Deltana S44HDBB 4" x 4" Square Hinge, Heavy-Duty, Ball Bearings, Steel (Pair)

No. The S44HDBB is a square corner, full mortise hinge, so the mortise in both the door edge and the jamb has to be routed with square corners. Set it into a rounded corner prep and the corners of the leaf sit proud of the pocket. Pull one of the existing hinges and look at the leaf corner first. If it is rounded, you want a radius corner hinge instead, such as the Orca Hardware 4014 Series in 4 x 4 with a 1/4 inch radius corner, though that one runs plain bearing rather than ball bearing.

Not without re-routing the door and frame. The S44HDBB is built in 4 x 4 only, so it leaves an inch and a half of open mortise top and bottom on a 4-1/2 inch prep. Stay with 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 square corner and you have two ball bearing options: the Orca Hardware 3535 Series, a medium duty square corner ball bearing commercial hinge, or the Don-Jo HWBB84545 heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge in satin chrome.

No, it is supplied without the NRP feature, so the pin can be driven out from the barrel. On an interior in-swing opening that is a non-issue, and it makes servicing the door easier. On an out-swing exterior or secured room where the barrel faces the unsecured side, that is a way in, and most specs will reject it. For that opening, look at the Hager BB1168, a full mortise ball bearing heavy duty hinge offered with a non-removable pin.

Deltana positions the steel S44 line for indoor applications, and steel is the reason: on a weather-exposed opening a plated steel hinge is the first thing to rust and bleed onto the door face. Keep these on interior openings, corridors, offices, unit doors, back-of-house. For an exterior swing, use a hinge specified for exterior duty, such as the Delaney 4 x 4 exterior residential hinge, noting that one has a 5/8 inch radius corner rather than square and is residential rather than commercial duty.

The Delaney CH401X is the nearest peer: a 4" x 4" commercial ball bearing hinge with square corners, matching the S44HDBB on size, corner style, and bearing type. The Deltana is steel, full mortise, and supplied as a pair, so on an opening already mortised for a 4" x 4" square corner hinge both seat in the same pocket. The Delaney is sold under Delaney's Ball Bearing Hinge series.

The S44HDBB is a square corner hinge, so it will not seat cleanly in a radiused pocket without recutting the corners. For a 1/4" radius pocket at the same 4" x 4" size, the Orca Hardware 4014 series is a 4" x 4" x 1/4" radius corner plain bearing commercial hinge rated medium duty. For the 5/8" radius common on residential and light commercial frames, Delaney's exterior residential hinge is a 4" x 4" with a 5/8" radius, sold as a pair, and the Castlegate 4" x 4" is offered 5/8" radius by square.

The S44HDBB is supplied with a standard removable pin, listed as non-removable pin: no. Where the barrel sits on the unsecured side and the spec calls for a pin that cannot be pulled, the Hager BB1168 NRP is a full mortise ball bearing hinge in heavy duty with a non-removable pin. Both are full mortise ball bearing hinges, so the difference is at the pin rather than at the door prep.

Both screw types ship with the pair: #12 x 1 wood screws and #12 x 1/2 machine screws. The wood screws are for a wood door leaf or wood jamb; the machine screws are for the frame leaf where a hollow metal jamb is already drilled and tapped, which on standard commercial hollow metal is a 12-24 tapped hole. If the metal frame was never tapped, you are drilling and tapping it or going to sheet metal screws, which is the part that usually holds up the install.

It comes down to traffic and whether there is a closer on the door. Ball bearings carry the leaf load on a rolling race, so the door keeps swinging free and does not sag or bind under constant cycling or the constant pull of a door closer. The S44HDBB is a two ball bearing heavy duty steel hinge, which is what you want on a tenant entry, a corridor door, or anything on a closer. A low-use interior door with no closer, a closet or a private office, does fine on plain bearing, and the Orca Hardware 4040 Series is a 4 x 4 square corner plain bearing commercial hinge that drops into the same prep.

Sold by the pair, so one order line gets you two hinges. A standard commercial door up to 7 feet tall normally hangs on three hinges, which means two pairs per opening with one hinge left over, or three pairs for two doors done properly. If you are hanging out a whole building, the case runs 25 pairs, which covers roughly 16 doors at three hinges each.

Ten finishes: Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, Polished Brass, Brushed Brass, Antique Brass, Paint Black, and Prime Coat White. That spread is the reason these get used across a mixed building, since the brass and bronze tones match older decorative hardware while chrome and nickel match newer lever sets. Prime Coat White is the one to order when the hinges get painted out with the door and frame; Paint Black is the factory black if you want it done for you.

Power transfer is not part of this hinge. The S44HDBB is a mechanical steel butt hinge with no wire raceway or connector through the knuckle, so an electrified lock or exit device on the door still needs an electric hinge, a door loop, or a concealed transfer. If the hinge itself has to carry the wiring, the Command Access ETH-BB68 is a heavy duty 5 knuckle energy transfer hinge, and the BEST CECB179-12C is a steel full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12-wire quick connect. If you also need door position monitoring back to the panel, the Command Access ETM-BB68 combines transfer with an integrated door position switch.

The S44HDBB is a standard ball bearing hinge with no spring, so it swings freely and holds position. For a self-closing opening driven by the hinge rather than a closer, the Stanley Security 2060R is a full mortise spring hinge with square corners at 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" on a ferrous steel base, rated heavy duty. It shares the full mortise mounting and square corner prep of the Deltana at the larger leaf size.

The Orca Hardware 4040 series is a 4" x 4" square corner plain bearing commercial hinge rated medium duty. It uses the same 4" x 4" square corner prep as the S44HDBB, but runs a plain bearing rather than the ball bearing the Deltana carries, and sits at medium duty against the Deltana's heavy-duty build. McKinney's MP79 MacPro is another lighter option, a 5-knuckle full mortise hinge in standard weight and standard duty.

The Emtek 94013 is a heavy duty ball bearing hinge pair, 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" with square corners in plated steel, which mirrors the square corner ball bearing arrangement of the 4" x 4" S44HDBB at the smaller leaf. If a plain bearing suits the traffic, the Emtek 92013 is the same 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" square corner plated steel pair in heavy duty with a plain bearing, and the Emtek 91013 is the residential plain bearing version. Delaney also lists a 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" bulk steel residential interior hinge with a 5/8" radius for rounded pockets.

The S44HDBB carries ball bearings between the knuckles. Where the specification calls for the bearings to be hidden inside the barrel, the Ives 3CB1HW is a steel heavy weight concealed bearing full mortise hinge with 3 knuckles rated heavy duty, and the Ives 3CB1 is the medium duty concealed bearing full mortise version. The Hager 920 is a full mortise concealed plain bearing hinge in 2-knuckle steel construction, rated medium duty. All are full mortise like the Deltana.

The S44HDBB is full mortise, meaning both leaves are let into the door edge and the frame rabbet. When only one side can be cut, the Hager 1129 is a half mortise plain bearing commercial hinge at 4-1/2" in standard weight steel, rated heavy duty. Where nothing can be mortised, the Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface hinge, 3" x 4" with a welded tip in heavy duty. Both mount on a different prep than the Deltana, so the swap is a frame and door decision, not a drop-in.

The S44HDBB is a commercial full mortise steel hinge with a standard removable pin. Detention openings call for hinges built for that use: the BEST BB855 is a heavy-duty steel double weight concealed ball bearing prison hinge from BEST's detention hardware line, the Stanley Security BB855 is a double weight prison hinge at 5" by 6" furnished with no holes and not swaged, and the Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface prison hinge with a welded tip. Those are a different class of hinge from the 4" x 4" Deltana, not an alternate size of it.

No. The S44HDBB is a full mortise butt hinge, which swings one direction. A double acting opening runs on a pivot instead: the BEST DAP-3 is a heavy duty double acting pivot for commercial interior doors, listed under BEST's emergency rescue hardware. The BEST CB1969R is a concealed bearing heavy weight pivot-reinforced hinge for openings that pair a hinge with pivot reinforcement.

The S44HDBB is offered in oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel, antique nickel, paint black, polished chrome, brushed chrome, polished brass, brushed brass, antique brass, and prime coat white, which covers matching to existing lever and pull finishes and gives a prime coat option for doors that get painted. Among the comparable heavy weight ball bearing hinges, the Don-Jo HWBB74545 and HWBB84545 are listed in satin chrome and the HWBB85045 in satin chrome over brass. For a decorative barrel profile, the McKinney SQ3331 is a square barrel 2-knuckle decorative hinge at 4-1/2" by 4-1/2" in standard duty.

The S44HDBB is a steel hinge intended for interior commercial use. For openings where a ferrous base is a concern, the McKinney T2314 is a non-ferrous hinge in standard weight with 5 knuckles, rated medium duty. It differs from the Deltana in base material and in bearing arrangement, so confirm the leaf size against the existing mortise before swapping.

Two ball bearings, heavy duty. Two bearing races sit in the knuckle stack instead of the plain steel-on-steel knuckles you get on an economy hinge, and the heavy duty build shows up in the leaf, which is .129 thick. Those are the two things separating this from Deltana's lighter steel hinges; the size stays 4 x 4 square corner and the material stays steel either way.

No handing to call out. A full mortise butt hinge with square corners on both leaves mounts the same way on a left or right hand door, and the pin drops in from the top either way. The only choice on the order is finish, ten of them, and quantity by the pair. Handing only becomes a question on hinges that are swaged one way or on electrified and spring hinges, not on a standard steel butt like this.

The S44HDBB is sold by the pair, with a case quantity of 25 pairs, so a three-hinge door draws from pair packs. Peers packed for a three-hinge door include the Ives 1010RP steel plain bearing residential hinge with square corners in a set of three, medium duty, and the Schlage Residential S3P1010, a 3.5" x 3.5" square corner plain bearing mortise hinge in a pack of three, also medium duty. Both of those are plain bearing at 3-1/2", against the 4" x 4" heavy-duty ball bearing build of the Deltana.