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Entry doors give a glimpse of the personality and aesthetic to your home or business before entering. There are 3 common scenarios encountered when making hardware selections for entry doors , to what extent each scenario can be customized and what we look for when specifying. These scenarios include new entry, existing entry, and condo […]

WELCOME TO THE NEW AND IMPROVED CHICAGO BRASS WEBSITE! Visually, not too much looks different, but we quietly relaunched a much improved version of our website at the beginning of 2022. Read below for what’s new! NEW PRODUCTS & STRUCTURE The main accomplishments of this site update include increasing our online catalog by 250+ new

The Fall Home, Design, And Art Fest At IMS, Minneapolis In late October, our Minneapolis showroom participated in the second of an ongoing quarterly event series at International Market Square which aims to bring together showrooms throughout IMS, local artists across many disciplines, and the public to mingle and hopefully go home with inspiration for

Project Recap: A Glencoe Remodel While measuring for phase two of this project in Glencoe, our Account Manager Jessica Johnson snapped a few photos of the installed door and cabinet hardware from phase one of the project. This is a great example of mixing different brass and nickel tones and textures on a project. In

The 2021 Rocky Mountain Hardware Roadshow #RMHROADSHOW Rocky Mountain Hardware brought their mobile showroom to Chicago’s Merchandise Mart today and some of the Chicago Brass team spent some time onboard. Check out the gallery below from our field trip! An active block showing off Rocky Mountain Hardware’s Bluetooth Smart Entry Mortise Lock. An active block

Custom Hardware: Door Lever With An Ornate Rose Featuring Frank Allart Our client’s homeowner wanted a soft, elegant lever to work with their home’s design that included combinations of classic ornate architectural pieces such as antique and vintage mantels and antique carved pilasters. The hardware needed to complement those pieces, so the architects at Craig

Custom Hardware: Service Entry Levers By Classic Brass We worked with Classic Brass to create a custom lever that coordinated with existing interior hardware on the project and custom fittings to allow the hardware to function with existing building standard exterior levers that were required to remain on the service entry doors to the condo.

Main Trim Components Knob (reasonably symmetrical), lever, thumb grip. Some lock types/door conditions dictate what can be used. Thumb grips are typically only used on large exterior doors, and currently with decreasing frequency. For owners with functionality concerns, we suggest a lever be used. Spindles Connects interior to exterior trim while activating lock as they

Finishes While all our manufacturers offer their own finishes, some more than others, the general categories are the same. Not all finishes are available on all base metals. Below are the most common finishes by base metal. BRASS BASE METAL Brass Tones – Available in polished lacquer, matte lacquer, waxed, or unlacquered. Lacquered Polished Brass

Hardware Selection | Door & Lock Characteristics Cheat Sheet Characteristic Notes Effects Thickness Typical interior doors: 1-3/8” or 1-3/4” Typical exterior doors: 1-3/4” or 2-1/4” Hinge size, cylinder length, strike width, through-bolt length Height (A) 6’8, 7’0, 7’6, 8’0 Hinge quality, hinge type Width (B) 2’4, 2’6, 2’8, 3’0 Hinge type restrictions, track length, closers,