | 306-D, 316-D, DC02 |
| Entrance: closer | One per leaf. An outside door also fights wind, so send the exposure with the door weight. | JU-072, JU-093 |
| Hinges, office and meeting room | SSH016 lists seven sizes, including 4 × 3 in × 2.5 mm and 4 × 4 in × 2.5 mm. | SSH016 |
| Door stop, every hinged door | DS05 is a floor stop, 44 mm diameter. DS01 is a wall stop that projects 96 mm. | DS05, DS01 |
The set by door type
An office project repeats a few door types many times. Write one set per type, then count doors per floor. Hinges and stops apply to every hinged door.
| Door | What it has to do | Hardware | Models |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Locks against the corridor. Anyone inside can always leave. | Keyed lever lock, hinges, stop | LH853 SNET, LH855 SNET, 8806 SSET, or Lc21 8550 with LH1033 SS and 70 SNKT |
| Meeting room | Latches shut without locking. | Passage lever, closer if scheduled, panic device for 50 or more people | LH853 SNPS, LH852 BNPS; JU-051, JU-061; 306-S, 316-S |
| Stair | Closes and latches by itself, and never needs a key. | Non-locking lever, closer, hinges | LH853 SNPS, or Lc06 8550PS with LH1033 SS; JU-088, JU-072, JU-093; BL028, SSH012 |
| Entrance | Locks after hours and lets people out with no key. | Lock by door type, closer, panic device where required | HY006ET, HY007-S; 306-S, 316-S with 016; pairs 306-D, 316-D; JU-072, JU-093 |
The commercial door hardware list, per door
This is the count to multiply by your door schedule. Three hinges assumes a leaf up to 2286 mm (90 in) high, at the common trade rate of one hinge for each 762 mm (30 in) of height. A frameless glass door takes no hinges, because the floor spring carries it.
| Line | Office | Meeting room | Stair door | Entrance, single leaf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lock or latch set | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cylinder | 1 on a mortise set | 0 | 0 | By lock type |
| Hinges | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Door stop | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Closer | 0 | 0 or 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Panic device | 0 | 1 at 50 or more people | By code | By code |
Office doors
Order the function called entrance, keyed outside. The key works from the corridor and the room side has a button or turn. Try a sample and confirm the inside lever always opens, because leaving the room must never need a key.
- LH853 SNET and LH855 SNET are listed as keyable alike with deadbolts, or master keyed.
- Settle the keying schedule before the locks go on order.
- 5831 SSET and 5871 SSET are knob locks listed for commercial offices.
- A round knob fails ADA Standards 404.2.7 where they apply, because it needs a tight grasp and a twist. Use a lever there.
Meeting rooms
A small meeting room only needs a passage lever. Size changes the order. Under the IBC, a room for 50 or more people counts as an assembly space, its door swings in the direction of escape, and a latched door takes panic hardware. Give the occupant load of the room to the local authority, and move to the large meeting room row if it reaches that figure.
- A glass-walled room with a frameless door takes the 12 mm glass list, not this lever row.
- Acoustic seals and drop seals are not in this catalogue.
- A closer is a schedule decision here, so do not add one by default.
Stair doors
Treat every stair door as a fire door until the schedule says otherwise, and read the fire exit door checklist first. We publish no fire rating for these products, so the door certificate decides what can be fitted. Under the IBC, interior stair doors generally open from both sides with no key, with exceptions that depend on the building. A passage lever never locks, so it meets that by itself. If the owner wants a stair door locked from the stair side, take it to the local authority before ordering.
- The latch has to engage every time the door closes.
- Set the closer strong enough to drive the latch home.
- JU-074 and JU-075 have a hold-open setting, so keep them off stair doors.
- A stop limits the swing only. It must never hold the door open.
Entrance doors
Pick the row by the door you have, because the lock follows the frame. The main entrance is usually an exit as well, so nobody should need a key to leave while the building is occupied.
- An aluminum narrow-stile door takes HY006ET or HY007-S. The lock body has to suit the stile, so send a stile section.
- HY007 lists single and double cylinder versions. Order single, so nobody needs a key on the inside.
- HY007-S hold-back keeps the latch retracted, so people push through during the day.
- F123 is a keyed patch lock with a floor bolt, so keep it off a glass door used as an exit.
- Electric strikes and access control readers are not in this catalogue.
What goes wrong on site
- A 45 mm lever set arrives for a 50 mm stair door. Measure each door type.
- A closer goes on before the door is hung true, and the latch never catches. Hang the door, then set the closer.
- The thumbturn of a 70 SNKT ends up on the corridor side. Mark the room side on the schedule.
- Locks arrive keyed differently from the plan. The keying schedule has to go with the order.
What to send
- Door count by type and floor.
- Leaf width, height, thickness and weight.
- Door and frame material, with a stile section for aluminum.
- Hinge side and swing.
- Fire rating of each door, with its certificate.
- Occupant load of each large meeting room.
- Keying schedule.
- One finish for the whole project.
Questions buyers ask
What is on a commercial door hardware list?
Per door: a lock or latch set, a cylinder if the lock takes one, three hinges, a door stop, a closer where scheduled, and a panic device where the code asks for it. The table above counts each door type.
What lock function does an office door need?
Entrance, keyed outside. A key works from the corridor and the room side has a button or turn. LH853 SNET and 8806 SSET are listed this way. Confirm on a sample that the inside lever always opens.
Does a meeting room need a panic bar?
Under the IBC, a latched door from a room for 50 or more people does. Smaller rooms normally take a passage lever. Confirm the occupant load and the rule with the local authority.
Should stair doors lock?
Order them non-locking unless the local authority agrees otherwise. Under the IBC, interior stair doors generally open from both sides with no key. A passage lever such as LH853 SNPS never locks.
Can one master key open every office?
LH853 SNET is listed as keyable alike with deadbolts or master keyed, and 8806 SSET is listed as compatible with master key systems. Send the keying schedule with the order.
Can an office use knob locks?
Not on doors covered by accessibility rules such as ADA Standards 404.2.7. Elsewhere 5831 SSET and 5871 SSET are options. A lever works on every door, so most schedules can use one row.
Sources
Codes change and vary by place. Confirm with the authority for your project.