UNITY Hardware Ltd. Logo-professional architectural door hardware manufacturer As we all know, choosing the right door handle type will perfectly add some pleasing and elegant touch to the house, so choosing the right door handles is very important for homeowners, architects, and designers.
Following the development of modern architecture design and people’s understanding of aesthetics, door handles are also changing and updated day by day. As one professional door hardware manufacturer with more than 20 year’s experience, UNITY would like to share some information concerning door handle types for you to consider when choosing door handles.
In terms of the application, there are door handles, window handles, furniture handles, glass door handles.
For the appearance difference, there are door lever handles and doorknobs.
According to the material and finishes(Surface treatment), there are many many more door handle type, just check the following chart，
| Material | Advantages | Disadvantages | Strength (1: the most, 6: least) | Price Level : (1: Cheapest, 6: Highest) | Surface Treatment (Finish/Color) |
| Iron | Good hardness and wear resistance | Not easy to process ; Easy to rust. | 1 | 2 | Spray paint, plastic spraying, electroplating, vacuum coating |
| Stainless Steel | Good hardness and wear resistance | Not easy to process; Easy to rust; Hight in cost. | 2 | 6 | Polishing, electroplating, vacuum coating |
| Zinc Alloy | Good hardness and wear resistance; lower price; mostly used for electroplating layer to imitate finishes of gold, copper, and stainless steel. | Surface plating treatment is difficult to realize. | 4 | 3 | Spray paint, plastic spraying, electroplating, vacuum coating |
| Brass | Good softness to process; With some hardness, it is also wear-resistant; Nice in appearance. | Patina; High price. | 3 | 5 | Polishing, Spray paint, plastic spraying, electroplating, vacuum coating |
| Aluminum Alloy | Much softer than other ordinary metal materials; Not easy to rust, Light, beautiful anodized effect | Special tools are needed for processing. | 5 | 4 | Anodizing, plastic spraying, painting, electroplating |
| Wood (Pine, Nelumbo, Beech) | Softer than metal, so the variety of wood is diverse; The wood itself has a nice and unique appearance, no surface treatment like that of metal is needed; the price of ordinary wood is cheap. | Easy to be deformed by moisture; Easy to wear; Not resistant to high temperatures; | 6 | 1 | Natural color, spray paint |
| Plastic (PP, NYLON, PVC) | No rust, colorful, very light,wear-resistant, and surface treatment is not necessary. | Low environmental protection Easily damaged Not resistant to high temperatures | Depends on | n/a | Natural color, spray paint |
