Emtek 96225 Heavy Duty Hinges (Pair), 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" with 1/4" Radius Corners

The Emtek 96225 is a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 inch full mortise hinge with 1/4 inch radius corners, sold as a pair with mounting screws included. Most interior and exterior doors take three hinges per leaf, so a standard door needs this pair plus one more hinge to make the set. Leaf thickness runs 0.130 to 0.132 inches.

It fits a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 inch mortise, but the corner shape has to match. The 96225 has 1/4 inch radius corners, which is what most routed door and jamb preps use. If your existing mortise is square cornered (chiselled by hand or prepped for a square hinge), a radius corner hinge leaves a gap at each corner. Measure a leaf you pull off: 4-1/2 inches each way and rounded corners means this drops in.

Up to 1-3/4 inches, which covers standard interior doors at 1-3/8 inches and standard exterior and solid core doors at 1-3/4 inches. Anything thicker than 1-3/4, such as a heavy custom entry slab, is outside what this hinge is rated for.

The Emtek 96225 uses a plain bearing knuckle and is a residential hinge. Where the opening calls for a bearing hinge at 4-1/2 by 4-1/2, the Don-Jo HWBB74545 and HWBB84545 are heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinges at 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch in satin chrome, both rated heavy duty. The Orca Hardware 3535 Series is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square corner ball bearing commercial hinge at a medium duty rating. Note the corner style: those are square corner or unstated, so confirm the mortise profile before swapping.

The Emtek 96225 is a residential brass hinge with plain bearing knuckles and carries no electrical function. Openings that need power or monitoring through the hinge take a different part entirely: the Command Access ETH-BB68 is a heavy duty 5-knuckle steel base energy transfer hinge, the ETH-CB70 is a standard weight 3-knuckle energy transfer hinge, and the ETM-BB68 is an energy transfer monitor hinge with an integrated door position switch. For a commercial mortise hinge without power, the Ives 3CB1HW is a steel heavy weight concealed bearing full mortise hinge and the Stanley FBB191 is a 5-knuckle full mortise standard weight hinge at 4.5 inch by 4.5 inch.

The Emtek 96225 carries 1/4 inch radius corners at 4-1/2 by 4-1/2. For the same 1/4 inch radius corner profile in smaller sizes, the Orca Hardware 4014 Series is a 4 inch by 4 inch by 1/4 inch radius corner plain bearing hinge and the Orca Hardware 3514 Series is a 3.5 inch by 3.5 inch by 1/4 inch radius corner plain bearing hinge. Both are plain bearing, the same bearing type as the 96225, so the knuckle behavior is comparable; they are commercial hinges where the 96225 is residential.

The Emtek 96225 is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch hinge with 1/4 inch radius corners, sold in pairs. If the door and frame are prepped for square corners at the same 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 size, the Deltana CSB45N is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square hinge sold in pairs with a non-removable pin, and the McKinney SQ3331 is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square barrel 2-knuckle decorative hinge. Corner style has to match the existing mortise: a radius-corner hinge will not seat in a square-routed pocket without recutting the corners, and a square hinge in a radius pocket leaves a gap at each corner.

The Emtek 96225 is a plain bearing brass hinge for doors up to 1-3/4 inch thick, sold in pairs with screws, and is a residential hinge. For an out-swinging door where the pin is reachable from the exposed side, the Deltana CSB45N is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square hinge pair with a non-removable pin, the Deltana DE44R5TA is a 4 inch by 4 inch by 5/8 inch radius steel security hinge pair, and the Hager BB1168 is a non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing heavy duty hinge. Sizes and corner profiles differ across those three, so match the existing mortise before ordering.

The Emtek 96225 is a full mortise hinge, so both leaves mortise into the door edge and frame rabbet. Several bearing hinges that come up in the same search do not mount that way. The Hager 1129 is a half mortise plain bearing commercial hinge, which mortises into the door but surface applies to the frame. The Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface prison hinge, 3 inch by 4 inch with a welded tip. The BEST DAP-3 is a double acting pivot for commercial interior doors, a pivot rather than a hinge, and the Stanley 2060R is a full mortise spring hinge at 4.5 by 4.5 that provides self-closing action the 96225 does not. None of these drop into a 96225 prep.

Solid brass, not plated steel. That matters for exterior and coastal openings where a steel hinge will rust through the plating at the knuckle, and it is why the unlacquered brass version can be left to patina. It also means the metal under the finish matches Emtek's brass knobsets and leversets rather than sitting next to them as a different material.

Ten finishes are offered: 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. If you are matching Emtek trim already on the doors, order the same finish code and the hinges will read as one set. For a whole house or a unit turn, ordering all openings in a single code is the way to keep them consistent.

The 96225 is a standard plain bearing hinge without an NRP feature. On an out-swing exterior door the barrel is on the outside, so if the pin can be driven out the door comes off. For that opening the Deltana CSB45N is a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 hinge with a non-removable pin, and the Deltana DE44R5TA is a 4 x 4 security hinge with tamper-resistant screws. On a commercial out-swing, the Hager BB1168 is furnished NRP.

No handing to specify. A full mortise butt hinge like the 96225 is symmetrical and works on a left or right hand door either way, so you order by size, corner style and finish only. Handing only comes into play on specialty hinges, for example an electrified concealed conductor hinge such as the Stanley CECB1900R54L, which is ordered left-handed.

No. The 96225 is a mechanical brass hinge with no wiring through the barrel. If you are powering an electric strike, an electrified lockset, or monitoring door position, use a purpose-built transfer hinge: the Command Access ETH-BB68 is a heavy duty 5-knuckle energy transfer hinge, and the ETM-BB68 adds an integrated door position switch. The BEST CECB179-12C is a full mortise electrified hinge with a 12-wire quick connect.

Not on material. The Emtek 96225 is brass, in an American Classic style, sold in pairs with screws. The Delaney residential hinges are steel and use a 5/8 inch radius, not 1/4 inch: the RH45xx is a 4 inch by 4 inch bulk exterior residential hinge with 5/8 inch radius sold in pairs, and the RH35xx is a 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch bulk steel interior residential hinge with 5/8 inch radius sold in pairs. Two things change if you go that route - the corner radius, which must match the mortise, and the base metal, which changes how the hinge weathers and how the plated finish behaves next to brass trim on the same door.

The Emtek 96225 is a brass plain bearing hinge offered in ten finishes including Polished Brass Lifetime US3, Unlacquered Brass US3NL, Flat Black US19, Satin Nickel 619 and Bright Chrome 625. If the finish range is not the driver and you want plain bearing across a lot of openings, the Orca Hardware 4040 Series is a 4 inch by 4 inch square corner plain bearing commercial hinge, the Ives 1010RP is a steel plain bearing residential hinge with square corners sold as a set of three, and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 is a 3.5 inch by 3.5 inch square corner plain bearing mortise hinge in a pack of three. All three are square corner, so they suit new prep or square-routed doors rather than the 1/4 inch radius mortise the 96225 fits.

The Emtek 96225 is a plain bearing brass hinge with 1/4 inch radius corners at 4-1/2 by 4-1/2. The Ives 3CB1 is a steel 3-knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge at a medium duty rating, and the Hager 920 is a full mortise concealed plain bearing hinge with 2-knuckle steel construction, also medium duty. Concealed bearing hides the bearing inside the knuckle so the barrel reads as a clean cylinder, while a plain bearing knuckle rides metal on metal. The visual difference at the barrel matters when the hinge is seen on a residential door, which is where the 96225 American Classic styling and brass finishes are aimed.

The Emtek 96225 is fixed at 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch. For a taller leaf, the Don-Jo HWBB75045 is a heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge at 5 inch by 4-1/2 inch in steel with a satin chrome finish, and the Don-Jo HWBB85045 is a 5 inch by 4-1/2 inch brass heavy weight full mortise ball bearing hinge in satin chrome. Both are heavy duty. Going from 4-1/2 to 5 inch changes the mortise height, so the door edge and frame both need to be recut or newly prepped.

No. The Emtek 96225 is a residential brass hinge with a plain bearing knuckle. Detention openings use a different class of hinge: the BEST BB855 is a heavy duty steel double weight concealed ball bearing prison hinge in the Detention Hardware series, and the Stanley BB855 is a double weight prison hinge at 5 inch by 6 inch, furnished with no holes and not swaged. The BEST CB1969R is a concealed bearing heavy weight pivot-reinforced hinge rated heavy duty for high-abuse commercial openings.

No, it is a free-swinging plain bearing hinge with no closing spring. If you need the door to self close, for instance a garage-to-house door or a code-required self-closing opening, the Stanley Security 2060R is a full mortise spring hinge in the same 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 size with square corners. Note the square corner prep on that one differs from the 1/4 inch radius corners here.