Common Hinge Types Explained
At Quest Hardware we stock a very wide range of hinges for doors and gates meaning you can easily find the ideal product for your project.
We offer both external and internal fire rated door hinges for almost any buildings and landscaping hardware need in a variety of different sizes and finishes.
We offer a professional, reliable service and advice where our experience helps you choose the right product every time. Quest has over 30 years’ experience in the building and landscaping trade with many clients in the construction and joinery sectors having been customers for decades!
Hinges come in many forms including heavy-duty and ball bearing hinges for when additional weight-bearing is needed; we have set out some notes to guide on most types in this article:
Piano Hinges
Also known as continuous hinges that are typically used on wooden piano keyboard lids, drinks cupboards and other furniture or folding door applications, we sell these in several finishes like chrome, satin, and polished brass.
Concealed Hinges
These are often used within folding doors in kitchen cabinets and doors and, as the name suggests, are hidden from view.
Cabinet Door Hinges
Examples of cabinet door hinge brands would be Blum and Salice and the majority of these strong, smooth-action and soft close hinges do their job on thousands of times a day on kitchen units and wall cabinets, often opening beyond 90 degrees by design.
Used by kitchen carcass cabinet makers, carpenters, and kitchen fitters, we offer a wide range that can be view on this link.
Parliament Hinges
These are comparatively long-reach hinges that allow a door hung with them to be opened more than 90 degrees and swing clear of the door frame. Having a distinctive shape, and available in several finishes like polished brass and chrome, we offer a good range of these heavy-duty door hinges.
Butt Hinges And Ball Bearing Hinges
This category of door hinges is similar and utilise ball bearing races for heavier weights of doors or those that have frequent use like corridors in schools, hospital wards, or doors into canteens and in public buildings.
These hinges have a wide knuckle to house the ball bearings but offer smooth action and high weight loading for commercial and domestic applications and are ideal for areas of high usage.
They are generally fire rated as it is a legal requirement that hinges fitted to fire doors must be CE-marked to ensure compliance with building regulations.
Gate Hinges And T-Hinges
We are pleased to have an excellent range of hot dip galvanised fully adjustable gate hinges for field gates, front drive gates, and side gates that can cope with rain and corrosion in the elements.
Our estate and gate hardware range of latches, locks, and clasps covers every need you will have and look superb as well as being easy to fine tune and adjust.
Tee-hinges are popular within the gate hinge range and the shape is that of a T on its side. Our range come as either powder coated, or bright zinc galvanised depending on the look that you need with light, medium, and heavy duty versions available.
Washered Hinges And Projection Hinges
Washered hinges are a medium-duty type of door hinge where typically a phosphor bronze thrust washer acts as a bearing where a heavier door is to be hung or one that will be used very frequently.
These projection hinges may be specified where standard door hinges or parliament hinges are not felt to be adequate for the task, but ball bearing types are considered over spec.
We offer 3 types of projection hinge with double phosphor bronze bearings.
Adjustable Hinges
Nico make a remarkable 3D adjustable hinge that offers the capability to adjust it in most directions for fine tuning after you have hung a door making it a useful option to have on hand.
A wide selection of different finishes including brass, black, bronze, stainless steel, silver, and chrome hinges, to name just a few are available via this website or our busy trade counter at Buckingham.
This gives you the opportunity to pick out the perfect hardware for your project. Our experienced and knowledgeable hardware and fixings experts will be happy to discuss your requirements, providing you with honest advice and helping you find the ideal solution for your needs.
We offer both external and internal fire rated door hinges for almost any buildings and landscaping hardware need in a variety of different sizes and finishes.
We offer a professional, reliable service and advice where our experience helps you choose the right product every time. Quest has over 30 years’ experience in the building and landscaping trade with many clients in the construction and joinery sectors having been customers for decades!
Hinges come in many forms including heavy-duty and ball bearing hinges for when additional weight-bearing is needed; we have set out some notes to guide on most types in this article:
Piano Hinges
Also known as continuous hinges that are typically used on wooden piano keyboard lids, drinks cupboards and other furniture or folding door applications, we sell these in several finishes like chrome, satin, and polished brass.
Concealed Hinges
These are often used within folding doors in kitchen cabinets and doors and, as the name suggests, are hidden from view.
Cabinet Door Hinges
Examples of cabinet door hinge brands would be Blum and Salice and the majority of these strong, smooth-action and soft close hinges do their job on thousands of times a day on kitchen units and wall cabinets, often opening beyond 90 degrees by design.
Used by kitchen carcass cabinet makers, carpenters, and kitchen fitters, we offer a wide range that can be view on this link.
Parliament Hinges
These are comparatively long-reach hinges that allow a door hung with them to be opened more than 90 degrees and swing clear of the door frame. Having a distinctive shape, and available in several finishes like polished brass and chrome, we offer a good range of these heavy-duty door hinges.
Butt Hinges And Ball Bearing Hinges
This category of door hinges is similar and utilise ball bearing races for heavier weights of doors or those that have frequent use like corridors in schools, hospital wards, or doors into canteens and in public buildings.
These hinges have a wide knuckle to house the ball bearings but offer smooth action and high weight loading for commercial and domestic applications and are ideal for areas of high usage.
They are generally fire rated as it is a legal requirement that hinges fitted to fire doors must be CE-marked to ensure compliance with building regulations.
Gate Hinges And T-Hinges
We are pleased to have an excellent range of hot dip galvanised fully adjustable gate hinges for field gates, front drive gates, and side gates that can cope with rain and corrosion in the elements.
Our estate and gate hardware range of latches, locks, and clasps covers every need you will have and look superb as well as being easy to fine tune and adjust.
Tee-hinges are popular within the gate hinge range and the shape is that of a T on its side. Our range come as either powder coated, or bright zinc galvanised depending on the look that you need with light, medium, and heavy duty versions available.
Washered Hinges And Projection Hinges
Washered hinges are a medium-duty type of door hinge where typically a phosphor bronze thrust washer acts as a bearing where a heavier door is to be hung or one that will be used very frequently.
These projection hinges may be specified where standard door hinges or parliament hinges are not felt to be adequate for the task, but ball bearing types are considered over spec.
We offer 3 types of projection hinge with double phosphor bronze bearings.
Adjustable Hinges
Nico make a remarkable 3D adjustable hinge that offers the capability to adjust it in most directions for fine tuning after you have hung a door making it a useful option to have on hand.
A wide selection of different finishes including brass, black, bronze, stainless steel, silver, and chrome hinges, to name just a few are available via this website or our busy trade counter at Buckingham.
This gives you the opportunity to pick out the perfect hardware for your project. Our experienced and knowledgeable hardware and fixings experts will be happy to discuss your requirements, providing you with honest advice and helping you find the ideal solution for your needs.
