Door Hardware for General Contractors

For the Trade

Door Hardware Shouldn't Be the Line Item That Comes Back to Bite You

If you're a general contractor, you already know how this goes. Hardware is one of the last items on the schedule and one of the first things the homeowner touches at walkthrough. Framing, drywall, paint — nobody runs their hand down a stud. But every single person who tours that house grabs a lever. A handle that rattles, flexes, or shows finish wear inside a year isn't a hardware problem. It's a callback. And callbacks eat margin.

OKUN builds designer-grade interior door hardware priced for the trade — solid-core levers with European minimalist profiles that are premium product, priced so the trade can buy in volume. Here's why that combination works on real jobs, and where the pricing lands for contractors ordering in volume.

On the Job

The Hardware Problems Every GC Has Eaten

Choosing interior door hardware sounds simple until you've been burned. These are the failure modes contractors report most — and what each one actually costs you.

The Problem	What It Looks Like on Site	What It Costs You
Hollow "halo" levers	Handle feels light, flexes under hand pressure, develops a rattle within months	Punch-list items and year-one callbacks
Finish drift between lots	"Matte black" from order one doesn't match "matte black" from order two	Re-orders, mismatched doors at walkthrough
Electroplated finish failure	Chipping, tarnishing, and bronzing on bathroom doors within a few years	Warranty calls long after closeout
Non-standard door prep	Hardware that needs re-boring or won't hit the existing backset	Trim carpenter hours you didn't bid
Incomplete packaging	Latch, strike, or screws sold separately or missing from the box	Supply-house runs mid-install
Handing errors	Wrong-hand levers ordered for a mixed floor plan	Returns, restock fees, schedule slip
Allowance blowout	Client picks a designer brand at $80–$120 per opening after you've priced the job	Change orders and awkward conversations

Every row above is avoidable at spec time — which is the whole point of the next section.

Before the First Door Hangs

The Hidden Cost of Hardware: The Decision Matrix

Here's what most people outside the trade never see: door hardware looks like a one-line item, but it's actually a stack of decisions made per opening — and every one of them is a chance for the architect, the designer, the client, and the trim crew to be working from different assumptions. On multifamily and commercial work, that's why door schedules and Division 8 specs exist: get one decision wrong at bid time and it comes back as a change order. Residential jobs skip the paperwork but keep all the same decision points — which is exactly how the wrong rosette or a mismatched finish ends up installed on twenty doors before anyone catches it.

OKUN's catalog is structured to collapse that matrix. Because every collection shares the same prep, the same three finishes, and the same three functions, most of the decisions answer themselves — and the ones that remain are decisions a client can make from one page.

Decision Per Opening	The Typical Coordination Risk	The OKUN Answer
Lever profile	Client picks from a 40-page catalog; designer overrides it; nobody tells the supplier	Six curated collections (Valli, Zen, Arc, Dune, Brio, Halo) — one page, one decision
Rosette / backplate	Varies by SKU; wrong rosette won't cover the existing bore	One standard: 2-5/8" round rosette across the catalog — covers standard bore prep
Lock function	Privacy vs. passage mixed up on the schedule; wrong function on bath doors	Three functions, same look: Privacy, Passage, Dummy in every collection
Finish	Finish exists in one function but not another; whole-house cohesion breaks	All three finishes run across all collections and all functions — no dead ends
Door prep & backset	Hardware assumes a prep the doors don't have; trim labor absorbs the gap	Adjustable latch covers 2-3/8" and 2-3/4"; fits 1-3/8" to 1-3/4" doors
Handing	Left/right takeoff errors on mixed floor plans	Every lever reversible — handing is eliminated as a decision entirely
Accessibility	Knobs specified where lever-style hardware was expected	Lever hardware with 45° projection — the accessibility-friendly choice by default

Fewer live decisions per opening means fewer sign-offs, fewer wrong-order returns, and a hardware line item you can price accurately at bid time instead of true-up time.

A door schedule with seven open questions per opening is a change order waiting to happen. A catalog with one standard answers most of them before the bid goes out.

The OKUN Answer

Premium Hardware. Priced for the Trade.

Hardware that needs replacing in five years was never the cheap option. It was just the option that billed you later.

Where It Lands

OKUN vs. What You're Installing Now

Factor	Builder-Grade (Big Box)	OKUN USA	Luxury Spec (Baldwin / Emtek Tier)
Core construction	Often hollow "halo" build	✓ Solid core throughout	✓ Mostly solid core
Solid core at this price	✗ Hollow at the low tier	✓ The only tier that pairs both	✓ But at 3–4× the price
Finish technology	Electroplating (1–3 yr warranty)	PVD — lifetime finish warranty	Varies by SKU
Design language	Generic / traditional	European minimalist — the look clients ask for	Traditional to contemporary
Handing	✓ Reversible	✓ Reversible, all products	✓ Reversible
Everything in the box	Usually	✓ Always — latch, strike, tools included	Varies
Price tier per opening	$	$$ — with bulk discounts for contractors	$$$$
Callback risk	High (rattle, finish wear)	Low	Low

✓ Fully supported · Based on publicly available specs. Read the full brand-by-brand breakdown in our OKUN vs. Baldwin, Schlage & Emtek comparison guide.

The Price Math

Where OKUN Pricing Wins the Bid

Run the numbers the way you'd run any takeoff. A typical single-family home carries 15–25 interior openings. At luxury-spec pricing of $80–$120 per opening, hardware alone runs $1,200–$3,000 per house — and multiplies fast across a multi-unit project. Going builder-grade saves money on the invoice, then hands it back in rattle callbacks, finish-wear warranty calls, and walkthroughs where the hardware undercuts the finish level you sold.

OKUN's position is simple: a premium, solid-core product at a per-opening price closer to builder-grade than to luxury spec. Then volume pricing takes it further — custom bulk discounts for contractors aren't published on the site, they're quoted per project, so the more openings you're covering, the better your per-door number gets. That's margin you keep, or a hardware upgrade you can offer the client without touching the allowance.

Line Item	Builder-Grade Route	Luxury-Spec Route	OKUN Route
Upfront price per opening	Lowest	$80–$120	Low — solid core included
Volume / bulk discount	Rare	Dealer programs only	✓ Custom project quotes
Callback exposure	High — hollow levers, finish wear	Low	Low — solid core, lifetime PVD finish warranty
Trim labor surprises	Possible	Possible	None — standard prep, reversible, one box per opening
True cost over the warranty period	Creeps up	High from day one	Lowest total

For exact per-opening pricing on your project size, request a bulk quote — volume pricing is customized to the order.

Pack Smart

Multi-Packs: The Fastest Way to Cut Your Per-Opening Price

Buying hardware one set at a time is retail thinking, and retail thinking costs trade money. OKUN sells in 1-packs, 2-packs, and 6-packs — with custom packaging available for project orders — and for a contractor the math compounds in your favor at every step of the job, not just at checkout. Add fast production and delivery times, and the hardware line item stops being the thing your schedule waits on.

Pack Size	Best Use on the Job
1-Pack	Punch-list replacements, single-door swaps, and attic stock top-ups.
2-Pack	Paired openings — bed/bath combos, double closets, small remodels. Lower per-unit price than singles.
6-Pack	Whole-floor and whole-house orders. A typical house is covered in three to four 6-packs — the best published per-opening price.
Custom Packaging	Multi-unit and production builds — packaged to your project breakdown (per unit, per floor, per phase) so staging on site is grab-and-go.
Made-to-Order / Custom Design	Large orders can be produced to your requirements — custom design work is available based on the project spec, quoted directly.

Custom pack configurations and project quantities are quoted through the contact page.

Made-to-order for large projects

For large orders, OKUN goes beyond off-the-shelf: hardware can be made to order and custom designed to your requirements. If a development calls for a specific lever profile, a particular finish treatment, or a configuration the standard catalog doesn't carry, the spec can be produced to suit the project — a level of flexibility usually reserved for architect-direct manufacturers at several times the price. Bring the door schedule and the design intent to the quote conversation, and the hardware gets built around the project instead of the project bending around a catalog.

Benefit	Why It Matters on the Job
Lower per-unit price	Multi-packs drop the cost per opening before any bulk discount is even applied — the discount then stacks on top for project-size orders.
Matched finish, same lot	Sets packed together ship together. Combined with PVD lot-to-lot consistency, every door on the floor reads identical at walkthrough.
Faster takeoff math	Count openings, divide by pack size, done. A 20-opening house is three 6-packs plus a 2-pack — two lines on the PO instead of twenty.
Fast production & delivery	Quick production and shipping times keep hardware off the critical path — order when trim is scheduled, not weeks ahead of it.
Cleaner receiving & staging	Fewer cartons to check in, fewer chances for a missing set, and the trim carpenter stages a whole floor from one stack.
Built-in attic stock	Round up to the next pack and you've got a spare set on the shelf — the cheapest insurance against a damaged lever or a client's future request.
Less packaging waste	Fewer boxes on site means a cleaner job and a lighter dumpster pull at closeout.

Need more than 2-packs? Project-quantity orders are quoted directly — send your opening count through the contact page and stack the bulk discount on top of multi-pack pricing.

Spec Sheet

One Standard Across the Catalog

Consistency is the underrated spec. Every OKUN lever — Valli, Zen, Arc, Dune, Brio, Halo — shares the same prep requirements, so switching collections between projects (or between a client's main floor and basement) changes nothing about the install.

Specification	OKUN Standard
Door thickness	1-3/8" to 1-3/4"
Backset	2-3/8" or 2-3/4" (adjustable latch)
Rosette diameter	2-5/8" round backplate — covers standard bore
Lever projection	45-degree angle
Lever length	4-3/8" to 5-1/4" depending on collection
Handing	Reversible — left and right
Functions	Privacy (push-button lock + emergency release) · Passage · Dummy
Finishes	Matte Black · Brushed Nickel · Polished Chrome (all PVD)
In the box	Levers, latch, strike plate, mounting screws, Allen wrench, emergency unlock tool
Install	Standard screwdriver — roughly 15 minutes per opening

Ordering Playbook

How to Spec a Whole House in One Order

1. Count openings by function, not by room

Bedrooms and bathrooms take Privacy. Hallways, pantries, and utility doors take Passage. Closet doors, bi-folds, and the inactive leaf of double doors take Dummy. Because OKUN runs all three functions through the same collections, your takeoff is three line items per finish — not a page of SKUs.

2. Pick one collection, one finish, and hold the line

Matte black is the finish clients are asking for on modern builds; brushed nickel is the safe call on transitional work and resale flips; chrome carries baths and hospitality-style interiors. Whichever you choose, PVD keeps lot-to-lot color consistent — so a re-order for phase two matches phase one.

3. Put it on the schedule once — and hand everyone the same page

Even on residential work, a one-page door schedule pays for itself: opening number, function, finish, done. Because OKUN's prep, rosette, and finishes are uniform across the catalog, that single page works for the client sign-off, the supplier order, and the trim carpenter's install list — no cross-referencing three catalogs to confirm everything actually matches.

4. Order in multi-packs, then ask for volume pricing

Match the pack to the job: 1-packs for punch-list work, 2-packs for paired openings, 6-packs for whole-house orders — then go one step further. Multi-home builders, flippers, and GCs running production work qualify for custom bulk discounts and custom packaging that aren't published on the site — and large orders can be made to order with custom design based on your project requirements. Send your opening count and timeline through the contact page and OKUN will quote project pricing directly — with production and delivery times fast enough to order when trim is scheduled, not weeks ahead of it.

Common Questions

Contractor FAQ

Does OKUN offer bulk or contractor pricing?

Yes — custom bulk discounts are available for contractors, builders, and multi-unit projects. Volume pricing is quoted per project rather than published as a flat rate. Reach out through the OKUN contact page with your opening count, finish, and timeline for a direct quote.

What pack sizes does OKUN offer?

1-packs, 2-packs, and 6-packs — plus custom packaging for project orders. Singles cover punch-list swaps, 2-packs handle paired openings, and 6-packs carry the best published per-opening price for whole-house work. For multi-unit projects, OKUN can package to your breakdown — per unit, per floor, or per phase — with fast production and delivery times that keep hardware off your critical path. Request custom packs and pricing through the contact page.

Can OKUN produce made-to-order or custom-designed hardware?

Yes — for large orders, made-to-order production and custom design are available based on your requirements. If a project calls for a lever profile, finish treatment, or configuration outside the standard catalog, OKUN can produce hardware to the project spec. Share the door schedule and design intent through the contact page and it's quoted alongside your bulk pricing.

Will OKUN levers fit standard door prep, or do my doors need re-boring?

They fit standard North American prep — no re-boring for typical residential doors. The adjustable latch covers both 2-3/8" and 2-3/4" backsets, the 2-5/8" rosette covers the standard bore, and doors from 1-3/8" to 1-3/4" thick are supported out of the box.

Do I need to order left-hand and right-hand levers separately?

No — every OKUN lever is field-reversible. One SKU covers both swings, which eliminates handing takeoffs, wrong-hand returns, and the restock fees that come with them.

Will the finish match if I re-order mid-project?

Yes — PVD finishing is engineered for lot-to-lot consistency. Because the color is bonded at the molecular level rather than plated, matte black from a phase-two order matches matte black from phase one. The finish also carries a lifetime warranty against tarnishing, flaking, and corrosion under normal residential use.

How long does installation take per door?

Roughly 15 minutes per opening with a standard screwdriver. Everything ships in one box — levers, adjustable latch, strike plate, screws, Allen wrench, and emergency unlock tool — so crews aren't waiting on missing components.

How do I spec OKUN on a door schedule?

Three fields per opening: collection, function, finish. Because prep, rosette size, and backset are uniform across the catalog — and every lever is reversible — there's no handing column, no prep column, and no per-SKU exceptions to footnote. A whole-house schedule fits on one page, and the same page doubles as the client sign-off and the bulk-quote request.

Are OKUN handles suitable for bathrooms and high-humidity units?

Yes. The solid-core, rust-resistant construction and PVD surface stand up to humidity, steam, and cleaning products without tarnishing or pitting. Privacy models include an interior push-button lock with an exterior emergency release — code-friendly for beds and baths.

Can I mix Privacy, Passage, and Dummy functions and keep the look consistent?

Yes — all three functions run through the same collections and finishes. A whole floor plan can carry one lever profile and one finish across every door, which is exactly the cohesive look design-conscious clients are paying for.