Deltana DSB4560BB 4-1/2" x 6" Square Hinges, Ball Bearing (Pair)

The extra open width is the whole point. Deltana's DSB4560BB is a 4-1/2 x 6 inch hinge, so it carries the door further off the jamb as it swings than a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 does. That is what gets a door face past deep casing, a thick trim return, or brick mould so it can open back toward the wall instead of stopping against the trim. Nothing in the way of the swing? Then a standard-size hinge such as the Orca 3535 Series 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 square corner ball bearing covers it.

Only if those pockets are square cornered and sized for a 4-1/2 x 6 hinge. The DSB4560BB has square corners, so it will not seat in a radius corner pocket until all four corners are squared up with a chisel. Plenty of residential doors come cut with radius corners, the way the Delaney 4 x 4 exterior residential hinge is a 5/8 inch radius and the Orca 4014 Series is a 1/4 inch radius, and coming off either of those means recutting. Size counts as much as corner shape: a pocket cut for a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 hinge is too small for this one.

One pack is two hinges, since the DSB4560BB is sold by the pair. A standard 6 ft 8 in door takes three hinges, and anything taller or heavier takes four, so budget two packs per opening and keep the spare for the next door. Two hinges alone only hang a short door, roughly 60 inches and under.

Match the second number too, not just the 4-1/2. Height and open width both have to agree or the pockets will not line up and the door will not hang the same. The DSB4560BB is 4-1/2 x 6, which is a wider hinge than the common 4-1/2 x 4-1/2. If the rest of the building is 4-1/2 x 4-1/2, order that size instead: the Orca 3535 Series is a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 square corner ball bearing, and the Don-Jo HWBB74545 is a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 heavy weight ball bearing. Finish has to line up as well, and the Deltana comes in PVD Polished Brass and Oil Rubbed Bronze.

No. The DSB4560BB is a residential duty hinge, so it belongs on a house, an apartment unit, or a light interior opening, not on a commercial door taking traffic all day. For a commercial opening in the 4-1/2 inch family, the Don-Jo HWBB84545 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge at 4-1/2 x 4-1/2, and the Ives 3CB1HW is a heavy duty three knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge.

The pin is removable, so no. On a door that swings out, the barrel sits on the outside and anyone with a punch can drive the pin and lift the door off its hinges. For that opening, use a hinge built with a non-removable pin, such as the Hager BB1168 non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing hinge. On an inswing door the barrel is on the protected side and a removable pin is a non-issue.

The Deltana DSB4560BB measures 4-1/2 by 6 inches, so its leaf spread is wider than a standard square hinge prep. The Orca Hardware 3535 Series is a 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 square corner ball bearing commercial hinge, medium duty, which keeps the same square corner and ball bearing arrangement in the 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 footprint a standard mortise is routed for. Use the Deltana size where the extra width is wanted to clear thick casing or a deep reveal, and the Orca 3535 where the existing 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 pocket has to be reused without recutting.

A square corner hinge and a radius corner pocket are two different preps, and the Deltana DSB4560BB is a square corner hinge. For a routed radius pocket, the Orca Hardware 4014 Series is a 4 by 4 hinge with a 1/4 inch radius corner and the 3514 Series is a 3-1/2 by 3-1/2 with the same 1/4 inch radius, both plain bearing commercial hinges. Where the pocket is the wider residential radius, the Delaney exterior residential hinges are 4 by 4 with a 5/8 inch radius and the Delaney interior residential hinges are 3-1/2 by 3-1/2 with a 5/8 inch radius, sold in pairs. Match the corner radius to the router template already cut in the jamb.

The Deltana DSB4560BB is supplied without a non-removable pin. Where the hinge barrel sits on the exterior face and the pin has to be locked in, the Hager BB1168 is a non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing hinge, heavy duty rated. Both are full mortise ball bearing hinges, so the mounting method is the same; the difference is the set screw in the BB1168 barrel that captures the pin. On an inswing door, where the barrel is on the secure side, that feature is not in play.

Depends what the door weighs. The Deltana DSB4560BB is a 4BB ball bearing hinge, four bearings stacked between the knuckles, and that is what keeps a heavy solid core or solid wood door swinging smooth instead of squeaking and wearing the knuckles oval. On a light hollow core interior door the bearings are not earning their keep, and a plain bearing hinge does the job, like the Emtek 91013 residential plain bearing pair or the Ives 1010RP.

Leaf thickness is 0.137 inch, so the pocket gets routed to that depth for the leaf to sit flush with the door edge and the jamb face. Too shallow and the door stands proud and will not pull up to the stop; too deep and it binds on the hinge side while the gap opens at the strike. Full mortise mounting means a matching pocket on both the door and the frame, one for each leaf.

Both hole patterns are #12. Into wood, it is a #12 x 1-1/2 inch wood screw; onto a drilled and tapped metal frame, a #12 x 1/2 inch machine screw. That machine screw spec is what lets the jamb leaf land on a hollow metal frame, provided the frame is already tapped for it. Nothing about the hinge changes between the two, only the fastener you drive.

Brass through and through. Material and substrate are both brass on the DSB4560BB, so there is no steel core waiting to rust if the finish gets nicked or the door lives on a covered porch or near salt air. A lot of hinges in this size are built on a steel base with a plated finish, like the Emtek 94013 heavy duty ball bearing hinge in plated steel, where the protection is only as good as the plating.

Two finishes are offered, PVD Polished Brass and Oil Rubbed Bronze. PVD is a vacuum deposited coating that holds polished brass bright and resists tarnish, which makes it the predictable one for an exterior door or anywhere the hinge gets cleaned regularly. Oil rubbed bronze is a living finish; it darkens and rubs through at the knuckle and the pin with handling, which is the look some buyers are after and the reason others avoid it on a building where every door has to stay uniform.

The Deltana DSB4560BB is a residential solid brass ball bearing hinge. For a commercial opening cycled all day, the Ives 3CB1HW is a steel heavy weight concealed bearing full mortise hinge with 3 knuckles, heavy duty rated, and the Stanley FBB191 is a 5-knuckle full mortise standard weight hinge at 4-1/2 by 4-1/2, also heavy duty rated. The McKinney MPB79 MacPro is a 5-knuckle standard weight hinge. Those are steel bodied commercial hinges built around cycle count; the Deltana is solid brass and carries decorative finishes for residential and light interior openings.

The Deltana DSB4560BB is a ball bearing hinge with four bearings and a 0.137 inch leaf thickness. On a light hollow core or panel door that does not need bearings, the Emtek 91013 is a residential plain bearing pair, 3-1/2 by 3-1/2, square corners, plated steel, and the Emtek 92013 is the heavy duty plain bearing version in the same 3-1/2 by 3-1/2 square corner plated steel format. The Schlage Residential S3P1010 is a 3-1/2 by 3-1/2 square corner plain bearing mortise hinge sold in packs of three, and the Ives 1010RP is a steel plain bearing residential hinge with square corners in sets of three. All keep the square corner prep; they trade the bearing races for a plain knuckle and step down to the 3-1/2 inch size.

The Deltana DSB4560BB is a 4-1/2 by 6 inch square corner ball bearing pair. In smaller square corner ball bearing sizes, the Delaney CH401X is a 4 by 4 commercial ball bearing hinge with square corners, and the Emtek 94013 is a heavy duty ball bearing pair at 3-1/2 by 3-1/2 with square corners in plated steel. Size selection follows door leaf weight and thickness, so confirm the existing hinge height before dropping from 4-1/2 to 4 or 3-1/2 inches.

The Deltana DSB4560BB is a full mortise ball bearing hinge, so the door swings freely and any closing force has to come from a separate closer. Where the closing action needs to live in the hinge itself, the Stanley 2060R is a full mortise spring hinge with square corners at 4-1/2 by 4-1/2, heavy duty rated. It takes the same square corner full mortise prep, in the 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 footprint rather than the 4-1/2 by 6 of the Deltana, and carries the spring in the barrel.

No. The Deltana DSB4560BB is a solid brass full mortise ball bearing hinge with no wiring path through the barrel. For power transfer through the hinge, the Command Access ETH-BB68 is a 5-knuckle heavy duty steel base energy transfer hinge and the ETH-CB70 is the 3-knuckle standard weight version. The BEST CECB179-12C is a steel full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12-wire quick connect, and the Stanley CECB1900R54L is a three knuckle concealed bearing concealed conductor hinge, steel full mortise, standard weight, 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 square corner, left handed, with 4 wires. Wire count and handing have to match the lock and the door prep, so those are specified with the electrified hardware, not swapped in later.

No handing to call out. A full mortise butt hinge like this one has two identical leaves and hangs on a left or right hand door without any change, so size and finish are the only decisions. Handing only enters into it on hinges built one-hand-specific, the way the Stanley CECB1900R54L concealed conductor hinge is a left handed part.

No. The DSB4560BB is a straight mechanical butt hinge with no concealed conductor or wire raceway in it. Transferring power at the hinge takes a purpose built part: the Command Access ETH-BB68 is an energy transfer hinge on a heavy duty steel base, and the BEST CECB179-12C is a full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12-wire quick connect. If the job also calls for door position monitoring, the Command Access ETM-BB68 has an integrated door position switch built in.

Yes. Deltana builds its solid brass hinges to accept decorative finials, and the pin on the DSB4560BB comes out, so the tips swap without pulling the hinge off the door. Finials are a separate item from the hinge and need to be ordered in the matching finish, either PVD Polished Brass or Oil Rubbed Bronze.

The Deltana DSB4560BB is a mechanical ball bearing hinge with no switch in it. Where the access control system needs door position, the Command Access ETM-BB68 is an energy transfer monitor hinge with an integrated door position switch, heavy duty, and the ETM-CB70 is the 3-knuckle steel base version with door position sensing, medium duty. Those combine the pivot function with monitoring contacts, which is why they are specified alongside the door controller rather than chosen on hinge size alone.

They are not the same class of product. The Deltana DSB4560BB is a 4-1/2 by 6 inch full mortise solid brass ball bearing hinge for residential openings. The Stanley BB855 is a double weight prison hinge at 5 by 6 inches, furnished with no holes and not swaged, and the BEST BB855 is a heavy duty steel double weight concealed ball bearing prison hinge from the detention hardware line. Being furnished without holes and unswaged means the detention hinge is drilled and set to the frame on site, so the dimension being close to 6 inches does not make it a drop in for a mortised brass hinge.

The Deltana DSB4560BB is a full mortise hinge, so both leaves recess into pockets cut in the door and the frame. Where that prep is not available, the Hager 1129 is a half mortise plain bearing commercial hinge, 4-1/2 inch standard weight steel, which mortises into the door and applies to the frame face. The Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface prison hinge, 3 by 4 inches with a welded tip, heavy duty, mounting to the faces of both door and frame. For a door that has to swing both ways, the BEST DAP-3 is a heavy duty double acting pivot for commercial interior doors, which carries the door on top and bottom pivots rather than on jamb leaves.

The Deltana DSB4560BB is solid brass and offered in PVD Polished Brass and Oil Rubbed Bronze, and it accepts decorative finials. Two comparable decorative or corrosion minded choices: the McKinney SQ3331 is a square barrel 2-knuckle decorative hinge at 4-1/2 by 4-1/2, standard duty, which reads as a clean square barrel rather than a knuckled barrel, and the McKinney T2314 is a non ferrous 5-knuckle standard weight hinge for openings where a ferrous body is a concern. The Deltana keeps the square corner in the wider 4-1/2 by 6 size with a brass body carrying the plated and oil rubbed finishes.

The Deltana DSB4560BB carries four ball bearings in a 4-1/2 by 6 inch solid brass leaf with square corners. The Ives 3CB1 is a steel 3-knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge, medium duty, and the 3CB1-B is the same 3-knuckle concealed bearing full mortise pattern in a medium duty commercial build. The Hager 920 is a full mortise concealed plain bearing hinge with 2-knuckle steel construction, medium duty. Concealed bearing hinges hide the races inside the knuckles for a smooth barrel line; the Deltana keeps a brass body sized for the wider 4-1/2 by 6 mortise.