Hinges for house entry door

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17th October 2007, 08:09 PM
Warren Cowan

Hinges for house entry door
I'm trying to find hinges that will allow a house solid-core entry door to swing a full 180 degrees. No luck. Various websites refer to SOSS hinges as doing the job; but they seem to be not available in Australia. I would appreciate any advice please regarding :
- what is suitable and available
- where can I get them
Thank you.

Warren
17th October 2007, 08:39 PM
rat52

I know them as parliament hinges where the pivot or knuckle protrudes past the jamb, wall and skirting to allow the door to open flat to the wall.

They are usually brass and most commercial hardware suppliers have them.
17th October 2007, 08:43 PM
DJ’s Timber

Is this what your after?
17th October 2007, 08:45 PM
Big Shed

Yep, that's what they are called as far as I know.

Try Elraco, also Recollections sell them (they are cheaper than Elraco)

The Recollections website only shows the 100x125mm size, but I bought some 100x150 and 100x200 last week (in their Adelaide store)
17th October 2007, 08:50 PM
Barry_White

You can buy steel zinc plated parliament hinges. Bunnings carry them not cheap but would be much cheaper than the brass ones. They only make one size though. I have them on a shed. Allows me to swing the doors back against the wall.
17th October 2007, 08:52 PM
Big Shed

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry_White

You can buy steel zinc plated parliament hinges. Bunnings carry them not cheap but would be much cheaper than the brass ones. They only make one size though. I have them on a shed. Allows me to swing the doors back against the wall.

I bought the brass ones from Recollections to replace the shoddy steel ones from Bunnings, they allow the door to sag! From memory they cost as much or more than the brass ones I got last week, false economy!
17th October 2007, 11:05 PM
Barry_White

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Shed

I bought the brass ones from Recollections to replace the shoddy steel ones from Bunnings, they allow the door to sag! From memory they cost as much or more than the brass ones I got last week, false economy!

Haven't had that problem with mine and the doors are RHS frame clad in CB Corro.
22nd October 2007, 08:39 AM
OBBob

I used oversize standard style hinges from Bunnings. I guess ti depends on the archs you have to clear ... mine are 19mm thick. Parliament hinges would have been nice but I had 7 doors to hang.
22nd October 2007, 09:16 AM
pawnhead

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Shed

I bought the brass ones from Recollections to replace the shoddy steel ones from Bunnings, they allow the door to sag!

That can happen even with good quality hinges.
If you have an outer skin to get past, then you can put a piece of copper pipe between the hinge and the outer skin, drill a hole in the hinge and put a long screw through the hinge and the pipe, into the outer skin of masonry (or whatever it is).
22nd October 2007, 09:30 AM
Big Shed

Quote:

Originally Posted by pawnhead

That can happen even with good quality hinges.
If you have an outer skin to get past, then you can put a piece of copper pipe between the hinge and the outer skin, drill a hole in the hinge and put a long screw through the hinge and the pipe, into the outer skin of masonry (or whatever it is).

No, it is the poor quality steel they are made from, the pin and the lugs have worn, they are not even a year old!

Typical Zenith "quality".

The new ones are solid brass and manufactured with much finer tolerances.