Deltana S44R5HDB 4" x 4" x 5/8" Radius Hinge, Heavy-Duty, Ball Bearings, Steel (Pair)

The S44R5HDB is a 4 x 4 inch full mortise hinge with 5/8 inch radius corners, so it drops into an existing 4 x 4 mortise cut with 5/8 inch radius routed corners, which is what a router template on residential prehung doors typically produces. If your door and jamb are cut with square corners, this leaf will not sit right in the pocket. For square-corner 4 x 4 prep, the Orca Hardware 4040 Series 4 x 4 square corner hinge is the match instead.

The gauge is what decides it. The S44 heavy-duty leaf is .129 inch thick steel with ball bearings in the knuckle, which is what keeps a heavy slab from sagging and the hinge from squealing after a few thousand cycles. That's the difference between this and a plain bearing residential hinge like the Emtek 91013 or the Schlage Residential S3P1010, both of which run plain bearing. For a heavy or frequently used door, the ball bearing version is the one to hang.

No, the S44R5HDB does not have an NRP set screw, so the pin can be driven out from the hinge side. On an out-swing door where the barrel is on the exterior, that's a security gap. Use a non-removable pin hinge for that opening, such as the Hager BB1168 NRP full mortise ball bearing hinge.

The S44R5HDB is a steel heavy-duty ball bearing hinge rated residential. For commercial openings, the Ives 3CB1HW is a steel heavy weight 3-knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge rated heavy duty, and the Ives 3CB1 is the medium duty concealed bearing version of the same full mortise pattern. The Don-Jo HWBB84545 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge in 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch, and the Hager BB1168 is a heavy duty full mortise ball bearing hinge supplied with a non-removable pin, which the S44R5HDB does not carry. Note the Don-Jo and most commercial patterns are 4-1/2 inch, so the frame and door prep is wider than the 4 inch by 4 inch the Deltana uses.

No. The S44R5HDB is a mechanical full mortise ball bearing hinge with no wiring path. To transfer power through the hinge, the Command Access ETH-BB68 is a heavy duty 5-knuckle energy transfer hinge on a steel base, and the ETH-CB70 is the 3-knuckle standard weight version, rated medium duty. The BEST CECB179-12C is a steel full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12-wire quick connect, rated medium duty. If you also need to monitor door position, the Command Access ETM-BB68 adds an integrated door position switch on the heavy duty body, and the ETM-CB70 does the same on the 3-knuckle medium duty base.

The Deltana S44R5HDB is a 4 inch by 4 inch steel hinge with 5/8 inch radius corners and ball bearings, sold as a pair. The nearest match on corner style and size is the Delaney 4 inch by 4 inch bulk residential exterior hinge, DLY-RH45xx, which is a 4 inch by 4 inch pair with 5/8 inch radius corners, and the Delaney DLY-RH40xx Castlegate hinge, also 4 inch by 4 inch as a pair in 5/8 inch radius and square corner. If the ball bearing itself is the requirement rather than the corner, the Delaney DLY-CH401X is a 4 inch by 4 inch commercial ball bearing hinge, but it has square corners, so it needs a square-cornered mortise or a chiseled pocket.

The Deltana S44R5HDB has 5/8 inch radius corners, so it will not drop into a square-cornered mortise without rework. For a square 4 inch by 4 inch pocket, the Delaney DLY-CH401X is a 4 inch by 4 inch commercial ball bearing hinge with square corners, and the Orca Hardware ORC-COM4040 is a 4 inch by 4 inch square corner commercial hinge, though the Orca is plain bearing rather than ball bearing. If the pocket is a 1/4 inch radius instead of a true square, the Orca ORC-COM4014 is a 4 inch by 4 inch with 1/4 inch radius corners, also plain bearing.

Each S44R5HDB is sold as a pair, two hinges. A standard 6-foot-8 residential door hangs on three hinges, so one pair plus a single leaf, or two pairs, covers one door. Ordering by the door rather than by the hinge is where people come up short on a whole-house or whole-building job.

Screws come with it. Deltana packs #12 x 1 inch wood screws for hanging into a wood jamb and stud, plus #12 x 1/2 inch machine screws for a metal frame. Nothing else is needed to hang the hinge.

Nine finishes on the S44R5HDB: oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel, antique nickel, paint black, polished chrome, brushed chrome, polished brass, brushed brass, and antique brass. That spread lets you carry one hinge model across a building and still match brass hardware in one unit and black or nickel in another, which matters if you're standardizing a fleet of doors on a single part number.

Steel throughout, both the base material and the substrate, with the brass and bronze names being finishes over that steel rather than solid brass. For interior residential work that's a value choice and it holds up fine. If you're hanging a coastal exterior door where a plated steel hinge will rust out, a non-ferrous hinge like the McKinney T2314 is the material to specify instead.

Yes, if the frame is already prepped for a 4 x 4 hinge with 5/8 inch radius corners. Deltana includes #12 x 1/2 inch machine screws specifically for tapped holes in a metal jamb, alongside the wood screws for the door leaf. What it will not do is cut its own prep, so the frame has to be factory drilled and tapped on 4 x 4 spacing.

No. The S44R5HDB is a standard butt hinge with no spring, so it carries the door and nothing more. For a self-closing opening, such as a garage-to-house door, a spring hinge is the part, for example the Stanley Security full mortise spring hinge in 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 with square corners. Note that one is square corner, so it needs matching prep.

The S44R5HDB is a ball bearing hinge, which is the choice for doors that are heavier or cycle often. On a light interior door that swings a few times a day, a plain bearing hinge is the simpler option: the Emtek 91013 is a residential plain bearing pair in 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch plated steel with square corners, the Emtek 92013 is the heavy duty plain bearing version in the same 3-1/2 inch size, and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 is a 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch square corner plain bearing mortise hinge sold three to a pack. All three are 3-1/2 inch, so they suit a narrower prep than the 4 inch by 4 inch Deltana. In 4 inch by 4 inch, the Orca ORC-COM4040 is the square corner plain bearing equivalent.

Both are full mortise steel ball bearing hinges, but they cover different door weights and preps. The S44R5HDB is 4 inch by 4 inch with 5/8 inch radius corners, .129 thickness, sold as a pair and rated residential. The Don-Jo HWBB84545 and HWBB74545 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 a 5 inch by 4-1/2 inch steel heavy weight in satin chrome, with the HWBB85045 the 5 inch by 4-1/2 inch brass version, all rated heavy duty. The Don-Jo sizes need a wider and, in the 5 inch case, taller mortise, and they are single-finish where the Deltana is offered in nine finishes including oil rubbed bronze, polished brass and polished chrome.

They describe different things. The S44R5HDB carries a heavy-duty option in a 4 inch by 4 inch steel body rated residential, at .129 leaf thickness. A commercial heavy weight hinge is a different class of part: the Ives 3CB1HW is a steel heavy weight concealed bearing full mortise hinge, the Stanley FBB191 is a 5-knuckle full mortise standard weight hinge at 4.5 inch by 4.5 inch rated heavy duty, and the McKinney MPB79 MacPro is a 5-knuckle standard weight hinge. If a drawing calls for heavy weight commercial, specify from that group rather than reading the Deltana heavy-duty option as the same thing.

For matching a fleet, the deciding factors are size, corner profile and finish. The S44R5HDB is 4 inch by 4 inch with 5/8 inch radius corners in steel, sold as a pair, in nine finishes including oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel, antique nickel, paint black, polished chrome, brushed chrome, polished brass, brushed brass and antique brass. The Delaney DLY-RH45xx is a 4 inch by 4 inch bulk exterior residential pair in 5/8 inch radius and the DLY-RH35xx is the 3-1/2 inch version in the same radius, so the Delaney line lets you carry one corner profile across both prep sizes. The Emtek residential and heavy duty pairs, 91013, 92013, 94013 and 96213, are all 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch with square corners, so they suit a building prepped square at the smaller size rather than one prepped 4 inch radius.

No handing to specify. The S44 is a full mortise butt hinge with a loose pin, so the same hinge hangs a left-hand or right-hand door, you just orient the barrel to the swing. Handing only becomes an ordering decision on hinges like the Stanley CECB1900R electrified hinge, which is called out left-handed because the wire exit is fixed.