Deltana DSBP44 Ornate Hinge, 4" x 4" Square Corners, Solid Brass (Pair)

If the door edge and jamb are already cut for a 4 x 4 hinge with square corners, the DSBP44 seats in the same pocket. It is a full mortise hinge, 4 x 4 inches, square corners, with a leaf thickness of .168 inch, so it replaces a standard square-corner 4 inch hinge without recutting. Where the old hinges have rounded corners, the pocket won't match unless you chisel the corners square, and the cleaner route is a radius corner hinge such as the Orca Hardware 4 inch x 4 inch x 1/4 inch radius corner plain bearing hinge.

The DSBP44 is a 4 x 4 inch hinge, which is the size used on 1-3/4 inch doors up to about 36 inches wide, including most exterior and heavier interior doors. Lighter 1-3/8 inch interior passage doors are normally hung on 3-1/2 inch hinges, and a 4 inch leaf on that door will hang past the mortise. For those openings, a 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 square corner hinge such as the Emtek 91013 residential plain bearing pair is the matching size. Measure the existing hinge leaf top to bottom before ordering, since the mortise, not the door, decides it.

The DSBP44 is not built as a non-removable pin hinge. On an out-swinging door the barrels sit on the outside face of the opening, so the pin can be driven up and out from the unsecured side. Use it on in-swinging doors and interior openings where the barrel is on the protected side. If the door has to swing out, order a hinge with the NRP feature, such as the Hager BB1168 non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing hinge.

No. The DSBP44 is a plain bearing hinge and is rated residential, so it belongs on homes, apartments, and low-cycle interior openings, not on a door being opened hundreds of times a day. Traffic like that wants a bearing hinge: the Delaney 4 inch x 4 inch commercial ball bearing hinge with square corners drops into the same 4 x 4 square corner prep, and the Orca Hardware 4 inch x 4 inch square corner plain bearing commercial hinge is a medium duty option in that size. Where the DSBP44 earns its place is a decorative residential or hospitality opening.

The Deltana DSBP44 is a 4" x 4" square corner full mortise hinge in solid brass with a plain bearing, 3 knuckles, .168 leaf thickness and cast-engraved leaves, packed as a pair. The nearest undecorated match is the Orca Hardware ORC-COM4040, a 4" x 4" square corner plain bearing commercial hinge rated medium duty. Both take the same 4" x 4" square corner mortise and the same bearing arrangement, so the pocket in the door and jamb does not change; what changes is the face of the leaf, engraved on the Deltana and plain on the Orca.

The Deltana DSBP44 has square corners, so it wants a square-cornered mortise or a routed pocket that gets squared off with a chisel. For a pocket that is already rounded, match the radius: the Orca Hardware ORC-COM4014 is a 4" x 4" hinge with 1/4" radius corners, and the Delaney DLY-RH45xx is a 4" x 4" residential exterior hinge with a 5/8" radius, sold as a pair. Delaney also builds the DLY-RH40xx for Castlegate doors with one 5/8" radius leaf and one square leaf, which suits a door routed with a radius while the frame is square. Measure the existing corner before ordering - a 1/4" radius hinge will not seat cleanly in a 5/8" pocket.

The Deltana DSBP44 runs a plain bearing and is a residential duty hinge in solid brass. On an opening that cycles all day, a bearing hinge in the same 4" x 4" square corner size is the direct step across: the Delaney DLY-CH401X is a 4" x 4" commercial ball bearing hinge with square corners. Both share the 4" x 4" square corner prep, so the door and frame do not need to be recut; the ball bearing carries the leaf load on races rather than knuckle-to-knuckle contact.

The Deltana DSBP44 is not supplied with a non-removable pin. On an outswing door the barrel sits on the exterior, so a hinge whose pin cannot be pulled is the usual call: the Hager BB1168 -NRP is a non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing hinge rated heavy duty. It is a full mortise hinge like the DSBP44, so the leaf still sets into a routed pocket in the door edge and jamb rebate.

Each pair is packed with #12 x 1-1/4 inch wood screws in traditional slotted heads, and no machine screws are supplied. That makes it a hinge for wood doors and wood jambs as it ships. A hollow metal frame is tapped for machine screws, so the fasteners in the box will not fit it. If the ornate look is what you are after on a wood opening, you have everything you need in the pair, and the slotted heads suit period and reproduction work where Phillips heads look wrong.

The DSBP44 is sold by the pair, so one pack is two hinges. A 1-3/4 inch door up to 7 feet tall is normally hung on three hinges, and a taller or heavier slab often takes four, so a single door usually needs two packs. On a fleet of doors that works out evenly if you plan in pairs: four packs cover two three-hinge doors with two hinges over, which is worth keeping as attic stock in the same finish, since finish batches move over time.

Nine finishes: PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Unlacquered Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, and Brushed Chrome. Two of those brass options behave differently in service. PVD Polished Brass is a plated, hard-wearing bright brass that holds its color. Unlacquered Brass ships bare, with no clear coat, so it darkens and patinas with handling, which is what you want if it is going next to older unlacquered hardware and what you do not want if the other doors are staying bright.

Solid brass through the leaf and barrel, not a plated steel base. Both the material and the substrate on the DSBP44 are brass, which is why it holds up on coastal and humid openings where a plated steel hinge eventually shows rust bleed at the screw heads. Many residential hinges in this size are plated steel instead, for example the Emtek 91013 residential plain bearing pair, which uses a plated steel base. If the hinge is going somewhere it will be seen and exposed, the solid brass construction is the reason to pay for this one.

No. The Deltana DSBP44 is a plain bearing solid brass hinge with a decorative engraved leaf and no wiring path through it. The Command Access ETH-CB70 is an energy transfer hinge, a 3 knuckle standard weight hinge on a steel base built to pass power to an electric lock in the door, and the BEST CECB179-12C is a steel full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12-wire quick connect. They mount full mortise the way the Deltana does, but they exist to carry conductors, and they are specified alongside a power supply and an electrified lock rather than chosen for appearance. If the door has no electrified hardware in it, the transfer hinge does nothing the DSBP44 does not.

The Deltana DSBP44 is built only at 4" x 4". For a 3-1/2" square corner mortise, the Emtek 91013 is a residential plain bearing hinge pair, 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" with square corners in plated steel - the same bearing type and corner style in the smaller size. The Emtek 92013 is the heavy duty plain bearing version at 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" square corners, and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 is a 3.5" x 3.5" square corner plain bearing mortise hinge sold in packs of three, which covers a full door in one item.

No - the Deltana DSBP44 is a plain bearing hinge with no spring, so it holds the door wherever it is left. For a door that has to shut itself without a surface closer, the Stanley Security 2060R is a full mortise spring hinge with square corners at 4.5" x 4.5", rated heavy duty. Note the size change: it is 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" against the DSBP44 at 4" x 4", so the mortise has to be lengthened and the leaf is wider across the door edge.

The Deltana DSBP44 carries its decoration on the leaf - cast-engraved faces on a 3 knuckle, 4" x 4" square corner hinge in solid brass, packed with traditional slotted screws. The McKinney SQ3331 takes a different approach, a 2 knuckle decorative hinge at 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" with a square barrel, so the detail is in the profile of the barrel rather than the face of the leaf. The two are not interchangeable in the same prep: the McKinney is 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" and the Deltana is 4" x 4".

The Deltana DSBP44 is a 4" x 4" residential duty plain bearing hinge. Where the leaf needs to be taller and the door heavier, the step is a 4-1/2" hinge: the Orca Hardware ORC-COM3535 is a 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" square corner ball bearing commercial hinge rated medium duty, and the Don-Jo HWBB74545 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge at 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" in satin chrome. For a thicker door that needs more leaf width across the edge, the Don-Jo HWBB75045 runs 5" x 4-1/2". All three need a longer mortise than the 4" DSBP44 pocket.

The Deltana DSBP44 is full mortise, meaning both leaves set into routed pockets, one in the door edge and one in the jamb rebate. Two hinges in the same family of sizes prep differently. The Hager 1129 is a half mortise plain bearing commercial hinge at 4-1/2", so one leaf mortises into the door and the other fastens to the face of the frame. The Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface prison hinge, 3" x 4" with a welded tip, which screws to the faces of door and frame with no pocket at all. Neither drops into a mortise cut for the DSBP44.

The DSBP44 has a 3 knuckle barrel, so the barrel reads with fewer, longer segments than the 5 knuckle hinges beside it, and the leaves are cast-engraved rather than plain. On a decorative opening that contrast is usually the point. Where you want the barrels to match down a corridor, a 5 knuckle hinge like the McKinney MP79 MacPro full mortise standard weight is the profile to look for, and the McKinney SQ3331 square barrel 2-knuckle decorative hinge is a different look again at 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 inches. Match the knuckle count on runs of doors that are seen together and let feature doors differ.

No. The DSBP44 is a plain bearing full mortise hinge with no spring in the barrel, so the door stays wherever it is left. Self-closing openings, garage-to-house doors and the like, need a spring hinge; the Stanley Security 2060R full mortise spring hinge with square corners is that type, though it is a 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 inch hinge and needs a deeper mortise than the 4 x 4 prep the Deltana uses. Plan the pocket before you switch types.

Full mortise means both leaves sit down inside pockets cut in the door edge and the jamb, so with the door shut what you see is the 3 knuckle barrel standing proud of the gap. Swing the door open and the cast-engraved leaves come into view on the hinge side. That is worth knowing on a door that mostly stays closed, where you are buying the barrel profile more than the engraving, and on a door held open in a hallway, where the leaves are on show all day.

The Deltana DSBP44 is solid brass through the leaf and pin, which is why it is common on exterior and humid openings. If a non-brass, non-ferrous option is wanted, the McKinney T2314 is a non ferrous hinge, standard weight with 5 knuckles, rated medium duty. The knuckle count differs - the DSBP44 is a 3 knuckle hinge - so the barrel of the T2314 reads longer and finer at the edge of the door.

The Deltana DSBP44 is the finish-driven choice at 4" x 4": it is offered in PVD polished brass, polished brass, unlacquered brass, antique brass, oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel, antique nickel, polished chrome and brushed chrome, on a solid brass leaf. Commercial hinges in the same size class are specified around plated steel bases and chrome tones - the Emtek 91013 and 92013 are plated steel at 3-1/2" x 3-1/2", and the Don-Jo HWBB84545 is a heavy weight ball bearing hinge in satin chrome at 4-1/2" x 4-1/2". For an opening where the hinge has to read with living-finish brass or bronze trim, the DSBP44 is the one that carries those tones.