Emtek 94024 Heavy Duty Ball Bearing Hinges (Pair), 4" x 4" with 1/4" Radius Corners, Plated Steel

Only if that mortise was cut for a 4 x 4 hinge with 1/4 inch radius corners. The 94024 has 1/4 inch radius corners, so it will not fill a pocket routed for a 5/8 inch radius hinge (a gap shows at each corner), and it leaves a small sliver of wood in the corners of a square-cut mortise unless you pare them back. Match the corner style before you order: for a square-corner pocket the Orca Hardware 4 x 4 square corner commercial hinge is the same leaf size, and for a 5/8 inch radius pocket the Delaney 4 x 4 exterior residential hinge is the 5/8 inch radius equivalent.

Yes. The 94024 is rated for doors up to 1-3/4 inches thick, which covers standard 1-3/4 inch solid core and exterior slabs as well as the lighter 1-3/8 inch interior doors. The leaf is 4 x 4 inches, so the door edge needs at least 4 inches of mortise depth along the stile for each hinge.

Each 94024 order is a pair, two hinges, and the mounting screws are included. A door hung on three hinges takes two pairs, which leaves you one spare hinge. If you are doing several openings, order in pairs per door and round up rather than counting single leaves.

The Emtek 94024 is a 4" x 4" hinge cut with 1/4" radius corners, so a replacement has to match both the leaf size and the corner radius or the existing mortise will not line up. Orca Hardware's 4014 Series is a 4" x 4" x 1/4" radius corner commercial hinge, so it drops into the same prep without recutting. The working difference is at the barrel: the Emtek 94024 runs ball bearings, while the Orca 4014 Series is a plain bearing hinge rated medium duty. If the door swings dozens of times a day, that bearing difference is the thing to decide on, not the mortise.

The Emtek 94024 uses a 1/4" radius corner, a tighter arc than 5/8", so it will leave the corners of a 5/8" pocket open. At the same 4" x 4" leaf size with a 5/8" radius, Delaney's bulk residential exterior hinge is 4" x 4" with a 5/8" radius and sold in pairs, and Delaney's Castlegate hinge is 4" x 4" with one 5/8" radius leaf and one square leaf for doors and frames prepped differently from each other. Deltana's DE44R5TA is a 4" x 4" x 5/8" radius steel security hinge, also sold in pairs.

Emtek rates the 94024 for residential use, and it is built as a 4" x 4" ball bearing hinge. For a commercial opening that sees constant traffic, the heavy duty ball bearing peers are the Don-Jo HWBB74545, a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge at 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" in satin chrome, and the Hager BB1168, a full mortise ball bearing hinge rated heavy duty. Ives 3CB1HW is a steel heavy weight full mortise hinge with 3 knuckles and concealed bearings if you want the bearings hidden in the barrel. All of these are a step up in leaf size or knuckle construction from the 94024, so plan on cutting a new mortise rather than reusing the residential prep.

On an out-swing door the barrel faces the outside, so buyers who care about the pin usually specify NRP. The Hager BB1168 is a non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing hinge rated heavy duty, which keeps the ball bearing action of the Emtek 94024 while defeating pin removal. Deltana's CSB45N is a 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" square corner hinge with a non-removable pin, sold in pairs, and Deltana's DE44R5TA is a 4" x 4" x 5/8" radius steel security hinge, also in pairs. The 94024 itself is a 4" x 4" ball bearing hinge with 1/4" radius corners, so none of these three share its exact corner and size combination - check the prep before you swap.

The 94024 is a ball bearing hinge with a leaf thickness of 0.118 to 0.126 inches. The bearings carry the load between knuckles instead of letting steel ride on steel, which is what keeps a heavy solid core or exterior slab swinging quietly and stops the squeak and knuckle wear you get on a plain bearing hinge under weight. Plain bearing is fine on a hollow core closet or light interior door, and the Orca Hardware 4 x 4 x 1/4 inch radius corner commercial hinge is a plain bearing part in the same leaf size and corner style if that is all the opening needs.

Eleven finishes: Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), 606 Satin Brass, 613 Satin Bronze Oil-Rubbed, Medium Bronze (MB), Tumbled White Bronze (TWB), French Antique (US7), Polished Nickel (US14), 619 Satin Nickel, Pewter (US15A), 625 Bright Chrome, and Flat Black (US19). Order by the finish suffix on the model number, so the Medium Bronze pair is 94024MB and Tumbled White Bronze is 94024TWB. Because the range runs the same brass, bronze, nickel, chrome and black families Emtek uses across its trim, you can specify hinges in the same finish code as the knobs or levers on the opening.

No. The 94024 is a residential hinge, built for house and unit doors rather than a commercial opening cycling all day. For corridor, stairwell and other high-traffic doors, step up to a heavy duty commercial ball bearing hinge: the Don-Jo HWBB84545 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge at 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches, and the Ives 3CB1HW is a heavy weight concealed bearing full mortise hinge. Note the size jump, because 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 will not drop into a mortise cut for a 4 x 4 hinge.

The 94024 is the 4 x 4 inch size, so it will not reuse a 3-1/2 inch mortise. For a 3-1/2 inch pocket with the same 1/4 inch radius corner, the Orca Hardware 3.5 x 3.5 x 1/4 inch radius corner commercial hinge is the direct size match, though it is a plain bearing part rather than ball bearing. If the existing pocket is square cut instead, the Deltana DSB35 is a 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 square residential hinge sold in pairs.

An outswing exterior door wants a non-removable pin hinge so the pin cannot be driven out from the exterior side. In a full mortise ball bearing hinge, the Hager BB1168 is a heavy duty non-removable pin option. The Deltana CSB45N is a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 square hinge sold in pairs with a non-removable pin, and the Deltana DE44R5TA is a 4 x 4 steel security hinge with a 5/8 inch radius corner, sold in pairs. Check the corner style and leaf size against the existing mortise before you commit, since 4-1/2 inch and 5/8 inch radius parts will not reuse a 4 x 4, 1/4 inch radius pocket.

Only if the opening actually needs power carried from the frame into the door. The Emtek 94024 is a non-electronic hinge; it carries the door and nothing else. Energy transfer hinges route conductors through the barrel for an electrified lock: the Command Access ETH-BB68 is a 5-knuckle heavy duty steel base energy transfer hinge, the ETH-CB70 is a 3-knuckle standard weight version rated medium duty, and the BEST CECB179-12C is a steel full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12-wire quick connect, rated medium duty. Command Access also builds monitor versions - the ETM-BB68 adds an integrated door position switch and the ETM-CB70 adds door position sensing on a 3-knuckle steel base. On a door with no electrified hardware, those wires have nothing to land on.

Ball bearings earn their keep on doors that cycle constantly or carry weight; the Emtek 94024 is a ball bearing hinge for that reason. On a light interior door, plain bearing hinges cover the same job. Orca Hardware's 4014 Series is a 4" x 4" x 1/4" radius corner plain bearing commercial hinge rated medium duty, which is the one that reuses a 1/4" radius prep. For square corner interior openings, Ives 1010RP is a steel plain bearing residential hinge with square corners sold in sets of three, and Orca's 4" x 4" square corner plain bearing commercial hinge is medium duty. Schlage Residential's S3P1010 is a 3.5" x 3.5" square corner plain bearing mortise hinge in packs of three for smaller interior doors.

The Emtek 94024 ships in pairs with screws included, so a three-hinge door takes two pairs and leaves one hinge over - fine when you are hanging an even number of doors, wasteful on a single opening. Peers packed in threes match a standard door out of the box: Ives 1010RP is a steel plain bearing residential hinge with square corners in sets of three, and Schlage Residential's S3P1010 is a 3.5" x 3.5" square corner plain bearing mortise hinge in packs of three. Both are plain bearing and square corner, so they suit a different prep than the 94024's 1/4" radius. Delaney's 4" x 4" residential hinges and Deltana's square hinges are also sold in pairs if you are pricing out full carton buys.

The Emtek 94024 is a full mortise hinge, meaning both leaves recess into routed pockets in the door and the frame. When the frame cannot take a pocket, the mounting type has to change. The Hager 1129 is a half mortise hinge, mortising into the door while the frame leaf surface-mounts. The Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface hinge with a welded tip at 3" x 4", rated heavy duty, with both leaves applied to the face. Neither is interchangeable with a full mortise prep in either direction, so identify how the existing hinge is mounted before ordering.

The Emtek 94024 is built on a steel base with a plated finish. Where the environment argues for a non-ferrous base metal instead, the McKinney T2314 is a non-ferrous hinge, standard weight, 5 knuckle, rated medium duty. It is a different base material rather than a different finish, which is the distinction worth confirming on an exterior or high-humidity opening such as a pool house door or a shoreline building.

Emtek fits the 94024 to doors up to 1-3/4" thick on a 4" x 4" leaf. Wider leaves carry more weight and reach across a thicker door: Don-Jo's HWBB75045 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge at 5" x 4-1/2" in steel with a satin chrome finish, and the HWBB85045 is the same 5" x 4-1/2" size in brass with a satin chrome finish, both heavy duty. Staying at 4-1/2" square, the Don-Jo HWBB84545 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge in satin chrome. All three take a larger mortise than the 94024 in both the door edge and the jamb.

Steel is the base material on the 94024, with a plated finish over it. That is what lets one hinge be offered across brass, bronze, nickel, chrome and black finish codes while the load-carrying part stays steel. The leaf runs 0.118 to 0.126 inches thick, which is a heavier gauge than a light stamped builder hinge, and the barrel is ball bearing.

A sagging slab is usually short screws pulling out of the jamb plus a worn plain bearing hinge letting the door drop. The 94024 answers the second half: ball bearing knuckles and a 0.118 to 0.126 inch leaf give you more bearing surface and a stiffer leaf than a thin stamped hinge, on a 4 x 4 footprint rated to 1-3/4 inch doors. Screws are included, but on a door that has already sagged, run at least one long screw per jamb leaf into the framing behind the jamb, or the new hinges will settle the same way.

No handing to specify. The 94024 is a full mortise butt hinge, symmetrical leaf to leaf, so the same pair hangs a left or right hand door. The only choice on the order is the finish. Handing comes into play on spring hinges and on electrified or concealed conductor hinges, where the wire side is fixed, but not on a standard butt.

Both reduce friction at the pin, but they place the bearing differently. The Emtek 94024 is a ball bearing hinge, the type where the bearing races sit between the knuckles along the barrel. Concealed bearing designs tuck the bearing inside the knuckle so the barrel reads as a plain, unbroken line: Ives 3CB1 is a 3-knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge rated medium duty, Ives 3CB1HW is the heavy weight version, Hager 920 is a full mortise concealed plain bearing hinge with 2-knuckle steel construction rated medium duty, and the BEST CB1969R is a concealed bearing heavy weight pivot-reinforced hinge rated heavy duty. If the barrel is visible on a finished opening and you want the cleanest look, that is the tradeoff to weigh.

They are a different class of hardware, not a bigger version of the same thing. The BEST BB855 is a heavy-duty steel double weight concealed ball bearing prison hinge in the detention line, and Stanley Security builds a double weight prison hinge at 5" by 6" that is furnished with no holes and not swaged, rated heavy duty. Unpunched and unswaged means the installer drills and fits it to the opening rather than dropping it into an existing prep, which is the opposite of what the Emtek 94024 does as a 4" x 4" hinge sold in pairs with screws included. The BEST DAP-3 heavy duty double acting pivot for commercial interior doors is likewise a different mounting method, not a hinge swap.

The Emtek 94024 finish range runs to bright and satin plated tones including 625 Bright Chrome, 619 Satin Nickel and Polished Nickel US14, plus darker options such as Flat Black US19, Pewter US15A and 613 Satin Bronze Oil-Rubbed. If the existing hardware is specifically satin chrome, the Don-Jo HWBB84545 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge in satin chrome at 4-1/2" x 4-1/2", and the HWBB74545 is the same finish in that size range as well. Match the finish code rather than the description when the two brands sit on the same opening, since satin chrome and satin nickel read differently side by side.