Deltana DSB3025 3" x 2-1/2" Screen Door Hinge (Pair)

That is what the DSB3025 is built for. It is a 3 inch by 2-1/2 inch solid brass butt hinge, and hinges are sized height by open width, so the 2-1/2 inch dimension is the width across both leaves with the hinge open flat. That is narrower than the usual 3 x 3 butt, which pulls the barrel in tighter to the door face and keeps the swing profile short. Both leaves mortise in, one into the door edge and one into the jamb, and the screw size is #10 x 1 inch wood screws, short enough to stay inside a thin screen door stile.

No, and it is not a swap you want to force. The DSB3025 is 3 x 2-1/2 inches, so it is shorter and narrower than the 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 hinge that hangs most residential interior and passage doors. Dropping it into an existing 3-1/2 inch mortise leaves exposed pocket on all sides and puts less leaf on the screws. For that door, the Emtek 91013 residential plain bearing hinge and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 are both 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 with square corners; the Delaney RH35xx is the same 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 size with a 5/8 inch radius corner if your existing mortise is rounded.

The leaf is 0.097 inch thick, and on a full mortise butt the pocket depth matches the leaf thickness so the leaf sits flush with the door edge and the jamb face. Route or chisel to roughly that 0.097, no deeper, or the door will hinge-bind against the stop. That gauge is the same as a standard residential grade door hinge, so if you are cutting fresh mortises with the same router setup you use on entry doors, the depth carries over; only the 3 x 2-1/2 inch outline changes.

Only if those mortises have square corners. The DSB3025 has square corners, which means the pocket has to be chiseled square at all four corners. If the existing cutouts are radiused, as most factory-routed mortises are, the hinge will sit with open crescents at the corners until you square them up with a chisel. Size has to line up too: the DSB3025 leaf pattern is 3 x 2-1/2 inches, so an old pocket cut for anything larger will show around the edge.

The DSB3025 is a 3 inch by 2-1/2 inch full mortise hinge with square corners and a plain bearing, sold as a solid brass pair. The nearest cross-brand match in form is the Emtek 91013, also a residential plain bearing hinge with square corners sold as a pair, in plated steel at 3-1/2 by 3-1/2 inches. The square corner mortise prep carries across both, so a door already routed for a square corner leaf accepts either shape of cutout without a radius router. The differences are size and base metal: the Emtek leaf is a half inch taller and a full inch wider when open, which means a deeper mortise in the door edge and jamb and a wider barrel standing off the face, and it is plated steel where the Deltana is solid brass. On a screen door with a narrow stile, the 2-1/2 inch open width of the DSB3025 is the reason it goes on where a 3-1/2 inch residential hinge will not.

It depends on how much flat stile the screen door gives you. The DSB3025 measures 3 inches tall by 2-1/2 inches open, which keeps the leaf inside a narrow stile and holds the swing profile tight to the frame. The common residential alternatives run larger in both directions: the Emtek 91013 is 3-1/2 by 3-1/2 inches with square corners as a pair in plated steel, and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 is a 3.5 by 3.5 inch square corner plain bearing mortise hinge supplied three to a pack. Each of those needs 3-1/2 inches of leaf depth mortised into the stile and the same into the jamb. On a wood screen door or a storm door with a stile under about 3 inches of usable width, the leaf overhangs the edge or lands on the glazing bead, and the wider open dimension pushes the door further off the jamb when it swings.

No handing to specify. The DSB3025 is a plain bearing full mortise butt hinge with a straight barrel and matching leaves, so the same pair hangs a left hand or a right hand door; you just flip it. Nothing on the order form asks you to declare the swing.

The DSB3025 does not have a non-removable pin, so on an outswing opening the barrel and pin sit on the exterior side and the pin can be driven out. On a screen or storm door in front of a locked entry that is usually accepted. If the opening is one where a pulled pin actually gets someone in, specify a hinge built for it instead: the Hager BB1168 is a full mortise ball bearing hinge supplied with a non-removable pin.

The DSB3025 is solid brass, not plated steel, so the base metal is non-ferrous and will not rust or bleed rust stains down a painted door the way a steel hinge does once the plating wears through. That matters on a screen door, which lives in the weather full time. Note the difference between two of the brass options: polished brass is a finished, coated look, while unlacquered brass is bare and will darken and patina with exposure rather than staying bright.

Plain bearing is what the DSB3025 uses, and it is rated residential. On a house screen door, or a screen door on a single-family rental, that is the normal spec. On an opening that cycles hard all day, a lobby, a school corridor, a multi-family common door, go to a bearing hinge instead: the Emtek 94013 is a heavy duty ball bearing hinge at 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 with square corners, the Orca Hardware COM3535 is a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 square corner ball bearing commercial hinge, and the Ives 3CB1 is a 3-knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge for medium duty commercial use. Those are sized for entry and corridor doors, not for a screen door leaf.

The DSB3025 is drilled for #10 x 1 inch wood screws. The 1 inch length is the part to watch on a screen door: the stiles are thin, and a longer screw pushed in from the edge will blow through the face or bottom out in the panel groove. If you are fastening into an old jamb where the existing holes are chewed out, plug and redrill rather than jumping to a longer screw.

It comes down to how far the door swings off the jamb. At 3 x 2-1/2 inches the open width is smaller than a standard butt of the same 3 inch height, so the pin sits closer in and the door tracks a shorter arc away from the opening. On a storm or screen door hung in front of an entry door, that keeps the screen door from swinging wide into the entry door's path or into a tight porch corner. The leaf gauge is still 0.097 inch, the same as a residential grade door hinge, so you are not giving up leaf thickness to get the tighter swing.

The Deltana DSB3025 is packaged as a pair, which covers a two-hinge screen door. For a door that takes a third hinge, two plain bearing peers ship three to a set: the Ives 1010RP is a steel residential hinge with square corners supplied as a set of three at a medium duty rating, and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 is a 3.5 by 3.5 inch square corner plain bearing mortise hinge in a pack of three, also medium duty. Both share the square corner prep and the plain bearing knuckle with the Deltana, so the mortise shape is the same idea; the size and the steel base are what change. If you are hanging a full-size entry or interior door on three points, those are the packaging that matches the count. If you are hanging a screen or storm door on two, the DSB3025 pair is the count you need and its brass leaf carries the same finish across both hinges.

The DSB3025 is a square corner hinge, so it drops into a chiseled or router-and-chisel pocket with sharp corners. A pocket cut by a hinge template and a bearing-guided bit has a radius in each corner, and a square leaf leaves gaps there unless you square them up by hand. For a radius pocket, the Orca Hardware COM3514 is a 3.5 by 3.5 inch plain bearing hinge with a 1/4 inch radius corner at a medium duty rating, and the Delaney RH35xx is a 3-1/2 by 3-1/2 inch steel residential interior hinge with a 5/8 inch radius sold as a pair. Match the radius to what is already cut: 1/4 inch and 5/8 inch pockets are not interchangeable, and a 5/8 inch radius leaf sits proud in a 1/4 inch pocket. Order the DSB3025 when the corners are square or when you are cutting the mortise fresh on a screen door stile.

The DSB3025 carries a plain bearing knuckle at a residential rating with a 0.097 inch leaf, which suits a screen or storm door that a plain bearing can carry. Where the same square corner pair has to take more cycles, Emtek offers three heavier options in 3-1/2 by 3-1/2 inch square corner pairs: the 92013 is a heavy duty plain bearing hinge in plated steel, the 94013 is a heavy duty ball bearing hinge in plated steel, and the 96213 is a heavy duty hinge in the same 3-1/2 inch square corner pair format. The ball bearing version puts bearings between the knuckles rather than running knuckle on knuckle, which is the usual change for a door that is opened constantly or carries a closer. All three of those are 3-1/2 inch leaves, so they need a deeper mortise than the 3 inch by 2-1/2 inch Deltana and are aimed at a full-size door rather than a narrow screen door stile.

The DSB3025 uses a removable pin, which is what lets you lift the door off its hinges for seasonal screen and storm panel swaps without unscrewing the leaves. On an outswing door where security of the opening matters and the barrel faces the exterior, the usual answer is a non-removable pin hinge: the Hager BB1168-NRP is a full mortise ball bearing hinge with a non-removable pin at a heavy duty rating. The NRP set screw stops the pin from being driven out from the outside, and it also means you no longer pull the door off by lifting. Choose by which behavior you want on that opening. A screen door you take down every fall favors the removable pin of the DSB3025; a secured outswing door with the barrel exposed favors the Hager.

The DSB3025 is a plain bearing hinge with no spring in the barrel, so the door stays where you leave it and any self-closing action has to come from a separate closer or a spring device. If the closing force should live in the hinge itself, the Stanley Security 2060R is a full mortise spring hinge with square corners at 4.5 by 4.5 inches on a ferrous steel base, rated heavy duty. That is a much larger leaf than the 3 inch by 2-1/2 inch Deltana and needs a full-size door edge and jamb to mortise into, so it is a fit for an entry or a rated opening rather than a narrow screen door stile. It does share the square corner prep, so the pocket shape is the same family of cut.

Five finishes: Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Paint Black, Polished Brass and Unlacquered Brass. That set covers the common entry hardware families, so a storm or screen door in front of an oil rubbed bronze lockset or a brushed nickel one can be matched at the hinge. Paint Black is the one to pick if the door itself is being painted out and you want the hardware to disappear into it.

The DSB3025 is solid brass through the leaf and knuckle, not a plating over steel, so what shows at a screw hole or a scratch is the same metal as the surface. Among the peers, the McKinney T2314 is a non-ferrous hinge at standard weight with five knuckles, which is the other route to a base metal that does not rust. The steel-based residential options work differently: the Delaney RH45xx is a 4 by 4 inch bulk exterior residential hinge with a 5/8 inch radius sold as a pair, and the Emtek 91013 pair is plated steel, both relying on the plating or coating for exterior service. For a salt air or high humidity screen door opening, that base metal distinction is the one to decide on first, then match the size to the stile.

Those are built for a different opening. The DSB3025 is a residential plain bearing hinge at 3 inches by 2-1/2 inches with a 0.097 inch leaf and #10 by 1 inch wood screws, sized to a screen door stile and wood fastening. The commercial ball bearing hinges in the same family of full mortise hardware are much larger and heavier: the Orca Hardware COM3535 is a 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 inch square corner ball bearing hinge at a medium duty rating, and the Don-Jo HWBB74545 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge at 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 inches in satin chrome. A 4-1/2 inch leaf will not fit inside a typical screen door stile, the mortise depth is different, and the leaf thickness and screw pattern on those are set up for a full-size commercial door, not a lightweight screen or storm panel. Use them on a hollow metal or solid core commercial door, and keep the DSB3025 on the screen door.