Emtek 96213 Heavy Duty Hinges (Pair), 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" with Square Corners

Yes. The Emtek 96213 heavy duty hinge is rated for doors up to 1-3/4 inches thick, which covers both the 1-3/8 inch interior doors common in older homes and the 1-3/4 inch thickness used on entry and solid-core doors. The leaf itself measures 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches, so the mortise pocket in the door edge needs to accept that square leaf.

Square corners. That matters because the corner style has to match the mortise already cut in your door and jamb: a square-corner hinge will not drop into a pocket routed with a 5/8 inch or 1/4 inch radius without re-cutting the corners. Square-corner mortises are typically chisel-cut by hand or done on a hinge-butt template, which is what you find on most older doors and on jambs prepped in the field. If your existing pockets are rounded, a radius-corner hinge like the Deltana DE44R5TA with its 5/8 inch radius or the Orca Hardware 3514 Series with a 1/4 inch radius is the shape you want instead.

The 96213 is sold as a pair, two hinges, and the mounting screws are included in the box. Most interior doors take two or three hinges, and a heavier solid-core or exterior door usually takes three, so if you are hanging a door on three hinges you need two packs and will have a spare. Nothing else ships with it, so any shims or a replacement strike are separate.

The 96213 uses a plain bearing, where the knuckles ride directly on each other with no bearing race. That is the right choice for residential openings, which is what Emtek rates this hinge for: bedroom, bath, closet and typical entry doors that see household traffic. Once you are hanging a heavy door, a door with a closer on it, or anything in a commercial corridor that cycles all day, go to a bearing hinge instead, because the bearing carries the load and keeps the door from sagging and squeaking. From what we stock, the Don-Jo HWBB74545 and Ives 3CB1HW are heavy duty bearing hinges built for that duty.

Emtek lists the 96213 as a residential hinge, so it belongs on apartment, condo and single-family doors rather than on a commercial opening. For a leased office corridor, a door with a closer, or anything on a fire-rated opening, specify a commercial hinge instead. The Ives 3CB1 and Orca Hardware 4040 Series are medium duty commercial full mortise hinges we carry, and the Hager BB1168 in a non-removable pin version is a heavy duty option for out-swinging exterior doors.

No. The Emtek 96213 is a non-electronic brass hinge with no wire path through the barrel. When the opening needs power transferred from the frame to the door, the hinge itself has to be an electrified unit: the Command Access ETH-BB68 is a five knuckle heavy duty steel base energy transfer hinge in the ETH 5 Series, and the ETH-CB70 is a three knuckle standard weight steel base transfer hinge in the ETH 3 Series. The BEST CECB179-12C is a steel full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12-wire quick connect. If the job also needs door position reported back, the Command Access ETM-BB68 adds an integrated door position switch on the same heavy duty base.

The Emtek 96213 is a 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch square corner plain bearing hinge in brass, sold in pairs with screws. The closest match in the same size and corner style is the Schlage Residential S3P1010, a 3.5 inch by 3.5 inch square corner plain bearing mortise hinge, which is packed three to a set rather than in pairs. Orca Hardware also builds a 3.5 inch by 3.5 inch plain bearing commercial hinge in the 3514 Series, but that one is cut with a 1/4 inch radius corner, so it drops into a router-prepped jamb rather than a chiseled square mortise. Deltana's DSB35 is a 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch square residential hinge sold in pairs, which matches both the size and the pair packaging.

The Emtek 96213 is a plain bearing hinge rated for residential use, which is the right build for interior passage and light entry doors up to 1-3/4 inch thick. For a heavier or higher-traffic leaf, a ball bearing or concealed bearing hinge carries the weight without the knuckle wearing. The Ives 3CB1HW is a steel heavy weight concealed bearing full mortise hinge with three knuckles, and the Don-Jo HWBB74545 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge at 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch in satin chrome. Orca Hardware's 3535 Series is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square corner ball bearing commercial hinge. All three go up in leaf size from 3-1/2 inch, so the jamb and door mortise have to be cut to suit.

No. The Emtek 96213 is cut with square corners at 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch, while the Delaney 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch bulk steel residential interior hinge has a 5/8 inch radius corner. The sizes agree but the mortise does not: a square corner hinge leaves a gap at the corners of a radius-routed pocket, and a radius hinge sits proud in a chiseled square mortise. Confirm the existing mortise corner before swapping. If the jamb is routed with a radius, the Delaney RH35 pair or Deltana's DE44R5TA, a 4 inch by 4 inch 5/8 inch radius steel security hinge in pairs, are the shapes that fit that prep.

The Emtek 96213 is a plain bearing residential hinge and is not built as a security hinge. For an out-swing door where the pin is reachable from outside, the Deltana CSB45N is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square hinge sold in pairs with a non-removable pin, which keeps the square corner prep. The Hager BB1168 NRP is a non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing heavy duty hinge, and Deltana's DE44R5TA is a 4 inch by 4 inch security hinge in steel with a 5/8 inch radius corner, sold in pairs. Both Deltana options come in pairs the same way the 96213 does, so quantities carry across cleanly.

Ten finishes: Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), 606 Satin Brass, 613 Satin Bronze Oil-Rubbed, Polished Nickel (US14), Pewter (US15A), 619 Satin Nickel, Flat Black (US19), 625 Bright Chrome, and French Antique (US7). Those are Emtek's own finish codes, so ordering the hinge in the same code as your Emtek knobs, levers or entry set keeps the whole opening consistent. Note that Unlacquered Brass has no clear coat and will darken over time, which is the intent of that finish but will not stay matched to a lacquered polished brass lever.

Solid brass, both the material and the substrate. That is worth knowing on a coastal or humid exterior opening, where brass will not rust the way a plated steel hinge does once the plating gets scratched by the screw driver or the pin. It also means the hinge takes Emtek's brass-family finishes directly rather than over a steel base.

The leaf gauge runs 0.130 to 0.132 inches. If you are replacing an existing hinge, that number decides whether the door still closes the way it did: a thicker leaf than what came out sets the door further off the jamb and can bind the latch against the strike, and a thinner one leaves the door standing proud of the mortise. Measure the leaf you are pulling before you order.

Emtek builds the 96213 heavy duty hinge in both 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 and 4 x 4 inch, but the 96213 as configured here is the 3-1/2 inch square-corner version, so order the 4 inch under its own model. Size follows door weight and thickness: 3-1/2 inch is the usual call on 1-3/8 inch interior doors, and 4 inch is what goes on heavier 1-3/4 inch doors. If you want a 4 inch square-corner hinge from elsewhere in our catalog, the Orca Hardware 4040 Series is a 4 x 4 square corner plain bearing hinge.

For the same footprint, the Deltana DSB35 is a 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 inch square hinge sold as a residential pair, and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 is a 3.5 x 3.5 square corner plain bearing mortise hinge sold three to a pack, which suits a door that takes three hinges without buying a spare. Both share the 3-1/2 inch square-corner geometry so they drop into the same mortise. Where they differ from the Emtek is the finish range: the 96213 is a solid brass hinge offered in ten Emtek finish codes, so if the goal is matching Emtek trim on the same door, stay with the 96213.

It depends on what the doors are doing. The 96213 is a solid brass residential hinge with a decorative finish range, which fits when the hinge is visible and has to match Emtek trim in a unit. If you are just hanging plain interior doors in bulk and appearance is secondary, a steel bulk residential hinge is the more sensible line item, and the Delaney RH35xx is a 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 bulk steel residential interior hinge sold in pairs, though it has a 5/8 inch radius corner rather than square, so it needs radius-routed mortises.

The Emtek 96213 covers 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch and 4 inch by 4 inch sizes with square corners in brass. If the requirement is a 4 inch square corner leaf from another line, the Orca Hardware 4040 Series is a 4 inch by 4 inch square corner plain bearing commercial hinge, matching both the corner style and the plain bearing action. Delaney's Castlegate hinge is 4 inch by 4 inch supplied in pairs with a 5/8 inch radius on one leaf and square on the other, so it suits a jamb already cut for a radius corner on one side. Orca also lists a 4 inch by 4 inch plain bearing hinge in the 4014 Series with a 1/4 inch radius corner, which will not sit in a square mortise without filling.

The Emtek 96213 is a brass residential hinge with plain bearing knuckles in an American Classic style, offered in ten decorative finishes from unlacquered brass and polished nickel through flat black and French antique. The Ives 3CB1 is a steel three-knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge rated medium duty, and the Ives 1010RP is a steel plain bearing residential hinge with square corners supplied in sets of three. The decision splits on where the door is: the 96213 is built as a finished brass hinge for a visible residential opening, while the Ives concealed bearing units are steel hinges built around bearing life on a commercial leaf.

The Emtek 96213 is a plain bearing hinge - it carries the door and pivots freely, with no spring to return the leaf. For a self-closing opening such as a garage-to-house door, the Stanley Security 2060R is a full mortise spring hinge with square corners at 4.5 inch by 4.5 inch on a ferrous steel base, which keeps the square corner prep while adding the closing action. Going that route means stepping up from the 3-1/2 inch leaf, so the mortise has to be enlarged in both the door and the jamb.

The Emtek 96213 is a residential brass hinge, well suited to unit entry and interior doors where the finish is seen. Across a facility with heavier traffic doors, a single steel commercial line standardizes better. McKinney's MPB79 MacPro is a five knuckle standard weight hinge, and the Stanley Security FBB191 is a five knuckle full mortise standard weight hinge at 4.5 inch by 4.5 inch. For the corridor and stair doors that take the most cycles, the Don-Jo HWBB84545 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge at 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch in satin chrome, with the HWBB85045 covering 5 inch by 4-1/2 inch in brass with the same satin chrome finish for wider or heavier leaves.

Not on the same opening. The Emtek 96213 is a full mortise hinge, meaning both leaves recess into a mortise cut in the door edge and the jamb. The Hager 1129 is a half mortise plain bearing commercial hinge in 4-1/2 inch standard weight steel, which mortises into the door but fastens to the face of the frame, and the Hager 990 is a full surface prison hinge at 3 inch by 4 inch with a welded tip, which screws to the face of both. Those are for channel iron frames and metal doors that cannot be mortised, not for a wood door already cut for a full mortise leaf.

No handing to specify on the 96213. A full mortise butt hinge like this is symmetrical, so the same pair hangs a left-hand or right-hand door; you just mount it with the barrel on the side the door swings toward. Handing only becomes an order-form question on hinges with something directional built in, such as the electrified Stanley CECB1900R54L, which is specified left-handed.

The Emtek 96213 is a brass hinge offered in ten decorative finishes including polished brass lifetime, satin nickel and pewter, which is what you pay for when the hinge is meant to match knobs and levers in the room. On closet, mechanical room or back-of-house doors where the finish does not need to coordinate, the Delaney 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch bulk steel residential interior hinge covers the same leaf size in pairs, with a 5/8 inch radius corner. The Deltana DSB35 is a 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch square residential hinge in pairs if the square mortise has to stay. For an exterior door in that same plain build, Delaney's exterior bulk residential hinge is 4 inch by 4 inch with a 5/8 inch radius, sold in pairs.

The Emtek 96213 starts at 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch with square corners. For a narrow or lightweight leaf such as a cabinet-height utility door, the Deltana DSB3 is a 3 inch by 3 inch square hinge sold in pairs, keeping the same square corner prep and pair packaging in a smaller leaf. Going down in leaf size reduces the screw pattern as well, so the existing mortise will need patching if you are replacing a 3-1/2 inch hinge.

The Emtek 96213 has a plain bearing barrel in an American Classic style, square shape, in brass. For a different visual on the barrel, the McKinney SQ3331 is a square barrel two knuckle decorative hinge at 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch, which reads as a squared-off barrel rather than the standard knuckle stack. The McKinney T2314 is a non-ferrous standard weight five knuckle hinge if the material rather than the barrel is what matters. Both are larger leaves than the 3-1/2 inch 96213, so the mortise depth and screw pattern change with them.