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Lever latch door handle on backplate

This is your basic door handle on a backplate generally used on doors that you don't need to lock such as the living room or dining room. It consists of a handle/lever on a backplate which when pushed down turns the spindle which passes through the door and the tubular latch inside the door allowing the door to be opened.
Lever latch door handle on backplate
Lever lock door handle on backplate

This door handle is exactly the same as a lever latch as above but it has a key hole cut out of the backplate below the handle/lever to allow a key to be entered into the door to operate a sash lock inside the door. This handle is commonly used on a back door or a patio door or perhaps an office door.
Lever lock door handle on backplate
Bathroom door handle set on a backplate

The bathroom door handle has a thumb turn sometimes referred to as a turn and release or a snib and release below the handle, this is attached to a 5mm spindle which passes through the door and a bathroom lock inside the door allowing the door to be locked and unlocked. As the name suggests this handle is commonly used on bathrooms and toilets.
Bathroom door handle set on a backplate
Privacy door handle on a backplate

The privacy set door handle has a thumb turn sometimes referred to as a turn and release or a snib and release below the handle, when this is turned it operates a mechanism behind the backplate which stops the handle/lever being pushed down. Ideal for use on bedrooms or bathrooms. The privacy set is only available in a few handle designs such as the victorian scroll suite, victorian straight suite or the georgian suite. The privacy set only requires a tubular latch in the door.
Privacy door handle on a backplate
Lever on rose with tubular latch

The image on the right shows a pair of designer door handles on rose fitted with one of our architectural quality double sprung tubular latches (sold seperately). The outer ring on the rose is unscrewed to reveal several fixing holes, bolt through fixing are supplied which pass through holes in the body of the tubular latch which when tightened pull the handle rose securely against the door. For added strength and security the splined spindle which passes through the latch and into the shaft of each handle is secured from underneath with a grub screw.
Lever on rose with tubular latch
Lever on rose with sash lock and key hole escutcheon

This image shows the same pair of designer door handles on rose fitted with one of our architectural quality 3 lever sash locks (sold seperately) and a designer key hole escutcheon (also sold seperately). The sash lock has an 8mm square hole at the top to accommodate the spindle for the handle which works the latch and a key hole below to take the key which works the lock.
Lever on rose with sash lock and key hole escutcheon
Lever on rose with bathroom lock and turn and release

Finally the same pair of designer door handles on rose fitted with one of our architectural quality bathroom locks (sold seperately) and a designer turn and release (also sold seperately). The bathroom lock has an 8mm square hole at the top to accommodate the spindle for the handle which works the latch and a 5mm square hole below to accommodate the spindle for the turn and release which works the lock.
Lever on rose with bathroom lock and turn and release


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