Emtek 92014 Heavy Duty Plain Bearing Hinges (Pair), 4" x 4" with Square Corners, Plated Steel

Door thickness up to 1-3/4 inches is what the 92014 covers, so it handles both the 1-3/4 inch slabs used on entries and the 1-3/8 inch interior doors common in older houses. Leaf size is 4 x 4 inches with square corners, so the door edge and jamb each need a 4 inch tall mortise. They ship two to a pack with the screws in the box.

Not as is. The 92014 is a square corner hinge, and a router-cut mortise leaves a radius in each corner (5/8 inch on most residential prep, 1/4 inch on some commercial prep), so the corners have to be chiseled square before a square leaf will seat flush. Easier route on an existing radiused prep is to match it: Delaney's 4 x 4 exterior residential hinge is a 5/8 inch radius pair, and Orca Hardware's 4014 Series is a 4 x 4 plain bearing hinge with a 1/4 inch radius corner. On new doors, or where the mortise was cut square by hand, the 92014 goes straight in.

Two hinges per pack, screws included. Most 6 ft 8 in doors hang on three hinges, so a single opening takes two packs and leaves you one spare, and a tall or heavy slab that wants four hinges takes exactly two packs. If a three-per-door count suits the job better, Ives 1010RP is a steel plain bearing residential hinge with square corners sold as a set of three.

The 92014 is specified residential, which puts it on unit doors, houses and light traffic openings rather than a corridor door on a closer. When you need a commercial hinge in the same 4 x 4 square corner footprint so the prep carries over, Orca Hardware's 4040 Series is a 4 x 4 square corner plain bearing commercial hinge rated medium duty. For the heaviest traffic, Ives 3CB1HW is a heavy weight concealed bearing full mortise hinge.

Use a non-removable pin hinge so the pin cannot be driven out from the outside. The Deltana DEL-CSB45N is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square hinge with a non-removable pin sold as a pair, and the Hager HAG-BB1168 -NRP is a non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing hinge with a heavy duty rating. For a tamper-resistant option at the 4 inch leaf, the Deltana DEL-DE44R5TA is a 4 inch by 4 inch security hinge with 5/8 inch radius corners in steel, sold as a pair. The Emtek 92014 is a 4 inch by 4 inch square corner plain bearing hinge specified as residential, which suits interior and protected openings.

The Delaney DLY-CH401X is a 4 inch by 4 inch commercial ball bearing hinge with square corners, so it uses the identical mortise footprint as the Emtek 92014 plain bearing hinge and substitutes the ball bearing knuckle for the plain bearing one. If the opening can take a larger leaf, the Orca Hardware ORC-COM3535 is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square corner ball bearing commercial hinge with a medium duty rating, which requires routing the mortise out to the larger leaf and moving the screw pattern.

Order a radius corner hinge and check which radius the router left. The Orca Hardware ORC-COM4014 is a 4 inch by 4 inch plain bearing commercial hinge with 1/4 inch radius corners and a medium duty rating, the same plain bearing action as the Emtek 92014 in a rounded leaf. For the wider 5/8 inch radius that most residential prep machines cut, the Delaney DLY-RH45xx is a 4 inch by 4 inch exterior residential hinge with a 5/8 inch radius sold in pairs, and the Delaney DLY-RH40xx is a 4 inch by 4 inch residential hinge with one 5/8 inch radius leaf and one square leaf for a frame and door that were prepped differently. The Emtek 92014 has square corners and will leave a gap at each corner of a radius pocket.

Eleven finishes are offered on the 92014: Flat Black (US19), Medium Bronze (MB), Tumbled White Bronze (TWB), 613 Satin Bronze Oil-Rubbed, Polished Nickel (US14), 619 Satin Nickel, Pewter (US15A), 625 Bright Chrome, Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), 606 Satin Brass and French Antique (US7). They are Emtek's own finish codes, so the hinge pairs to the knob or lever carrying the same code. The finish code rides on the model number when you order, for example 92014MB for the Medium Bronze pair and 92014TWB for Tumbled White Bronze.

The 92014 is the 4 x 4. For a 3-1/2 inch mortise, Schlage Residential's S3P1010 is the nearest match on construction, a 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 square corner plain bearing mortise hinge in a three pack. Deltana's DSB35 is a 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 square hinge sold as a residential pair. Delaney also lists a 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 residential pair, but with a 5/8 inch radius corner rather than square, so check which corner your existing mortise has before you pick.

An energy transfer hinge. The Command Access CAT-ETH-CB70 is a 3 knuckle standard weight steel base energy transfer hinge with a medium duty rating, and the CAT-ETH-BB68 is the 5 knuckle heavy duty steel base version. If the opening also needs door position monitoring, the Command Access CAT-ETM-CB70 adds door position sensing on a 3 knuckle steel base and the CAT-ETM BB68 integrates a door position switch on a heavy duty base. For a higher wire count, the BEST BEST-CECB179-12C is a steel full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12 wire quick connect at a medium duty rating. The Emtek 92014 is a non-electronic hinge, so none of the transfer wiring passes through it.

No. The Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface prison hinge, 3 inch by 4 inch with a welded tip and a heavy duty rating. Full surface means both leaves apply to the face of the door and the face of the frame with no mortise cut at all, and the welded tip is meant to defeat pin removal in a detention opening. The Emtek 92014 is a 4 inch by 4 inch square corner hinge that mortises into the door and frame. Both are listed as plain bearing, so a spec search on bearing type alone will return the 990 next to the 92014 even though the prep and the application are unrelated.

A spring hinge carries the closing force in the barrel. The Stanley Security STN-2060R 4.5 X 4.5 is a full mortise spring hinge with square corners, 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch on a ferrous steel base with a heavy duty rating. It keeps the square corner prep the Emtek 92014 uses but goes to a 4-1/2 inch leaf, so the mortise has to be widened and lengthened. The 92014 is a plain bearing hinge with no closing mechanism in the knuckle, so a self-closing opening needs either the spring hinge or a separate closer.

The bearing sits in the knuckle either way; on a concealed bearing hinge it is hidden inside the barrel rather than showing as a separate race. The Ives 3CB1 is a steel 3 knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge with a medium duty rating, and the 3CB1HW is the heavy weight version of that 3 knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge at a heavy duty rating. The Hager HAG-920 is a 2 knuckle full mortise concealed bearing hinge in steel, also medium duty. The Emtek 92014 is a plain bearing hinge in plated steel with square corners at 4 inch by 4 inch, so choosing between them comes down to knuckle appearance and the duty rating the opening calls for, not the mortise, which stays a standard full mortise cut in each case.

Move to a heavy weight ball bearing hinge with a larger leaf. The Don-Jo DON-HWBB84545-626 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge, 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch in satin chrome with a heavy duty rating, and the DON-HWBB75045 is the same construction at 5 inch by 4-1/2 inch in steel, which puts more screws into the stile on a wide or tall leaf. The Stanley Security STN-FBB191 4.5 X 4.5 is a 5 knuckle full mortise standard weight hinge at 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch. All three take a larger mortise than the 4 inch by 4 inch pocket the Emtek 92014 uses, so this is a re-prep, not a swap.

The McKinney MCK-T2314 is a non ferrous hinge, standard weight, 5 knuckle, with a medium duty rating. Non ferrous means the base metal is not steel, which is the relevant difference for salt air and washdown environments. The Emtek 92014 is built on a steel substrate in a plated steel finish, and it is offered in a finish range that includes Flat Black US19, Polished Nickel US14, and 625 Bright Chrome, so on a protected interior opening the finish choice is wide, while an exposed coastal opening is where the non ferrous base earns its place.

A plain bearing butt hinge like the 92014 has no spring in it, so the door stays wherever you leave it. Where the door has to close on its own, a garage to house door or a stairwell, order a spring hinge instead: Stanley Security's 2060R is a full mortise square corner spring hinge at 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 on a ferrous steel base, rated heavy duty. Note the larger leaf size, since it will not drop into a 4 x 4 prep.

A butt hinge swings one way only, so a double acting opening takes a pivot instead. The BEST BEST-DAP-3 is a heavy duty double acting pivot for commercial interior doors, which mounts at the top and bottom of the door rather than in a leaf mortise on the edge. The Emtek 92014 is a full mortise butt hinge with a plain bearing knuckle, so the frame prep for a pivot is a different job entirely and the two are not alternatives on the same opening.