Emtek 96114 Residential Duty Hinges (Pair), 4" x 4" with Square Corners

Not without recutting the mortises. The 96114 is a 4 x 4, so swapping it onto a 3-1/2 inch prep means deepening the mortise half an inch on both the door and the jamb and redrilling screw holes. Emtek makes the same residential duty square corner hinge in 3-1/2 x 3-1/2, which drops straight into the existing prep. If you want a like for like 3-1/2 inch square corner replacement from another brand, the Deltana DSB35 residential square hinge is sold in pairs at that size.

Square corners. The 96114 is a square corner hinge, so it needs a square mortise, either chiseled by hand or routed with a square-corner template. If your existing jamb and door are prepped with the common 5/8 inch radius mortise, a square hinge will leave gaps at the corners. For that prep, a radius-corner hinge such as the Delaney 4 inch x 4 inch exterior residential hinge with a 5/8 inch radius is the right shape.

The 96114 is a 4 inch x 4 inch hinge sold as a pair, with mounting screws included. A 4 x 4 needs a 4 inch tall mortise on both the door edge and the jamb. Most residential doors take three hinges per leaf, so a single 4 foot tall pair covers two of the three positions and you would order two pairs per door.

No. The 96114 is a residential duty, plain bearing brass hinge, meaning the knuckles ride metal on metal rather than on bearings. That is fine for a house or a light interior opening but it wears under the cycle counts of an office, retail, or multi-family corridor door, especially with a closer pulling on it. For commercial traffic, step up to a ball or concealed bearing hinge such as the Orca Hardware 4-1/2 inch x 4-1/2 inch square corner ball bearing commercial hinge, or a heavy duty Ives 3CB1HW concealed bearing full mortise hinge.

Not on its own. The 96114 is a standard plain bearing butt hinge with no security feature called out, so on an out-swing door the pins are on the outside and the leaves have no interlocking stud. For that opening, use a hinge built for it: the Deltana CSB45N is a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 square hinge with a non-removable pin, and the Deltana DE44R5TA is a 4 x 4 security hinge with a 5/8 inch radius. Hager also offers the BB1168 non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing hinge for heavier openings.

The Emtek 96114 is a non-electronic residential hinge, so it cannot transfer power through the door. For a powered opening, the Command Access ETH-CB70 is an energy transfer hinge with a 3 knuckle standard weight steel base, 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 the opening also needs door position monitoring, the Command Access ETM-CB70 adds door position sensing on a 3 knuckle steel base and the ETM-BB68 adds an integrated door position switch on a heavy duty base.

The Emtek 96114 is a 4 inch by 4 inch square corner brass hinge with a plain bearing, sold in pairs for residential duty. If you want that same 4 inch by 4 inch square corner footprint with a bearing instead of a plain barrel, the Orca Hardware 3535 Series is a square corner ball bearing commercial hinge and the Delaney CH401X is a 4 inch by 4 inch commercial ball bearing hinge with a square corner. The Orca Hardware 4040 Series is also a 4 inch by 4 inch square corner commercial hinge but stays with plain bearing like the Emtek. Bearing hinges are the usual choice where a heavier slab or a door closer keeps the leaf in motion all day.

The Emtek 96114 has square corners, so it needs a square mortise or a square routed pocket. If the existing mortises are radius cut, the Delaney RH40xx is a 4 inch by 4 inch residential hinge with a 5/8 inch radius on one leaf and square on the other, the Delaney RH45xx is a 4 inch by 4 inch bulk residential exterior hinge with a 5/8 inch radius, and the Orca Hardware 4014 Series is a 4 inch by 4 inch commercial hinge with a 1/4 inch radius corner. Match the radius to what is already cut in the jamb - a 5/8 inch radius hinge will not sit flat in a 1/4 inch radius mortise.

The Emtek 96114 is a residential duty brass hinge and does not carry a security pin feature. Where the pin has to stay put on an out-swinging door, the Deltana CSB45N is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square hinge sold in pairs with a non-removable pin, the Hager BB1168 is a non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing heavy duty hinge, and the Deltana DE44R5TA is a 4 inch by 4 inch security hinge in steel with a 5/8 inch radius, sold in pairs. Of those, the DE44R5TA is the one that keeps the 4 inch by 4 inch leaf size, though with a radius corner rather than square.

Solid brass, both the material and the substrate. That matters in two ways: brass will not rust, so it holds up on an exterior or coastal opening better than a plated steel hinge, and it takes the living finishes Emtek offers, including unlacquered brass that patinas over time.

Ten finishes: Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Polished Nickel (US14), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), French Antique (US7), 606 Satin Brass, 613 Satin Bronze Oil-Rubbed, 619 Satin Nickel, and 625 Bright Chrome. Those map to the same finish codes Emtek uses across its knobsets and leversets, so you can match the hinge to the door hardware on the same opening.

No handing to specify. The 96114 is a full mortise butt hinge with a symmetrical square leaf, so the same pair works on a left hand or right hand door. You set the swing by which jamb you mortise, not by ordering a handed part.

Size and prep are the same; material and finish are not. The 96114 is solid brass in ten decorative finishes, meant to be seen alongside matching Emtek trim on a house. A builder grade steel hinge like the Ives 1010RP, a steel plain bearing residential square corner hinge sold in sets of three, or the Schlage Residential S3P1010 in 3-1/2 inch, is the cheaper functional option where the hinge is painted over or never looked at. Both are plain bearing, so the duty level is comparable.

Depends on the door. The 96114 is residential duty brass in a decorative finish, which suits owner-occupied or high-end units where the hardware is part of the look. For turnover-heavy corridor and unit entry doors that see constant traffic and door closers, a bearing hinge holds up better, and Delaney sells bulk residential hinges by the pair in both 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 interior and 4 x 4 exterior for volume standardization. A practical split is bearing hinges on entries and the 96114 on interior doors where the finish match matters.

For interior slabs that only need a 3-1/2 inch leaf, the Deltana DSB35 is a 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch square hinge sold in pairs for residential use, and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 is a 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch square corner plain bearing mortise hinge packed three to a box, which suits a three-hinge interior door in one order line. Delaney also offers the RH35xx as a 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch bulk steel residential interior hinge, though that one is cut with a 5/8 inch radius rather than a square corner. The Emtek 96114 itself is a brass 4 inch by 4 inch square corner hinge sold in pairs.

They cover the same job but arrive differently. The Emtek 96114 is a brass square corner plain bearing hinge sold in pairs, and the Ives 1010RP is a steel plain bearing residential hinge with square corners sold as a set of three. Both are plain bearing residential square corner hinges, so the bearing type and corner style line up; the differences are the base material, brass against steel, and the pack quantity, which matters when you are counting hinges across a run of doors. Confirm the leaf size matches the mortise before ordering either.

No - the word square means something different on each. The Emtek 96114 is square in its corner style, meaning the leaf corners are cut square to sit in a square mortise. The McKinney SQ3331 is a square barrel 2 knuckle decorative hinge at 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch, where square describes the shape of the barrel between the leaves and the visual style it gives the opening. If you are matching a square corner mortise, the SQ3331 is not the equivalent; the Orca Hardware 4040 Series is a 4 inch by 4 inch square corner commercial hinge that keeps the same corner geometry as the Emtek.

The Emtek 96114 is a brass hinge, and brass is non-ferrous, which is why it is often chosen for bathrooms, coastal exposure, and anywhere a steel hinge would rust at the pin. Among commercial options the McKinney T2314 is a non-ferrous hinge, standard weight, 5 knuckle. The steel-base alternatives at similar sizes, such as the Delaney RH35xx bulk steel residential hinge and the Deltana DE44R5TA steel security hinge, are ferrous, so they behave differently in a wet or salt-air location.

The Emtek 96114 is a 4 inch by 4 inch hinge and needs a mortise cut to that leaf. For a narrower 3 inch pocket, the Deltana DSB3 is a 3 inch by 3 inch square hinge sold in pairs, which keeps the square corner and the pair packaging. Stepping up one size, the Deltana DSB35 is a 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch square residential hinge, also sold in pairs. Measure the existing leaf height and width before ordering, since hinge size refers to the open leaf dimensions rather than the door.

The Emtek 96114 is a full mortise hinge, which hangs a door on one side of the jamb and swings it one way. A door that has to swing in both directions needs a pivot rather than a butt hinge - the BEST DAP-3 is a heavy duty double acting pivot for commercial interior doors. That is a different install entirely: pivots load the door at the top and bottom rather than through leaf mortises in the jamb edge, so it is a decision made before the frame is prepped, not a later swap.

Yes. The Emtek 96114 is a 4 inch by 4 inch square corner plain bearing hinge with a brass base. The Orca Hardware 4040 Series is a 4 inch by 4 inch square corner plain bearing commercial hinge rated medium duty, which holds the same size, same corner cut, and same bearing type on a commercial build. At 3-1/2 inch the Orca 3514 Series is a plain bearing commercial hinge but comes with a 1/4 inch radius corner rather than square, so check the mortise before substituting that one.

No. The Emtek 96114 is a residential duty hinge. Detention openings use purpose-built hardware: the BEST BB855 is a heavy duty steel double weight concealed ball bearing prison hinge, the Stanley BB855 is a double weight prison hinge at 5 inch by 6 inch furnished with no holes and not swaged, and the Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface prison hinge, 3 inch by 4 inch, with a welded tip. Those mount and prep completely differently from a 4 inch residential butt hinge and are specified with the frame, not chosen at replacement time.

Screws come in the box with each pair, so nothing else is needed to hang the door beyond the mortise work. On a heavy solid-core or exterior door, installers often replace one screw per jamb leaf with a longer screw driven into the framing behind the jamb, which is a job-site addition rather than something supplied with the hinge.

The Emtek 96114 is a plain bearing hinge in brass with square corners, sold in pairs with screws. The Hager 920 is a full mortise concealed plain bearing hinge with 2 knuckle steel construction rated medium duty, so the bearing is hidden inside the knuckle rather than the barrel running metal on metal. The Ives 3CB1 is another medium duty concealed bearing full mortise hinge, at 3 knuckles. Concealed bearing hinges keep a cleaner barrel line and take more cycles; the Emtek keeps the brass base and the pair packaging that suits replacing a run of residential doors one at a time.

They are built for different openings. The Emtek 96114 is a residential duty brass hinge with square corners, plain bearing, sold in pairs. The McKinney MP79 MacPro is a full mortise 5 knuckle standard weight hinge, and the MPB79 is the MacPro hinge in the same 5 knuckle standard weight configuration. Both are architectural hinges specified against commercial door schedules rather than sold as a matched decorative finish for residential trim. If the goal is matching the look of existing brass hardware on a house or a unit, the Emtek is the one carrying the brass base and the decorative finish range.