Union 2277 3 lever Sash Lock

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Hi guys, my name is Darrel and I'm head of the tech team here at LocksOnline.co.uk. And today we're going to have a look at one of the Union staple lock latches, sorry, mortise sash locks, and this is the Union 2277. Now, there's a complete range of locks in this silver series from Union, but this one more strikingly is a narrow-style version. In other words, the depth is not the standard two and a half inches. It's a lot less than that. The full measurements and for practical purposes, I'll quickly measure that for you now, for a moment. Okay. You'll find that it is a backset or the case depth is 55 millimetres. So it's significantly shorter than most locks. It's what we call in the industry a two inch lock case.

Now it has its applications, but since the new standards and so forth have been out, it's only a three lever lock and it's not a five lever lock. So in reality, it's not really designed for external use. But if you're thinking of wanting to fit a lock internally on a set of French doors or something like that where the style is quite narrow, then this might be a suitable lock for you. It comes in either a brass finish on the front, or a stainless steel finish, which is what this finish is.

And if I get some measurements for you now, it'll give you some sort of idea as to whether or not this particular lock will be suitable for your application. So the fore-end width is 25 millimetres. That's the distance across the width there. The fore-end height, let me get the measurement fore-end height. It's 152 millimetres. I've already measured that as being 55 millimetres, 50 millimetres to the inside there, just to give you some sort of idea.

The case height is 105 millimetres, just over – 106 millimetres, and the backset, which is the measurement from the leading edge to the centre there, that there is 30 . . . I'm going to go for a thing of 33 millimetres. So from the follower to the faceplate there, from the centre of the follower to the faceplate is 33 millimetres.

The centres, and that is the centre of the keyhole to the centre of the follower, and that there is 56 millimetres, which is an industry standard. The actual follower, the size of the follower there for you to put a spindle for the handle in, that standard is 8 millimetres.

So there you go. It comes with a standard striking plate that you can see here. This is quite a universal striking plate. And it comes as standard also with two keys.

This really is a good quality lock. I think since the standard's changed, etc., it used to be that the minimum security you could get away with on an external door many, many years ago was three lever, and this really had its point when it came to French style patio doors. So it's not for me to recommend this lock anymore because industry suggests at least five lever, but there's not many five lever two inch locks around. So perhaps if you're thinking of putting something like this on you might want to increase the security by putting deadbolts top, bottom, and so forth to give yourself some really good security.

So there you go guys, that's the two inch lock, and that's made by Union.

Available on our site to buy if you wish to do so. But in the meantime I hope I've given you enough information there for you to make a considered opinion as to whether or not this lock is actually suitable for you.

But in the meantime if you need any help or advice feel free to give us a call, pop an e-mail over, pop online, etc. We'd love to hear from you. From me, Darrel, take care and chat real soon. Take care now, bye-bye.