Hardware & Systems

The joint between a window or door frame and the rough opening is where most drafts, wind-driven rain and heat loss get into a wall. Framing is cut...

An offset angle bracket is a formed metal framing connector with two flanges joined at an angle and a step, or offset, between them. The offset let...

The Simpson Strong-Tie A21Z is a formed steel framing angle from the company's A-series of general-purpose connectors. It is a single piece of shee...

Hurricane ties are the small formed-steel connectors that tie the roof framing down to the wall below, so that uplift from wind does not simply lif...

The H2.5A is a single-sided sheet-metal hurricane tie from Simpson Strong-Tie, used to tie a rafter or truss down to the wall top plate so roof fra...

The ZipWall ZipDoor is a self-adhesive zippered barrier that closes off a doorway during remodeling, demolition, restoration or abatement work. A p...

Boring a door for a lockset or deadbolt takes two intersecting holes: a large cross bore through the face of the door and a smaller edge bore throu...

A rigid door stop is the simplest form of wall protection for a swinging door: a fixed metal post with a cushioned tip that stops the door leaf bef...

A rigid door stop is the simplest form of door control hardware: a solid, one-piece post that mounts to the baseboard, wall, or floor and takes the...

A spring door stop is the simplest way to keep a knob or lever from punching through drywall. The coil-spring body mounts to the baseboard behind t...

A hinge pin door stop is a swing limiter that mounts to the door's existing butt hinge rather than to the floor, the baseboard or the door face. Th...

A hinge pin door stop is the least invasive way to keep a door from driving its knob into the drywall. The unit clamps to the barrel of an existing...

A wall-mounted door bumper is the simplest form of door protection: a small resilient stop that mounts on the wall surface where the door or its kn...

A convex wall door stop is a surface-mounted bumper that takes the impact of a swinging door before the knob, lever or door edge reaches the wall. ...

A wall-mounted door bumper is the simplest way to stop a swinging door before the knob, lever or edge reaches the wall behind it. The unit fastens ...

A low dome floor stop is the squat, rounded bumper set into the floor behind a swinging door. The dome body takes the strike from the door face or ...

A dome stop is the simplest piece of door hardware there is: a solid, rigid bumper that fastens to the floor behind a swinging door and takes the i...

A flip down door holder, also called a kick down holder, is a surface-mounted device that keeps a swinging door propped open without a separate flo...

A kick-down door holder is a surface-mounted device fastened to the face of a door near the bottom rail. A hinged arm is pivoted down with a foot u...

A hotel door guard is a secondary latching device mounted on the inside face of an entry door and its frame, used in addition to the primary lockse...

A door guard is the swing-bar style secondary latch mounted on the inside face of an entry door, most often specified for hotel, motel and apartmen...

A chain door guard is a surface-mounted secondary security device for a swinging entry door. A short length of chain runs between a plate fastened ...

A chain door guard is a simple secondary latch for a swinging entry door: a slide plate mounts to the door face and a chain-and-ball assembly mount...

A spring hinge replaces a standard butt hinge and returns the door to the closed position on its own, using a coiled spring housed inside the barre...