Q: Hi, can you recommend a product for the following. Looking for pivot hing for wooden doors weighing 35lb. Not looking for the most expensive option. They only open in one direction (closet doors). No need for automatic/soft close. Mostly just looking for the pivots but your selection is quite something so not easy to tell. Thanks!.
A: Would a Pivot Knife Hinge like this work for your application as seen here:
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Please review and advise if we are headed in the right direction.
Q: Hello Richard, Thank you for your phone conversation this morning. Here are a few specs and pictures of the door that needs hinges. Total height to the point is 10'9" The hinge length is 79 3/4". The core is made of 2 layers of 3/4" plywood The door has a layer of tongue and groove pine and is a total of 3" thick. It has angle iron wrapped on the edges to keep it from racking. An estimated weight would be 200-250 pounds. We had it hanging but the top hinge began to bend. So, we are looking for other, better options.
A: Chris - I would replace all the hings with Soss 220 hinges as seen here:
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or 5 - load bearing intermediate picots as seen here:
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Q: I have a pocket door that has no header; the floor is concrete with radiant heat and can't be drilled. Is the pocket pivot my only option? It is out of my price range. Thank you.
A: Was the home very recently built?
Q: Just found you on YouTube. I want to change the type of opening of my wardrobe door. Right know it opens at 90degrees. I want the door to open 270degrees and offsetting 4inches. That green marked door. I would like it to be flush to the side wall. I will change the outlet and light switch to other place Can you help me? Images here::
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A: This is very possible to do in fact it's guaranteed that it can be done so it will certainly prove impractical at the end however let's explore that first.
Please send me photographs of what hinge or pivot your doors currently hung on - please tell me the height of the wits and the thickness of the door and then tell me the depth of the wall indicated by your green outline on the wall that has the electrical running through it
Q: Thanks for your answer. Photo of current hinge is here:
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Wardrobe door is 2,1 cm (0,83 inches) thick. Offset is 12cm (4,72 inches). Electrical wall depth 59cm (23,23 inches). Wardrobe door depth 50,8cm (20 inches) Do you need anything more? Also...you sent me a product of 300+ dollars... is that correct? I mean this is a wardrobe door, not thick, not heavy.
A: I have laid out your floor plan in autocad as seen here:
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I have done so as this process allows us to see very clearly what can be accomplished and how we must go about accomplishing the task.
Unfortunately as you will see in the above video we could not 100% accomplish the task because of the existing dimensions, we can see how close we can get to this requirement of 270° swing.
While we are physically close, the real obstacle would be the hinges themselves. Swing clear hinges with the required dimensions do not exist. And while they can be produced, custom cutting, welding etc, the cost would prove biggest obstacle.
Please feel free to review and follow up with any questions you might have.
Q: Thank you a lot for the awesome explanation and being able to visualize it.... I would like to buy an off the shelf product, although I could build my own hinge or whatever... I just don't want to push your kindness, but, what about a hinge in a hinge? Doesn't something like that exist? A double acting hinge or something similar could be adapted? First of all, I am on vacation, so I am sorry, but sand and phone are the tools I have
I did a sketch here... wouldn’t something like this work:
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A: Thank you for that impromptu sketch and I understand perfectly what you are looking to accomplish the issue though is if there was no hardware that can be pulled off the shelf to accomplish moving the door the way in which you would like to move it.
you could do is use a standard swing clear hinge and that would most definitely move the door out of the clear opening and would indeed allow you to rotate that door 180°. Simply referred to my original video and just imagine the door stopping at a hundred and eighty degree but then the hinge being a common hinge that could be pulled off the shelf such as the
Cal-Royal BB350 US26D 3.5" x 3.5" Swing Clear Hinge-Full Mortise-Standard Weight-2-Ball Bearing-Square Corner-Satin Chrome
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So you will still need to add that mounting block to the back side of the existing door because the panel is so thin.
Q: Good afternoon, I was hoping you might be able to help me and in turn I would obviously purchase the products from you. I have a interior residential opening 36.25" wide opening x 96.25" high and I need a pivot hinge that will swing both in and out, the thought is that it will be an integrated pantry door between cabinets. I am sure the cabinets will hold the strength of the door both on the floor and beneath the cabinet. I have a 36” door solid door slab that I will be installing false cabinet fronts onto the door, the door slab and the cabinets fronts applied make this weigh what I am assuming is over 60 lbs. Do you have a hinge that you would recommend for this application? Any help is appreciated. Feel free to reach out if you need additional information.
A: Please send me a sketch of your door.
Q: Please see the link here:
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Door is set inside of 2 6” x 96” cabinet panels and I really don’t want the hinge to be mortised into those. Is there not something I can mount on floor and inside of top cabinet only?
A: Do you want this self centering or just manual operation?
Q: Will this pocket pivot hinge work with a standard 3/4" thick double rabbet wood jamb? Are these hinges packed with wood or machine screws?
A: The 75523 Dorma Pocket Pivot Hinge will work with a standard 3/4" thick double rabbet wood jamb provided you prep the door and frame according to the manufacturers template as seen here:
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and according to the manufacturer:
Pivots And Pivot Sets Furnished Standard With All Machine Screws. Half Or All Wood Screw Options Available.