Hi All,

I'm about to hang a new front door, and have a query about hinge
positioning.

It's a heavy (55kg-ish) composite wooden door, and I'll use heavy duty
stainless ball bearing 100mm hinges. On almost all doors the top hinge is
traditionally placed 6-8 inches from the top of the door, and the lower
10-12 inches up from the base. On this door I intend using a third hinge,
and the position of this is my query. On many doors a third hinge is placed
approximately centrally, but I've noticed that more recently the third hinge
has on some doors moved up to 12 inches or so below the top hinge.

I can see that the latter would spit the load between the two top hinges
more effectively, but equally the centre of the door would be less
supported.

Any views on which to go for, plus advantages and disadvantages of the two
styles? Or does it matter....

Thanks,

Charles F



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