Radian Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Our awful cheap butt hinges are all giving up after 25 years. So I'm looking at what to replace them with. Ball bearing hinges seem to be where its at but I notice very few have a ball race at every joint. Most have a race top & bottom like these from TS: I'd prefer each joint to be separated like these seem to be: Only problem is I can't actually find any. The Amazon listing that photo came from has people complaining false advertising as a plain hinge is what turns up. Anyone point me to a better hinge or are the SF and TS ones as good as it gets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Mine are made by Eclipse, bought from Screwfix and have just the top and bottom ball race. No problems with them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Thrust bearings at each point wouldn’t make any difference and only one point will ever really carry the vertical load. Bigger hinges have more or larger leaves to carry rotational (moment) loads rather than the vertical load 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 9 minutes ago, ProDave said: Mine are made by Eclipse, bought from Screwfix and have just the top and bottom ball race. No problems with them. OK thanks, only TS seem to do the Eclipse ones in brass. 3 minutes ago, markc said: Thrust bearings at each point wouldn’t make any difference and only one point will ever really carry the vertical load. Bigger hinges have more or larger leaves to carry rotational (moment) loads rather than the vertical load Good point. Anyway, whatever I go for will be better than what's already there! I had a good look through Amazon but many seem to have very shallow countersinks with people complaining about it in reviews. The only one that looked any good was this one which works out at £2.75 per hinge: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 We bought our door hinges from ironmongery direct. https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/browse/hinges-seals-and-intumescent/hinges/door-hinges/filter/ironmongery_finishgroup>{brass}%2F%2F%24s%3Dhinges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 6 minutes ago, Gone West said: We bought our door hinges from ironmongery direct. Looks like some better quality stuff there, but a bit too pricey for me. Nice to see though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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