Is Baldwin door hardware worth the $$ - Fine Homebuilding Baldwin for the door knob hardware, but you can save some green on the hinges, so long as the finish is available I put Baldwin door knobs and Stanley solid brass door hinges, with their decorative pins throughout my home Very happy with them Democrats The other white meat
Baldwin Brass Quality Issues - Fine Homebuilding Ordered some baldwin Brass items Quality weight and finish were very nice Fastners to the wall were trouble, 1 2 were fixed by a trip to the hardware store, other half by asking for complete replacement fixtures from BAldwin For example : – most of the trim pieces are held on to the wall brackets by the pressure from allen screws
Something between Baldwin and Kwikset?? - Fine Homebuilding Are there any other brand of door knobs locks, price and quality, between Baldwin and Kwikset Schlage Master? I have tried doing a search in the net, looked around at the home center store, etc For example, a regular passage door knob, no privacy lock, for a Baldwin is about $48 and $9 for the ‘5 year finish guaranteed’ kwikset schlage
Protecting brass hardware - Fine Homebuilding I just processed a load brass hardware in a jewelry polisher Some of it will be exposed to weather but not wear (e g , house numbers); some will be exposed to wear but not weather (interior door knobs) Some get both (exterior door knob) What products should be applied to protect against tarnish? Is it a different coating for each situation? Janet
Double Door, Both Functional - Fine Homebuilding The hardware types I referenced earlier have the primary door on a single point latch (very familiar) for regular passage thru the one door Nothing fancy or tricky to open it or close it Lever required To lock the door, the lever is rotated up, activiating the shoot bolts into the head and the sill, locking the door at 3 points
All Doorknobs Arent the Same - Fine Homebuilding Rocky Mountain Hardware, for example, offers both bored-in and mortise locksets for interior doors beginning at $340—far above most everything else on the market The company sand-casts some of its hardware, a process that can leave a rough, pitted surface and makes even brand-new hardware look like it has been kicking around for years
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Baldwin-Smart Key Problem - Fine Homebuilding Just the other day I purchased the Baldwin set with the smart key ability I installed all single keyed cylinders last night, no problem Tonight when I returned from work it was time to tackle the double keyed cylinder on the front and back door
Problem with Emtek handleset - Fine Homebuilding This is the third whole-house door hardware project I have done using Woodward's Ace, and I absolutely swear by them Those guys really get it right for me Baldwin, Schlage, Ives, and now Emtek Special finishes, handing, backset, keying alike, everything correct down to a tee
Omnia handlesets??? - Fine Homebuilding Then get Emtek As good or better than Schage A, you know, the good Schlage line, not the crap that is sold in the lumberyards And buy all your hardware from the best source there is, Woodward's Ace Hardware of Santa Ana, CA Ask for Ron Horn, the most knowledgable hardware guy I know