Deltana DSB55B 5" x 5" Square Hinges, Ball Bearing (Pair)

Deltana rates the DSB55B as residential. It is the hinge for a house, a condo unit, or a light-traffic door where the brass is on show, not for a corridor door on a closer or a high-cycle commercial opening. For those, go to a commercial ball bearing hinge: the Orca Hardware 3535 Series is a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 square corner ball bearing commercial hinge, and the Don-Jo HWBB85045 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge at 5 x 4-1/2 in steel. If you are hanging unit entry doors in a multifamily building and want the solid brass look, the DSB55B suits the interior side of the job better than the corridor side.

Only if the old prep is square corner and 5 inches tall. The DSB55B is a 5 x 5 inch square corner hinge. Most residential preps are cut with a router and template and end up with a radius corner, commonly 5/8 inch (as on the Delaney RH45xx exterior residential hinges) or 1/4 inch (as on the Orca 4014 Series). A square leaf will not sit in a radiused pocket until you square the corners out with a chisel, which is a few minutes per leaf. Height matters too: a pocket cut for a 4-1/2 inch hinge has to be lengthened half an inch. Coming off an existing square corner 5 x 5, it is a straight swap.

The Deltana DSB55B is supplied without a non-removable pin, so on an out-swinging opening where the barrel is on the outside the pin stays accessible. The Hager BB1168 NRP is the direct answer: a non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing hinge with a heavy duty rating, so the mortise prep and the ball bearing knuckle carry over and the pin is secured. Ives 3CB1HW is a related option, a steel heavy weight concealed bearing full mortise hinge with three knuckles, if the bearings should not be visible in the barrel.

The Deltana DSB55B is a solid brass full mortise hinge with square corners and ball bearing knuckles in a 5 inch by 5 inch leaf size, sold as a pair. The nearest steel equivalents keep the same bearing type and corner style but change the leaf dimensions: the Orca Hardware 3535 Series is a square corner ball bearing commercial hinge at 4-1/2 inches by 4-1/2 inches with a medium duty rating, and the Don-Jo HWBB75045 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge in steel at 5 inches by 4-1/2 inches with a satin chrome finish. Both mortise into door and frame the same way the DSB55B does, but neither is a 5 inch by 5 inch leaf, so an existing 5 by 5 mortise would need to be filled or the new prep cut to the smaller leaf.

The Deltana DSB55B is a solid brass ball bearing full mortise hinge listed for residential use in a 5 inch by 5 inch square corner leaf. The Don-Jo HWBB85045 is the brass ball bearing option in the heavy duty class: it is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge in brass, 5 inches by 4-1/2 inches, finished in satin chrome. The trade is the leaf width and the finish range, since the DSB55B brass carries decorative finishes including polished brass, unlacquered brass, antique brass, oil rubbed bronze, polished nickel and polished chrome, while the HWBB85045 is a satin chrome brass hinge.

The Deltana DSB55B is a ball bearing full mortise hinge with square corners; it carries the door, it does not close it. When the opening has to self-close from the hinge rather than from an overhead closer, the Stanley Security 2060R is the substitute: a full mortise spring hinge with square corners at 4-1/2 inches by 4-1/2 inches on a ferrous steel base, rated heavy duty. The corner style and full mortise prep match the DSB55B approach, so the change is the leaf size and the spring mechanism inside the barrel.

No. The Deltana DSB55B is a mechanical solid brass ball bearing hinge with no conductor through the barrel. Transferring power or a monitoring signal through the hinge calls for a purpose-built electrified hinge: the Command Access ETH-BB68 is a heavy duty five knuckle energy transfer hinge on a steel base, the Command Access ETH-CB70 is the three knuckle standard weight version rated medium duty, and the Command Access ETM-BB68 adds an integrated door position switch for status monitoring. The BEST CECB179-12C is a steel full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12-wire quick connect for higher wire counts. These look like ordinary full mortise hinges in the door but require a wire path in the frame that a DSB55B installation does not.

Leaf size follows door weight and width. A 4-1/2 inch hinge covers the ordinary 1-3/4 inch door up to about 36 inches wide; once the door goes wider than that, gets thicker, or gets heavy (solid core, a slab with glass, an oversized entry), the 5 inch leaf gives you more leaf on the jamb and more screws carrying the load. That is the job the Deltana DSB55B does at 5 x 5, in solid brass with ball bearings in the knuckles. On a hollow-core interior door a 5 inch hinge is more hinge than the door needs and the mortise eats most of the door edge.

The DSB55B is sold by the pair, so one order is two hinges. Most doors are hung on three hinges, which means two pairs per door with one hinge left over. A tall or heavy door hung on four hinges takes exactly two pairs. If you are doing a run of openings, the leftover from an odd door pairs up with the next one, so budget three hinges per door and round the pair count up.

Ball bearings sit between the knuckles so the leaves ride on a rolling surface rather than metal grinding on metal. That matters on a heavy door, a door with a closer on it, or any opening that gets cycled all day: the door keeps swinging true and the hinges stay quiet instead of squealing and wearing oval. The DSB55B is ball bearing. On a light interior door that opens a few times a day, plain bearing is genuinely enough, and there are cheaper ways to go there, such as the Emtek 92013 heavy duty plain bearing hinges or the Orca 4040 Series square corner plain bearing hinge. Heavy solid-core door, closer, or exterior entry, stay with ball bearing.

Both. The DSB55B is specified with a #12 x 1-1/4 inch wood screw and a #12 x 1/2 inch machine screw. The long wood screw goes into a wood jamb or the door stile; the short machine screw threads into a tapped hole in a hollow metal frame. The holes are sized for #12 either way, so the same hinge hangs a wood door in a wood jamb or a wood door in a steel frame, you just use the right fastener on the jamb leaf. On a heavy door, running at least one long screw per jamb leaf through into the framing behind the jamb is what keeps the door from sagging.

The DSB55B is specified at .145 thick. A full mortise hinge sits in a pocket routed to the thickness of the leaf so the leaf finishes flush with the door edge and the jamb face, so .145 is the depth to set your router or hinge butt template to, on both the door and the jamb. Cut it shallow and the door will not close against the stop; cut it deep and the door binds on the hinge side. If the old prep was cut for a thinner plated steel residential hinge, plan on deepening it slightly.

No handing to specify. A full mortise butt hinge like the DSB55B is symmetrical, so the same pair hangs a left hand or a right hand door; you simply orient the leaves to suit the swing. What you do have to decide up front is finish, since that is the only ordering choice on the DSB55B, and size, which is fixed at 5 x 5 square corner. Handing only becomes a specification on hinges with a built-in feature that has a direction to it, such as electrified or spring hinges.

Ten: PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Unlacquered Brass, Antique Brass, Polished Nickel, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, and Oil Rubbed Bronze. Two of those behave differently over time and it is worth knowing which is which before you order a whole house. PVD Polished Brass is a vapor-deposited coating and is the one to specify where the brass has to stay bright with no upkeep, including on an exterior door. Unlacquered Brass is bare brass left to tarnish, so it will darken and take on a patina, which is the point of it but surprises people who expected it to stay shiny. The rest are conventional plated or coated finishes matched to Deltana's other solid brass hardware.

The Deltana DSB55B covers 5 inch by 5 inch square corner openings. Stepping down, the Delaney CH401X is a 4 inch by 4 inch commercial ball bearing hinge with square corners, and the Emtek 94013 is a heavy duty ball bearing hinge pair at 3-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches with square corners in plated steel. Both hold the square corner and ball bearing configuration of the DSB55B at the smaller leaf sizes typical of interior and lighter residential doors, with the Emtek supplied as a pair the same way the DSB55B is.

The Deltana DSB55B uses ball bearing knuckles, which is what a door carries when it is heavy or swings often. On a light interior door the plain bearing hinges cover the same full mortise, square corner prep: the Emtek 91013 is a residential plain bearing hinge pair at 3-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches with square corners in plated steel, the Ives 1010RP is a steel plain bearing residential hinge with square corners supplied in sets of three, and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 is a 3-1/2 inch square corner plain bearing mortise hinge in packs of three, rated medium duty. All three are steel or plated steel rather than the solid brass of the DSB55B, so the finish options are not the same.

The Deltana DSB55B carries its bearings between the knuckles as a visible ball bearing barrel, in solid brass with a square corner leaf. The Ives 3CB1 is a steel three knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge with a medium duty rating, and the Ives 3CB1HW is the heavy weight version of that three knuckle concealed bearing design; the Hager 920 is a two knuckle full mortise concealed bearing hinge in steel, rated medium duty. Concealed bearing hides the bearing inside the knuckle for a smoother barrel line and fewer knuckle joints, while the DSB55B keeps the traditional multi-knuckle brass barrel that takes decorative finials and decorative finishes.

The Deltana DSB55B is a full mortise hinge, which means both leaves mortise into the door edge and the frame rabbet. When the frame will not take a mortised leaf, the Hager 1129 is a half mortise commercial hinge in 4-1/2 inch standard weight steel, mortising into the door while the frame leaf surface applies, and the Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface hinge at 3 inches by 4 inches with a welded tip, applying to the faces of both door and frame. Both change the prep entirely rather than the leaf size, so they are chosen off the frame condition rather than as a like-for-like swap for a 5 inch by 5 inch mortise.

Solid brass, base material and all, not a plating over steel. That is the practical difference from most residential hinges on the market, which are plated steel, the Emtek 94013 heavy duty ball bearing hinge among them. Brass will not rust, so on a front door, a coastal opening, or a bathroom with poor ventilation the DSB55B is not going to bleed rust down the jamb the way a plated steel hinge does once the plating wears through at the knuckle. It also means the finish goes all the way to the base metal, so a scratch does not show a different colour underneath.

Yes. Deltana's solid brass hinges, the DSB55B included, can be fitted with decorative finials, so on an opening where the barrel is visible, like a front entry or a formal interior door, you can dress the tips to match the rest of the trim. The finials are a separate item from the hinge, so order them alongside if you want them, and match the finial finish to the hinge finish you have chosen.

No. The DSB55B is a plain ball bearing butt hinge with no spring in it, so the door stays wherever you leave it. For a door that has to self-close, either hang it on a spring hinge, such as the Stanley Security 2060R full mortise square corner spring hinge at 4-1/2 x 4-1/2, or hang it on the DSB55B and add a separate door closer. The spring hinge route keeps the head of the door clear, which is usually the reason people choose it on a residential opening.

The Deltana DSB55B is sold by the pair, so a three-hinge door takes two orders or a leftover leaf. Among comparable residential hinges, the Emtek 91013 and Emtek 94013 are also supplied as pairs, while the Ives 1010RP comes as a set of three and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 comes in a pack of three, which matches a standard three-hinge door in one line. Worth checking before a fleet order across several doors, since the same door count produces different order quantities depending on how each is packed.

They solve different problems. The Deltana DSB55B is a residential-duty solid brass ball bearing hinge in a 5 inch by 5 inch square corner leaf. The BEST BB855 is a heavy duty steel double weight concealed ball bearing prison hinge and the Stanley Security BB855 is a double weight prison hinge at 5 inches by 6 inches furnished with no holes and not swaged, meaning the detention frame shop drills and preps it. The BEST DAP-3 is a heavy duty double acting pivot for commercial interior doors, used where the door swings both directions and hangs on pivots at the top and bottom instead of hinges on the edge. None of the three interchanges with a 5 inch by 5 inch mortised hinge pocket.