Six Things About The Installation Of Hinges

Hinges are the most common small parts of furniture, but they play the most important role of connecting doors and windows. The installation of hinges is not difficult, but if you don't pay attention to some small keys, the experience of use may be affected, and there may appear some problem such as the door or window titles. Generally speaking, we should pay attention to the following six points when installing the hinges.

First, before the installation you should check whether hinges match the frame and the leaf of the door and window. Second, make sure that the hinge matches the length, width and height of the hinges. Third, do not forget to check if the hinge is connected with the suitable screws and fasteners. Fourth, the connection method of hinges should be matching the material of the door and window. For example, when the hinge is installed on the door with steel frame, one side of the hinge should be welded on the steel frame, and the other side should be connected with the wooden by wood screws. Fifth, when the two page-plates of the hinge are not asymmetric, you should identify which page plate should be connected with the door leaf, and which page plate should be connected with the door frame. Sixth, during installation, you should guarantee that the hinges on same door leaf are in the same vertical line, so as to avoid the door or window bounce.

How To Choose The Hinge

The hinge plays an important role in the doors and windows. If the quality of the hinge is poor, the doors and windows will be easy to stagger forward and back after long use, and finally loose and sagging. High-quality hardware is always made by cold-rolled steel in one-time stamping molding. It feels solid, and the surface is smooth. Moreover, because of the thick surface coating, high-quality hardware with stronger bearing capacity is durable and not easy to rust. The inferior hinge is generally welded by thin steel sheet, which has almost no rebound. After a long time use, the hardware will lose elasticity, resulting in looseness of doors and windows, and even cracking.

The hinge with different quality feels different. Open the door or window, the ones with high-quality hinge will be on the softer release, and when closed to 15 degrees, the door or window will automatically rebound with very uniform resilience. Choosing hinge, you should pay attention to the reset property of the spring hinge. The quality of the reed also determines the opening angle of the doors and windows. Good reed can make the open angle of doors and windows greater than 90 degrees. You can open the hinge to 95 degrees, push down both sides of the hinge and observe the supporting spring reed. If there is no distortion and break, the products generally have good quality.