Deltana S44R5-BT Steel Hinge with Ball Tips, 4" x 4" x 5/8" Radius Corners (Pair)

Yes. The S44R5-BT is a 4 x 4 inch full mortise hinge with 5/8 inch radius corners, which is the standard corner profile on router-cut residential jambs and prehung door slabs. If your existing jamb pocket is square cut, a radius corner hinge will leave a small gap at the corners, so match the corner style to what is already routed rather than the size alone.

Residential. The S44R5-BT is a plain bearing steel hinge built for interior doors in homes and light-traffic openings. On a commercial entry, a high-cycle office door, or anything in a rental corridor, step up to a ball bearing or concealed bearing hinge, for example the Orca Hardware 3535 Series 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 square corner ball bearing commercial hinge or the Ives 3CB1 concealed bearing full mortise hinge.

The S44R5-BT ships as a pair, so two hinges per order. A standard interior door normally hangs on three hinges, so for one door you need two pairs and you will have a spare leaf. If you are hanging several doors, order in pairs and plan around three hinges per opening.

Wood screws are specified with the hinge: #10 x 1 inch. Those bite into a wood jamb and a wood door edge. If you are hanging onto a hollow metal frame or a steel jamb, the supplied wood screws will not hold and you will need machine screws matched to the frame's tapped holes.

The pins come out. The S44R5-BT is not an NRP hinge, which is fine for interior doors where the barrel sits on the protected side, but on an out-swinging exterior door a removable pin means the door can be lifted off from outside. For that opening use a non-removable pin hinge such as the Hager BB1168 NRP full mortise ball bearing hinge.

Leaf thickness is .085 inch on the S44R5-BT. If the hinge you are pulling out is a 4 x 4 with 5/8 inch radius corners and a similar gauge, it drops straight into the routed pocket with no re-mortising. A thicker or thinner leaf changes the door's reveal and how it sits against the stop, so compare gauge as well as size and corner radius before swapping.

Not without re-routing. The S44R5-BT is 4 x 4 inches, so it is a half inch taller than a 3-1/2 inch hinge and the mortise on both the door edge and the jamb would need to be lengthened. If you want to keep the existing pockets, stay with a 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 hinge such as the Emtek 91013 residential plain bearing pair or the Delaney 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 residential hinge with 5/8 inch radius corners, which matches the same radius profile.

It is built for indoor applications. The S44 steel hinge with ball tips is a decorative interior hinge, and steel in a plated decorative finish is not what you want taking weather on an entry door. For an exterior residential opening, the Delaney 4 x 4 bulk residential exterior hinge with 5/8 inch radius corners covers the same size and corner profile.

The Delaney 4 inch by 4 inch bulk residential interior hinge in 5/8 inch radius ships as a pair and matches the Deltana S44R5-BT on size and on the 5/8 inch radius corner cut, so it drops into the same router prep. The Deltana carries decorative ball tips on the pin, which is the visible difference at the barrel; the Delaney is a plain bulk residential hinge. If the doors are exterior swinging leaves, Delaney's 4 inch by 4 inch bulk exterior residential hinge uses the same 5/8 inch radius and pair packaging.

The Deltana S44R5-BT is a plain bearing hinge built for residential use, and plain bearings are sized for household cycle counts rather than corridor traffic. For a 4 inch by 4 inch commercial leaf, the Orca Hardware 4 inch by 4 inch square corner commercial hinge is a medium duty plain bearing unit, and the Orca 4 inch by 4 inch commercial hinge with 1/4 inch radius corners covers the same size in a radius prep. Where the door warrants a bearing race, the Delaney 4 inch by 4 inch commercial ball bearing hinge with square corners and the Orca 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square corner ball bearing hinge, rated medium duty, are the ball bearing options.

Not without checking the corner cut. The Deltana S44R5-BT is cut with 5/8 inch radius corners. The Orca Hardware 4 inch by 4 inch commercial plain bearing hinge comes with 1/4 inch radius corners in the 4014 series and with square corners in the 4040 series, so neither matches a 5/8 inch radius pocket at the corner even though the leaf size is the same. A 5/8 inch radius pocket will show a gap behind a square or 1/4 inch radius leaf unless the mortise is recut or squared.

A 4 inch by 4 inch leaf will not fit a 3-1/2 inch pocket. In that size, the Emtek 91013 is a residential duty plain bearing hinge in plated steel sold as a pair, matching the Deltana S44R5-BT's plain bearing action in the smaller leaf, though its corners are square rather than radiused. The Delaney 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch bulk steel residential interior hinge is the 5/8 inch radius option at that size and ships as a pair. Schlage Residential S3P1010 covers 3.5 inch by 3.5 inch square corner plain bearing mortise hinges in packs of three, and the Ives 1010RP is a square corner steel plain bearing residential hinge sold in sets of three.

The Deltana S44R5-BT is not supplied with a non-removable pin, and its ball tips sit on a pin meant to be decorative. Where an out-swinging door puts the barrel on the unsecured side, the Hager BB1168 is a full mortise ball bearing hinge with a non-removable pin, rated heavy duty. For detention and high-abuse openings the BEST BB855 is a heavy-duty steel double weight concealed ball bearing prison hinge, and the Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface prison hinge with a welded tip.

No - the S44R5-BT is a plain steel hinge with no conductor path. Power transfer through the hinge calls for an electric through-wire unit: the Command Access ETH-CB70 is a 3 knuckle standard weight steel base energy transfer hinge rated medium duty, and the ETH-BB68 is the 5 knuckle heavy duty version of the same idea. If the opening also needs door position sensing, the Command Access ETM-CB70 adds door position sensing to a 3 knuckle steel base hinge and the ETM-BB68 integrates a door position switch in a heavy duty body. The BEST CECB179-12C is a steel full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12-wire quick connect for higher wire counts.

No handing to specify. The S44R5-BT is a full mortise butt hinge with a removable pin, so the same hinge works on a left hand or right hand door. You just orient it so the barrel faces the swing side and drive the pin from the top.

Seven finishes: Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, and Brushed Chrome. The ball tips are installed and finished to match the hinge, so the decorative tip is the same finish as the leaves. That is the point of the BT version, matching the hinge to the levers and other trim on the door rather than hiding it.

Plain bearing is what the S44R5-BT uses, and it is the right call on interior passage and closet doors in a house, where cycle counts are low and there is no closer pulling on the door. Go ball bearing when the door is heavy, gets constant traffic, or has a closer on it. For those openings the Orca Hardware 3535 Series 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 ball bearing commercial hinge or the Emtek 94013 heavy duty ball bearing hinge pair are the ball bearing options.

For interior doors in residential units, yes. The S44R5-BT is a steel 4 x 4 full mortise hinge in one size and one corner profile across seven finishes, so you can standardize a building on a single part number and pick finish per unit. It is a residential duty hinge though, so keep it off leasing office entries, corridor doors, and anything with a door closer, and spec a commercial bearing hinge on those.

The Deltana S44R5-BT is a full mortise hinge at 4 inch by 4 inch. Moving up in leaf size on a full mortise prep, the Don-Jo HWBB74545 and HWBB84545 are heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinges at 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch in satin chrome, and the HWBB75045 is the 5 inch by 4-1/2 inch steel version with a satin chrome finish. Don-Jo's HWBB85045 covers 5 inch by 4-1/2 inch in brass with a satin chrome finish. All four are heavy duty, so they suit doors above what a residential plain bearing hinge is built for.

They are different bearing designs. The Deltana S44R5-BT uses a plain bearing with decorative ball tips visible at the top and bottom of the pin. The Ives 3CB1 is a 3-knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge rated medium duty, with the bearing hidden inside the knuckle so the barrel reads as a clean cylinder. Ives 3CB1HW is the heavy weight concealed bearing version. Hager 920 is a 2-knuckle full mortise concealed plain bearing hinge in steel, rated medium duty. Concealed bearing barrels do not accept the decorative tips that give the Deltana its look.

The S44R5-BT is a full mortise hinge, so both leaves mortise into the door and the frame. Where the frame side cannot be mortised, the Hager 1129 is a half mortise plain bearing commercial hinge at 4-1/2 inch, standard weight steel, keeping the same plain bearing action with a different frame attachment. For a surface-applied frame leaf, the Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface hinge at 3 inch by 4 inch, and the BEST DAP-3 is a double acting pivot for commercial interior doors that swing both ways instead of hanging on hinges at all.

It suits the residential-style openings in the building: it is a steel plain bearing hinge in a residential build, 4 inch by 4 inch with 5/8 inch radius corners, available in seven finishes including oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel, antique nickel, polished chrome, brushed chrome, polished brass and antique brass, with the ball tips supplied in a matching finish. Corridor and stair doors carrying more traffic are usually run on a separate commercial line such as the Orca 4 inch by 4 inch square corner plain bearing commercial hinge or the McKinney MP79 MacPro full mortise 5-knuckle standard weight hinge. Buildings typically spec the Deltana on unit interiors and a commercial hinge on the shared openings rather than one part everywhere.

Size and mortise are the same story, 4 x 4 with 5/8 inch radius corners, full mortise. The difference is the tip. The S44R5-BT ships with ball tips installed in a finish matching the leaves, so the hinge reads as trim rather than hardware. A standard flat tip residential hinge like the Delaney 4 x 4 Castlegate hinge covers the same opening without the decorative tip.

The McKinney MP79 MacPro is a full mortise 5-knuckle standard weight hinge and the MPB79 is the MacPro 5-knuckle standard weight hinge as well, both rated standard duty - a step in weight rating above a residential plain bearing hinge. The Deltana S44R5-BT is a residential steel hinge with a plain bearing and ball tips fitted to the pin. On a light interior passage door the Deltana is the decorative choice; on a heavier or higher-cycle leaf the MacPro line is the one carrying the weight rating.