Deltana DCH216 Invisible Hinges - 4-5/8" x 1" Concealed Hinges (Sold as Pair)

No. The DCH216 is a concealed hinge, fully hidden in the mortise once the door is shut, so you get a clean edge with no knuckle showing on either face. It still swings a full 180 degrees, so the door lays back against the wall the same as a butt hinge would.

The DCH216 body measures 4-5/8 x 1 inches, so each leaf pocket in the door edge and the jamb has to accept that footprint. Rout to those numbers and the hinge sits flush; anything short and the hinge stands proud and the door will not close. On a narrow-stile or thin door, check that a 1 inch wide pocket still leaves you material on both sides of the mortise.

Commercial. The DCH216 is a steel hinge, steel through the substrate, not a die-cast cabinet hinge, and Deltana classes it for commercial duty. It runs on a plain bearing rather than ball bearings, so it suits doors that cycle at a normal office or residential-unit rate rather than a high-traffic entry that opens hundreds of times a day. For a heavy or constantly used door, a ball bearing hinge or a heavy duty concealed hinge like the SOSS 208 or 212 Series is the better call.

Go concealed when the look of the door edge matters: flush panel doors, jib doors meant to read as wall, cabinetry-grade millwork, anything where a visible knuckle ruins the detail. The trade-off is labor. A butt hinge screws to a shallow surface mortise; the DCH216 needs a routed pocket at 4-5/8 x 1 inches in both the door and the jamb, cut accurately, or the door will not shut. If the opening is a painted commercial door where nobody is looking at the edge, a butt hinge is faster and cheaper to hang.

SOSS is the other line to look at. The 208 Series and the 212 Series are both heavy duty concealed hinges, the 212 at 3-3/4 inches, in stainless steel, and the 212 swings a full 180 degrees like the Deltana does. The DCH216 runs a plain bearing, which is the lighter-duty arrangement, so on a solid core slab or a tall door the heavy duty SOSS is the safer specification.

The DCH216 leaf is 1 inch across, and a concealed hinge has to bury that width inside the door edge, so a 3/4 inch door does not give you the material. For thin stock, SOSS makes the 101 Series, a light duty invisible hinge that goes down to a 1/2 to 3/4 inch minimum door thickness. The SOSS 208 Series, by contrast, wants a 1 inch minimum thickness, so it is in the same weight class as the Deltana for what the door has to be.

The Deltana DCH216 is a concealed hinge measuring 4-5/8 inches by 1 inch that opens to 180 degrees, sold as a pair. On the SOSS side, the 212 Series invisible hinge is a 3-3/4 inch stainless steel hinge with a 180 degree swing, and SOSS rates the 212 Series as heavy duty. Both are invisible hinges that disappear when the door is closed and both swing a full 180 degrees; the difference is the leaf length, 4-5/8 inches on the DCH216 against 3-3/4 inches on the 212, so the mortise pockets are not interchangeable and a swap means recutting the door and jamb.

The Deltana DCH216 is a 4-5/8 inch by 1 inch concealed hinge, a leaf size that needs real stile depth to mortise into. For light panel and cabinet work, the SOSS 101SS invisible hinge in stainless steel is built for a 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch minimum door thickness and is rated light duty, so it suits stock that will not take a full-size mortise. The SOSS 203 Series invisible hinge in stainless steel is the other light duty option and carries a 180 degree swing.

The Deltana DCH216 is a commercial concealed hinge with a plain bearing, 4-5/8 inches by 1 inch, and it ships with #12 x 1-3/8 inch wood screws, which sets it up for wood stock. Where a heavy duty rating is what the job calls for, SOSS lists both the 208 Series and the 212 Series as heavy duty; the 208 Series is a 2-3/8 inch stainless hinge built for a 1 inch minimum door thickness, and the 212 Series is 3-3/4 inch stainless with a 180 degree swing. If the spec sheet names a duty level, the SOSS pair carries that designation; if the requirement is a full 180 degree opening on a commercial wood door with fasteners in the box, the DCH216 covers it.

Wood screws are in the box, #12 x 1-3/8 inch. That sizing tells you what the hinge is meant for: solid wood doors and wood jambs with enough depth to take a 1-3/8 inch screw. Hanging into a metal frame or a hollow core, you supply your own anchors.

The DCH216 is sold as a pair, so one order covers two hinge points. Most interior doors get three hinges, so plan on two packs per door and a spare hinge, or two packs per two doors if you are hanging light panels on two hinges each.

No, the DCH216 is not a non-removable pin hinge. That said, the whole hinge body is buried in the door and jamb when the door is closed, so there is no exposed knuckle or pin to attack from the secure side in the first place. That concealment is the security argument for this hinge, not an NRP feature.

No handing to specify. The DCH216 ships as a pair in one configuration and mounts to either edge, so you order the same part for a left hand or right hand opening. What you do have to get right is the mortise: 4-5/8 x 1 inches, cut in matching positions in the door edge and the jamb.

The Deltana DCH216 is made of steel and finished in Brushed Nickel, Brushed Chrome, or Brushed Brass, so the appearance is set by the plated finish you order. The SOSS comparables are stainless steel throughout the line, including the 101SS, the 203 Series, the 208 Series and the 212 Series. For a property manager matching hardware across a set of interior doors, the Deltana finishes let the exposed edge match the rest of the door hardware; for a specifier writing a stainless requirement into the drawing, the SOSS stainless bodies answer the material call directly.

No. Each invisible hinge cuts its own mortise geometry, and the sizes do not line up: the Deltana DCH216 is 4-5/8 inches by 1 inch, while the SOSS 208 Series is 2-3/8 inches and the SOSS 212 Series is 3-3/4 inches. Hanging one door on two different models means two different pocket depths and lengths carrying the same leaf, which loads the door unevenly. Run one model per door leaf. The DCH216 is sold as a pair, so a two-hinge door is covered by a single pair and a three-hinge door needs a second pair.

The SOSS 101SS invisible hinge is the one to watch. It is an invisible hinge in the same family, but it is built for a 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch minimum door thickness and is rated light duty, where the Deltana DCH216 is a commercial concealed hinge at 4-5/8 inches by 1 inch. Ordering the 101SS for an opening sized around the DCH216 puts a light duty hinge on a commercial door. The SOSS 203 Series is likewise light duty. Where the DCH216 size is what the mortise was cut for, the length has to match before duty level even enters the decision.

The Deltana DCH216 opens to 180 degrees. Among the alternatives, the SOSS 203 Series invisible hinge in stainless steel carries a 180 degree swing, as does the SOSS 212 Series in stainless steel. The three differ in size and construction: the DCH216 is 4-5/8 inches by 1 inch in steel, the 212 Series is 3-3/4 inches, and SOSS rates the 203 Series light duty and the 212 Series heavy duty. If the door has to lay back flat against the wall or a cabinet has to open clear of its opening, any of the three delivers the swing and the choice comes down to leaf size and duty level.

Three: brushed nickel, brushed chrome, and brushed brass. Since the hinge disappears when the door is closed, the finish only shows on the edge with the door open, so matching it to the lockset trim matters less here than it does on a butt hinge. Pick one finish across a building and you will not be chasing a match later.

The Deltana DCH216 is not supplied with a non-removable pin. It is a concealed hinge, so no barrel or pin is reachable from either side while the door is closed, and the mounting is fully concealed. Among the invisible hinge alternatives, the SOSS 208 Series and the SOSS 212 Series are both heavy duty stainless models. If the requirement on the door is an NRP set screw specifically, that is a butt hinge feature rather than something the invisible hinge format carries.