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Is Baldwin door hardware worth the $$ - Fine Homebuilding Baldwin is competitvely priced - you'll find plenty of internet sites with good prices - one discount shop is Clement Hardware - min of 40% off all Baldwin One thing Baldwin still makes is a full mortise dead bolt for entrance doors
Baldwin Brass Quality Issues - Fine Homebuilding Ordered some baldwin Brass items Quality weight and finish were very nice Fastners to the wall were trouble, 1 2 were fixed by a trip to the hardware store, other half by asking for complete replacement fixtures from BAldwin For example : – most of the trim pieces are held on to the wall brackets by the pressure from allen screws
Something between Baldwin and Kwikset?? - Fine Homebuilding Are there any other brand of door knobs locks, price and quality, between Baldwin and Kwikset Schlage Master? I have tried doing a search in the net, looked around at the home center store, etc For example, a regular passage door knob, no privacy lock, for a Baldwin is about $48 and $9 for the ‘5 year finish guaranteed’ kwikset schlage
New Life for Old Hardware - Fine Homebuilding Artificial Aging: Once your hardware is looking new again, metal-aging solution is a mild acid solution that allows you to add a patina to the surface Simply dunk the hardware into the solution until it reaches the desired look, rinse it with water to stop the reaction, and add a wax or oil coating for protection
Question about historic door hardware… - Fine Homebuilding What to replace the hardware with will depend quite a bit one the architectural style of the home Designerhardware ( com) sells many different lines of high end door hardware Baldwin, Ashley Norton, Emtex, Rocky Mountain and several others produce some nice re-production hardware Its up to you how far you take it
Protecting brass hardware - Fine Homebuilding I just processed a load brass hardware in a jewelry polisher Some of it will be exposed to weather but not wear (e g , house numbers); some will be exposed to wear but not weather (interior door knobs) Some get both (exterior door knob) What products should be applied to protect against tarnish? Is it a different coating for each situation? Janet
A Guide to Restoring Antique Hardware - Fine Homebuilding The company’s interior and exterior door and cabinet hardware collections are adapted from period originals from the heyday of builders’ hardware (1880 to 1930) All hardware is designed to fit most doors made in the past 75 years and also can be retrofitted on many older doors
Baldwin-Smart Key Problem - Fine Homebuilding As an update The issue apparently comes down to "####" for product usage documentation In all of the instructions that came with the hardware (website as well), it only addressed one way keyed combinations Upon my return the next afternoon, I chose to insert the 'smart tool' into both sides of the double cylinder
TM Cobb Doors - comments? - Fine Homebuilding The pricing on the "name brand" doors (like Kolbe, Anderson, etc) is $2000-2500 and UP, even for the NON-clad doors Granted, these name brands have nicer locking multi-point systems hardware included as part of the price, but even if I spent a few $100s on really nice Baldwin hardware, I'd still be at least $1000 ahead with the TM Cobb doors
Pocket door hardware for a slim door - Fine Homebuilding 2 Build out the door Attaching 1 8" veneer to both sides of the hardware area would make it 1 3 8" door Veneer can be cut to make the area more decorative Felt pads on the jamb also serves as a track