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7 Articles

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One Turn to Get Out: How Interconnected Locksets Work and Where They Belong on a Residential Entry Door

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps If you are a contractor installing hardware on a multi-family building, an assisted living facility, or a townhome development, or if you are a facility manag...

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Jul 9, 2026

Swing Clear Hinges on ADA Corridor Doors: Why the Clear-Opening Width Gets Lost Before the Hinge Is Ever Ordered

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps Swing clear hinges are specified precisely because they increase the usable clear opening width of a door — a critical detail on ADA-accessible routes in hosp...

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Jun 30, 2026

Swing Clear Hinges on Narrow Corridor Doors: When the Geometry of the Opening Forces the Hinge Choice

What This Article Covers Swing clear hinges solve a specific geometry problem: when a standard hinge would leave the door leaf partially blocking the opening at 90 degrees, a swing clear moves the doo...

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Apr 23, 2026

How a Swing Clear Hinge Actually Creates Clear Width — and Where Contractors Get It Wrong

What This Guide Covers This article explains how swing clear hinges work mechanically, which job conditions call for them, and the common specification and installation mistakes that cancel out the cl...

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Apr 23, 2026

Round Knobs vs. Lever Handles: Specifying the Right Office Entry Lockset for Accessibility and Code

Why the Knob-vs-Lever Decision Still Matters on Commercial Projects If you are specifying or replacing hardware on office entry doors, one of the first questions you will face is simple but consequent...

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Apr 22, 2026

Specifying Straight Door Pulls for Commercial Openings: A Practical Guide

Why the Door Pull Is Never Just a Door Pull A straight door pull looks simple enough on a hardware schedule line item. But get the center-to-center (CTC) dimension wrong, order the wrong finish for a ...

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Apr 22, 2026

Classroom Locksets: What Facilities Manager's and Contractors Need to Know

Who This Guide Is For This article helps school facility managers, commercial contractors, and architects understand how to properly select, specify, and install classroom-function knob locksets in in...

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Apr 19, 2026