Architectural & decorative hardware · San Carlos
Made by hand.
Finished by time.
Door, window and cabinet hardware from makers who still cast, machine and finish by hand, in living finishes that take on their own patina with use. Door hardware is our specialty: we specify, quote and manage every piece for architects, designers, builders and homeowners, in the Bay Area and wherever their projects are.
No. 01 — What we supply
Hardware for the whole house.
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Door hardware
Entry sets, levers, knobs, hinges and locks.
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Window hardware
Locks, lifts, stays and fasteners.
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Cabinet hardware
Pulls, knobs, latches and catches.
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Pivot and specialty
Pivot hinges and specialty door systems.
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Custom
Custom pieces developed with our makers.
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Plumbing, lighting and tile
Faucets, sinks, lighting and bronze tile from Sun Valley Bronze and Rocky Mountain Hardware.
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Bath and home accessories
Towel bars, hooks, mail slots, decorative grilles, switch plates and more, finished to match.
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Beyond the card
Pieces and makers outside our lines, sourced for the project.
No. 02 — The line card
Leading makers. One team to specify them.
We don't carry every maker; each line on the card earns its place. Every piece is special order, made in the finish you choose, and when a job can't wait, we know which makers ship fast.
Featured makers
Also on the card
Well-made lines with a broad range of styles and finishes.
Project lines
Dependable lines for schedules and budgets that call for them.
We also source makers beyond the card when a project calls for one.
No. 03 — Door hardware
Every opening, down to the backset.
Door hardware is technical work, and many showrooms won't take it on. It is the core of ours. We build doors too, so we know how a lock meets the door, and we answer quickly with the detail a project needs.
Openings we know
- Pivot, pocket and sliding doorsPivots, flush pulls and sliding door locks.
- Heavy and oversized doorsHinges, pivots and closers sized to the door.
- Tall entry and French doorsDecorative trim on multipoint locks.
- Smart and electrified locksSpecified behind decorative trim.
- Older homesHardware reproduced to match, and new hardware fitted to old bores and mortise pockets.
- Coastal homesFinishes and metals chosen for salt air.
After the install
- Troubleshooting on siteWhen a door or lock does not work as it should.
- KeyingKeyed alike, master keyed or matched to existing keys, through our locksmith partner and booked through us.
- Warranty claimsWhen a piece fails, we handle the claim with the maker.
- Patina careCare for living finishes, and patina restoration.
No. 04 — Custom work
From a sketch to solid metal.
Some of the best pieces we supply did not exist until a project needed them. We take an idea from a rough sketch to shop drawings with our makers, then to the finished piece. We 3D-print prototypes so a piece can be held and tested before it is made. Some became part of our own line; others were made for a client's project.
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Sun Valley Bronze · Accurate
Steel door entry set
A custom trim ring and strike that fit a mortise lock into a slim steel door frame, drawn to the thousandth of an inch and cast in bronze.
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Sun Valley Bronze
Saddle Collection
A lever and face plate built around coupler studs, drawn part by part and cast in bronze as a collection of its own.
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Sun Valley Bronze · Accurate
Flush pull with privacy lock
A square flush pull pocketed around a pocket door privacy lock, set 0.21 inch deep so the door face stays clean.
No. 05 — Projects
Selected projects.
Projects we have supplied, in the Bay Area and beyond, credited to the architect, designer, builder and photographer, with the maker and finish on each piece. Coming soon.
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Project photos and credits coming soon
Project 01
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Project photos and credits coming soon
Project 02
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Project photos and credits coming soon
Project 03
No. 06 — How it works
From schedule to jobsite.
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Step 1
Send the schedule
Upload the hardware schedule or plans. No schedule yet? We prepare the takeoff and schedule for a flat fee, applied to your order.
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Step 2
Matched and quoted
We match each door, window and cabinet to the right maker, function and finish, then quote every piece. Borrow samples to show your client.
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Step 3
Checked and prepped
We check handing, backset, door thickness and prep before anything is ordered, then send prep documents to the door and millwork shops.
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Step 4
Packed and labeled
Every piece is packed and labeled by door, window or room, so the installer knows where it goes, with jigs and templates when a piece calls for them.
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Step 5
Delivered and supported
Shipped to your jobsite wherever it is, or picked up in San Carlos, with site visits as the project needs.
No. 07 — For the trade
A trade program for the project team.
We work with architects, interior designers, builders and door and millwork shops on every opening, wherever the project is. Clients who build in more than one place keep one consultant from project to project. To open a trade account, fill out the trade program application (PDF). Questions? Call 650-264-9000 or email a consultant.
Who it is for
- ArchitectsSpecification support, from the hardware schedule to prep documents.
- Interior designersA look book of makers and models suited to the architecture, with samples to show your client.
- Builders and contractorsItemized quotes, ordering and jobsite delivery.
- Door and millwork shopsHardware for the doors you build, with prep documents for every item.
- How to applyDownload the trade program application (PDF) and return it as it directs.
What the trade gets
- The full processSchedule to jobsite, as set out above.
- Sample loansPieces and finish samples to show your client. Loan terms coming soon.
- Site visitsAs the project needs.
- PresentationsProduct knowledge and lunch-and-learn sessions on the makers you choose, locks included. Book one with a consultant.
Trade resources
Policies, charts and forms for specifying and ordering hardware. Each will be posted here as a download.
- Sample loan policyWhat can be borrowed, for how long, and how it is returned.Coming soon
- Door handing chartHow to state the hand of each door on the schedule.Coming soon
- Prep checklistsWhat door and millwork shops need to prep each opening.Coming soon
- Resale certificate formFor trade accounts buying for resale in California.Coming soon
- Maker spec filesSpecification manuals, templates and finish guides from the makers on the card.Coming soon
No. 08 — About us
We chose the statement. Then it chose us.
Pacific opened its doors in San Carlos in 2012. In those first years, hardware arrived as an occasional request: a lever here, a hinge there. It was our work in Italy, building custom windows and doors to order, that taught us how much a finished opening depends on the hardware set into it.
That work put a decision in front of us. We could fit the commodity hardware most window and door makers rely on, much of it mass-produced overseas in lesser metals. Or we could treat the hardware as part of the architecture. We chose the latter, and our windows and doors began leaving the workshop with Sun Valley Bronze and Chant fitted as standard.
What began as a specification became a devotion. We traveled to ICFF in New York to meet the foundries and workshops behind the finest pieces, the people who cast, machine and hand-finish what we have come to think of as jewelry for the house. Many of them are now close friends and colleagues.
Those friendships shaped the card we carry. We are not after every name in the catalog. We build windows, doors and millwork in our own shop, and we choose makers by the standard we hold our own work to: honest metal, careful casting, a finish that wears well for decades. We know each line closely enough to say where it belongs, from the foundry pieces a house is remembered by to the dependable lines that hold a tighter budget without lowering its standard, and we hold every piece to that bar, from the entry set to the mail slot and the pantry hook.
In 2018 we committed fully, building a division devoted to the craft. Pacific Hardware Co. now supplies significant estates and quiet, modest homes alike, wherever our clients build, each held to the same standard. Deepening our clients’ knowledge of decorative and architectural hardware, and their regard for it, is the part of the work that never dulls.
Pacific Hardware Co. works alongside Pacific Sash & Design for windows and doors and Pacific Joinery for custom wood windows, doors and millwork. One call coordinates all three, so the hardware is planned with the openings, not after them, and a custom entry door can come turnkey, with its hardware.
No. 09 — Showroom
See it. Hold it. Then choose.
Hardware is chosen by hand. Our San Carlos showroom holds hundreds of loose samples to pick up, turn and compare, over a coffee or a glass of wine. Visits are by appointment, so a consultant is ready for you and your clients.
- Address
- 1300 Industrial Rd, Suite 1, San Carlos, CA 94070
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, by appointment
- On display
- Makers and finishes on display coming soon
- Phone
- 650-264-9000
No. 10 — The team
Talk to a consultant.
No. 11 — Quotes and visits
Start with the project.
Tell us about the job and who is on it, and attach the hardware schedule or plans. A consultant will reply with a quote and any samples you asked for. To see pieces in person, book a showroom visit.
Homeowners just starting out can ask us for a list of local interior designers.
For service on hardware you already have, use the service request form.
Have these ready
- 01Hardware schedule or plans
- 02Project address
- 03Architect, designer and builder
- 04Samples you would like to borrow, noted under Additional Information