How Many Hinges On An 8 Ft Door
What are the frame hinge locations for a 9 0 door opening.
How many hinges on an 8 ft door. For doors over to 2 1 4 thick the hinge is set back 3 8 from the back face of the door. Doors up to 60 inches need 2 hinges. Because gravity works on a door in this way hinges are placed on the high side with the bottom hinge 10 inches from the bottom of the door and the top one 5 inches from the top of the door. Of hinges up to 5 1 52 2 7 52 29 3 10 3 05 4 12 53 81 5 15 4 57 6.
Referring to door height. For example if you have a 1 3 4 thick door that is 8 0 by 3 2 and made out of oak you would calculate the square inches of the door 96 x 38 3648. The hinge spacing on a 9 0 frame opening height is 29 19 64. Once these dimensions are known the formula can then be applied.
1 3 4 doors 4 1 2 hinges hinge location chart. Wood metal door and hollow metal frame door is inset approximately 1 8. As a general rule you will want to use 1 hinge per every 30 inches of door or fraction thereof. For doors up to 2 1 4 thick the hinge is set back 1 4 from the back face of the door.
Doors over 60 inches but not over 90 inches need to use 3 hinges. The third hinge is centered between the top and bottom hinges. From under head cl 9 3 4 top of door 9 5 8 from bottom of frame cl 10 3 8 bottom of door 9 5 8 due to the the fractional calculations the bottom hinge cl may vary plus or minus 1 64 center two hinges are equally spaced between top and bottom. Many hinges per door.
This thread includes a handy chart for deciding when a door large or heavy enough to require a third or fourth hinge. August 12 2014. Information 7 general hinge information stanley architectural hardware thickness of door clearance requiredopen width of hinge inches mm inches mm inches mm 11 4 132 3 2 89. To calculate your door weight multiply the size of your door in square feet times the number in the chart above pounds per square feet.
7 8 2017 9 54 05 pm. This thread includes a handy chart for deciding when a door large or heavy enough to require a third or fourth hinge.