Exit Device Door Hardware, Trim Options

Exit Device Trims, The exit device goes on the inside, or interior side of the door, and exit device trim goes on the outside. Exit device trim is available in different functions. Below are the most common functions: •Key locks and unlocks lever handle or thumbpiece. Trim can be left unlocked for periods of time allowing free entry. •Key retracts latch. Exit device is always locked from outside, entry by key only. Not available on some vertical rod exit devices. •Key unlocks trim only while key is inserted. User turns key, operates control for entry. Trim is relocked when user removes key. •Passage function: trim is always unlocked allowing free entry. •Dummy trim: trim is rigid, usable as a handle to pull the door open when either the bar is dogged down using the dogging feature (see above) or when the latch is retracted or the device released by other means.