ABOUT DOOR HARDWARE

Door Hardware comprises all the metal fixtures and fittings needed on doors. These include: Locks, Door Handles, Door Knobs, Hinges, Door Closers, Door Viewers, Door Thresholds, and Door Knockers. These are usually made of brass, steel, stainless steel, aluminium, or wrought iron, and are available in contemporary and traditional designs. Brass Door Hardware is available in a range of finishes, including Antique Bronze, Polished Brass, and Satin Nickel.

The leading door hardware manufacturers, described below the panel of sponsored links, have comprehensive websites, with information on all aspects of door hardware, including online catalogs, specifications, colours and materials for door hardware, and care and maintenance of door hardware.

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LEADING DOOR HARDWARE MANUFACTURERS

Please also see our product guide for Door Knockers.

HandleSets Door Hardware. The HandleSets website, produced by Improvement Direct, is an online retailer of all types of door hardware. The website is organized into the following main sections: Handlesets, Levers, Knobs, Deadbolts, Keypad, Pocket Door, and Commercial. Brands include: Baldwin, Brass Elegans, Cifial, Codelocks, Copper Creek, Dletana, Dexter, Emtek, Fusion, Kwikset, Omnia, Schlage, Valli Valli, Weslock, and Yale. An interesting product from Kwikset is the Fingerprint Electronic Deadbolt. This recognises the fingerprints of up to 50 designated users.

First Impressions. First Impressions, based in Coconut Creek, Florida, is a specialist manufacturer of door hardware. Its product range includes: Refrigerator Door Pulls, Cabinet Knobs, Door Handles & Pulls, Pocket Door Handles & Pulls, Glass & Shower Pulls, Commercial Door Handles, Decorative Door Stops, Rosettes & Plates, Restoration Hardware, Modern Bath Accessories, Furniture Hardware, and Sliding Glass Door Pulls. First Impressions will also undertake custom projects. These can include commercial door pulls in the shape of a company logo.

Yale Door Hardware. Yale manufactures a wide range of locks, door handles, and other door hardware. For example, the Marina lever door handle is available in six forms: Passage, Privacy, Entry, Classroom, Storeroom, and Dummy (for doors where only a pull is required). There is a choice of six finishes: Gun Metal, Oild Rubbed Bronze Permanent, Satin Nickel, Polished Chrome, Satin Chrome, and Polished Brass. In addition to door levers, Yale supplies Deadbolts, Handlesets, and Door Knobs. Deadbolts are provided with single or double cylinder.

Hardware Hut Door Hardware. Hardware Hut, a division of Spokane Hardware Supply Inc., is an online retailer of door hardware, including door handles. It offers 163 products in the lever door handles category, in contemporary and traditional designs. Other categories of door hardware supplied by Hardware Hut include: Deadbolts, Decorative Side Plates, Door Knobs, Door Locks, Electronic & Pushbutton Locks, Door Thresholds, Door Closers, Door Flush & Surface Bolts, Door Hinges, Door Kncokers, Door Pulls, Door Stops, Door Strap Hinges, Door Viewers, Gate Hardware, and House Numbers.

USEFUL LINKS RELEVANT TO DOOR HARDWARE

American Association of Automatic Door Manufacturers

American Hardware Manufacturers Association

Associated Locksmiths of America

Door & Access Systems Manufacturers Association

Door and Hardware Institute

International Door Association

Security Hardware Distributors Association

Steel Door Institute

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT DIRECTORIES

We recommend the following professional construction directories, which include standard specifications, manufacturers' specs, and CAD details: 4Specs at www.4specs.com, Arcat at www.arcat.com, Arcom at www.arcomnet.com, Reed at www.reedfirstsource.com, Sweets at www.sweets.construction.com.

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Door Product Guides: Back Doors, Bifold Doors, Cabinet Doors, Closet Doors, Country Doors, Dog Doors, Door Bells, Door Chimes, Door Handles, Door Hardware, Door Hinges, Door Knobs, Door Knockers, Door Locks, Entry Doors, Exterior Doors, Fireplace Glass Doors, Folding Doors, Frameless Shower Doors, French Doors, Front Doors, Garage Doors, Garage Door Springs, Garage Door Openers, Glass Doors, Glass Shower Doors, Interior Doors, Overhead Doors, Patio Doors, Pet Doors, Pocket Doors, Screen Doors, Security Doors, Shower Doors, Sliding Doors, Sliding Glass Doors, Storm Doors, Wood Doors.

Other recommended portals: Archbone, Building Design, Homeone Australia, Lighting Directory, Sapling, Stone Network.

Publisher: Abacus Construction Index is a professionally edited directory of recommended construction websites, published by Extonet Ltd. It is financed only by Google advertising; no payment is received from included websites.