Emtek 96134 Residential Duty Hinges (Pair), 4" x 4" with 5/8" Radius Corners

No. The 96134 is the 4 x 4 size, and a 4 inch leaf will not fit a mortise cut for a 3-1/2 inch hinge without recutting both the door and the jamb. For a 3-1/2 inch prep with the same 5/8 inch radius corner, Delaney's 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 bulk steel residential interior hinge is sold in pairs with the 5/8 inch radius and matches that pocket directly.

You get a pair, so two hinges, with the mounting screws in the box. Most interior doors hang on three hinges and taller or heavier entry doors on four, so plan on two pairs for a three-hinge door (leaving one spare hinge) and two pairs for a four-hinge door. If you are doing a whole house, count the hinges on the doors before you order rather than counting doors.

The Delaney 4" x 4" Bulk Residential Hinges Exterior are the closest match in prep to the Emtek 96134: 4 x 4 leaves, 5/8" radius corners, and sold as a pair, so an existing 5/8" radius mortise takes either without recutting the door or jamb. The difference is material and dress - the Emtek 96134 is brass with plain bearings and runs finishes from Unlacquered Brass (US3NL) to Flat Black (US19), while the Delaney exterior pair is a residential hinge in the same size and corner radius. Delaney also builds the 4" x 4" Castlegate residential pair in 5/8" radius, which keeps the same corner if a building mixes hinge sources.

The Emtek 96134 is cut with 5/8" radius corners, so it will not seat cleanly in a square-cornered mortise without chiseling the corners out. The Orca Hardware 4" x 4" Square Corner Plain Bearing Commercial Hinge is the same 4 x 4 leaf size with square corners and the same plain bearing arrangement. The Delaney 4" x 4" Castlegate residential pair is built in both 5/8" radius and square, which lets one series cover a building where some openings were prepped one way and some the other.

The Emtek 96134 is a plain bearing hinge intended for residential duty. For an opening with constant traffic, the Delaney 4" x 4" Commercial Ball Bearing Hinge is the same 4 x 4 leaf with ball bearings, though it is a square corner rather than a 5/8" radius, so the mortise corners have to match. The Orca Hardware 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" Square Corner Ball Bearing Commercial Hinge is the medium duty ball bearing option if the door is being prepped for the larger 4-1/2 leaf.

On an outswing opening the pin is reachable from the exterior, and the Deltana DE44R5TA is the closest answer to the Emtek 96134 in that situation - it is a 4" x 4" hinge with 5/8" radius corners, sold as a pair, built as a security hinge in steel, so it drops into the same mortise prep. If the opening is cut for a 4-1/2 leaf instead, the Deltana CSB45N 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" square hinge is furnished with a non-removable pin, and the Hager BB1168 is a non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing hinge rated heavy duty.

Plain bearing is what the 96134 uses, and it is a residential duty hinge. That is fine for interior doors and normal household entry doors, where the knuckles run metal on metal at ordinary swing counts. On a heavy solid core or high-cycle door, a ball bearing hinge is the better call because the bearing races take the load instead of the knuckle faces. Delaney's 4 x 4 commercial ball bearing hinge is the same 4 inch size, but it is a square corner hinge, so it needs square-corner prep rather than the 5/8 inch radius pocket the Emtek sits in.

These are residential duty, plain bearing brass hinges, built for house doors rather than a corridor that cycles all day. For commercial openings, Orca Hardware makes a 4 x 4 plain bearing commercial hinge in both a square corner and a 1/4 inch radius corner version, both medium duty, and Ives 3CB1 is a medium duty 3-knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge. Watch the corner prep when you switch: none of those three are 5/8 inch radius, so they will not sit in the same pocket the Emtek does.

Ten finishes, all under Emtek's own finish codes so they line up with the codes on the locksets: 613 Satin Bronze Oil-Rubbed, Polished Nickel (US14), 619 Satin Nickel, Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), 625 Bright Chrome, Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), 606 Satin Brass, and French Antique (US7). Order the hinge in the same code as the lever and the door reads as one set instead of two.

Handing does not come into it. A symmetrical full mortise butt hinge like the 96134 mounts on a door of either hand; you simply set it with the barrel on the side the door swings toward. What you do have to get right when ordering is size (4 x 4), corner (5/8 inch radius), and finish.

The 96134 is a standard residential duty butt hinge, not a security hinge. If the door swings out and the hinge knuckles are on the outside, look at the Deltana DE44R5TA instead: it is a 4 x 4 security hinge with 5/8 inch radius corners in steel, sold in pairs, so it fits the same prep as the Emtek. Deltana also makes the CSB45N in 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 with a non-removable pin, but that is a square corner hinge in a larger size and needs its own prep.

The Emtek 96134 is a non-electronic hinge with no provision for running wire through the barrel, so power has to reach an electrified lock some other way. The hinges built for that job are the Command Access ETH-CB70 Energy Transfer Hinge, a 3 knuckle standard weight steel base rated medium duty, and the heavier Command Access ETH-BB68 Energy Transfer Hinge, a 5 knuckle heavy duty steel base. The BEST CECB179-12C is a steel full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12-wire quick connect if the opening needs more conductors than a basic transfer hinge carries. All three are steel-base commercial hinges rather than a decorative brass pair.

No - the Emtek 96134 is a 5/8" radius corner hinge, and a 1/4" radius mortise is a tighter arc that will not accept it flush. The Orca Hardware 4" x 4" x 1/4" Radius Corner Plain Bearing Commercial Hinge is the 4 x 4 built to that corner, and the Orca 3.5" x 3.5" x 1/4" Radius Corner Plain Bearing Commercial Hinge covers the smaller leaf on the same corner radius. Both are plain bearing like the Emtek 96134, so the swing feel is comparable even though the corner is not.

The Delaney 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" Bulk Steel Residential Hinges Interior keep the 5/8" radius corner of the Emtek 96134 in the smaller leaf and ship as a pair, so the same mortise shape carries down from the 4 x 4 openings to the 3-1/2 openings. If those interior doors were cut square rather than radiused, the Deltana DSB35 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" Square Hinge is the residential pair in that corner. The Delaney interior hinge is steel where the Emtek 96134 is brass.

The Emtek 96134 is brass in both the substrate and the finish, which matters on exterior and humid openings where a plated steel hinge is doing the work through its coating. Among the alternatives, the McKinney T2314 is a non-ferrous hinge in standard weight with 5 knuckles and a medium duty rating, and the Don-Jo HWBB85045 is a brass heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge in 5" x 4-1/2" with a satin chrome finish. The Delaney 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" bulk residential interior hinge and the Ives 1010RP residential hinge are both steel, and the Stanley spring hinge is a ferrous steel base.

The Emtek 96134 is sold in pairs with screws included, so a three-hinge door draws from two pairs. If a set of three per door is the cleaner count, the Ives 1010RP is a steel plain bearing residential hinge with square corners furnished as a set of three, and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 is a 3.5" x 3.5" square corner plain bearing mortise hinge in a pack of three. Both are square corner and both are rated medium duty, so confirm the mortise corners before switching from a 5/8" radius prep.

Brass is both the material and the base substrate, so you are not looking at a plated steel hinge with brass color on top. That matters in a bathroom, a coastal house, or any damp opening, where a steel base hinge can rust at the knuckle once the plating wears through at the pin. Most of the heavy commercial hinges on the market are steel base by design; the 96134 is brass, in a residential duty plain bearing hinge.

Same brass hinge, different surface. US3 Polished Brass Lifetime is coated to hold its bright color, so it stays looking the way it arrived. US3NL Unlacquered Brass is bare, and it will darken and patina from handling and humidity over the first months. Pick US3NL only when you want that aged look or when the levers and knobs on the same door are also unlacquered, because a lacquered hinge next to unlacquered trim will drift apart in color as the trim ages.

No spring in them, so the door stays where you leave it. The 96134 is a plain bearing butt hinge that swings free. When the opening has to self-close, use a spring hinge such as the Stanley Security 2060R full mortise spring hinge in 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 with square corners, and expect to recut the prep, since it is both a larger leaf and a square corner rather than the 4 x 4 with 5/8 inch radius the Emtek uses.

That is a monitor hinge, and it is a different device from the Emtek 96134, which is a non-electronic brass hinge. The Command Access ETM-CB70 is an energy transfer monitor hinge with door position sensing on a 3 knuckle steel base rated medium duty, and the Command Access ETM-BB68 is the heavy duty energy transfer monitor hinge with an integrated door position switch. Both combine the power transfer path and the position signal in the hinge itself, which is why they replace a plain hinge at one leaf of the opening rather than all of them.

A plain bearing hinge such as the Emtek 96134 turns metal on metal at the knuckles, which suits residential swing counts. A concealed bearing hinge hides the bearing inside the knuckle so the barrel keeps a plain profile while the load rides on a bearing: the Hager 920 is a full mortise concealed bearing hinge in 2 knuckle steel construction rated medium duty, and the Ives 3CB1 is a 3 knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge, also medium duty. The Ives 3CB1HW is the heavy weight version of that 3 knuckle concealed bearing hinge for openings rated heavy duty.

No. The Emtek 96134 mortises into both the door edge and the jamb, and a half mortise opening only accepts a leaf mortised into the door with the other leaf applied to the frame face. The Hager 1129 is a half mortise plain bearing commercial hinge in 4-1/2" standard weight steel rated heavy duty, which is the hinge built for that prep. If the frame instead calls for a hinge applied entirely to the face, the Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface hinge in 3" x 4" with a welded tip.

A full mortise hinge like the Emtek 96134 swings one way only, so a door that has to push open in both directions needs a double acting device rather than a pair of hinges. The BEST DAP-3 is a heavy duty double acting pivot made for commercial interior doors, and it carries the leaf on a pivot at the top and bottom instead of on hinge leaves along the door edge. That changes the door and frame prep completely, so it is a decision made before the door is cut, not a later swap.

It is a different class of hardware, not an upgrade path from the Emtek 96134. The BEST BB855 is a heavy-duty steel double weight concealed ball bearing prison hinge from a detention hardware line, and the Stanley Security double weight prison hinge is furnished with no holes and not swaged in 5" by 6", meaning it arrives to be drilled and welded into a detention frame rather than screwed into a wood jamb. The Emtek 96134 is a residential duty brass pair supplied with screws for a door up to 1-3/4" thick, and the two are not interchangeable in either direction.