Access-controlled doors
Electric strikes, maglocks, readers, request-to-exit behavior, closers, and controlled latch behavior.
Door hardware
Electric strikes, maglocks, and door release hardware for controlled openings.
Elwin Security plans and installs electric strikes, maglocks, and door release hardware for Bay Area commercial and multifamily properties, coordinating door condition, frame condition, latch behavior, access readers, intercom release, power, low-voltage wiring, and support.
Use case
For doors that need controlled release, not just a mounted reader.
Door release hardware is the physical layer that makes access control and intercom entry work.
Intercom release points
Door release hardware connected to visitor calls, delivery access, gate release, and staff overrides.
Retrofit openings
Existing doors and frames that need hardware, wiring, and power reviewed before access control is added.
Service focus
Strike and maglock work is about making a controlled opening work.
The right hardware choice depends on how access control will release the opening and whether the door is ready for reliable installation.
Electric strikes
Strikes need to match the frame, latch, door behavior, power needs, and access-control release logic.
Maglocks
Maglocks need careful planning around mounting, power, request-to-exit behavior, and code-sensitive conditions that require proper review.
Intercom release
Video intercoms often depend on a door release path that is electrically and physically correct.
Site walk
What Elwin checks before selecting door release hardware.
The wrong release hardware can make a strong access-control platform feel unreliable, so Elwin starts with the opening.
Door condition
Door, frame, latch, hinges, closer, alignment, swing, traffic, and wear.
Release need
Access reader release, intercom release, staff override, request-to-exit, and fail behavior.
Power path
Power supply, conduit, low-voltage wiring, controller location, and cable route.
System context
Access control, intercoms, cameras, fire or life-safety coordination needs, and support.
Hardware details
The opening decides which release hardware makes sense.
Hardware selection depends on the existing door, frame, latch, power, wiring, and systems nearby.
Door and frame
Door type, frame condition, latch alignment, swing, hinges, closer behavior, and wear.
- Frame
- Latch
- Closer
Release hardware
Electric strike, maglock, power transfer, request-to-exit, and door position context.
- Strike
- Maglock
- REX
Connected systems
Access readers, intercoms, controllers, cameras, and user workflow.
- Reader
- Intercom
- Controller
Power and wiring
Power supply, conduit, cable path, controller location, and future service access.
- Power
- Conduit
- Service
Process
Controlled openings start with the physical door.
The process keeps hardware decisions grounded in the opening rather than the access-control device alone.
Inspect the opening
Review the door, frame, latch, closer, traffic, power, and existing hardware.
Result: The hardware recommendation fits the opening.
Coordinate release behavior
Connect strike or maglock decisions with access control, intercom release, request-to-exit, and wiring.
Result: The door behavior matches the system plan.
Install and test
Install hardware, connect power and wiring, test release behavior, and hand off support details.
Result: The controlled opening works reliably in daily use.
Field proof
Most access problems show up at the door.
A controlled opening needs the hardware, wiring, and software decision to agree.
A reader cannot fix a misaligned latch or unsuitable frame condition.
Intercom release depends on the physical hardware behind the door.
Future service is easier when power and wiring paths are planned cleanly.
A San Jose glass lobby entrance before and after: Elwin installed a magnetic lock (maglock) at the header and a green push-to-exit button beside the doors.
A San Leandro office entrance before and after: Elwin replaced the narrow-stile push pad with a full-width Adams Rite 8800 exit device, installed to work with a HES 9800 electric strike.
Door release wiring needs to be planned around the hardware and controller path.
Closers, latch behavior, and door condition affect how controlled access performs.
FAQ
It depends on the door, frame, latch, traffic, release behavior, power path, and system context. Elwin reviews the opening before recommending the hardware.
What property teams say about working with Elwin.
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Our HOA recently partnered with Elwin Security to replace our aging, 20-year-old access control system with ButterflyMX, and I can't say enough good things about the experience.
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Site walk
Start with the property conditions.
Tell Elwin what is not working, what systems are already on site, and which access points matter most. The next step is a scope grounded in the building, not a generic product list.
Request a site walk.
- Contact
- Project
- Property and send