Historical buildings like churches and early city halls frequently had significant entrance doors that required heavy duty hinges. In those days, the popular hinge size was 5” x 5” with 0.134-inch gauge stock. Those hinges were effective as door pivoting components, but they frequently caused significant slamming. Enter the vintage door closer.
vintage door closers were commonly used in commercial and institutional buildings for the purpose of greater door control and reduced slamming. Replacing and maintaining vintage door closers today, however, poses a particular problem for contractors due to increasingly low availability. For example, rebuilding an antique vintage door closer requires a great deal of time and expense sourcing and installing vintage components. On the other hand, if one chooses to use a modern spring hinge they run into a gauge compatibility problem. Today most hinge manufacturers provide 5” x 5” spring hinge gauge is 0.190 inch, which is too thick for most historical door openings. Available in both 0.190 and 0.134 gauge, Waterson 5 x 5 closer hinges are ideally suitable for historical vintage door closer replacement. With Waterson, you maintain door closing and speed control functionality without compromising the building’s aesthetics.
When we speak with architects and specifiers, the feedback is consistent: they want self-closing solutions that are simple, code-compliant, and visually clean. That’s exactly why so many are switching to Waterson self closing door hinges. Here are the common questions...
At Waterson, we are committed to providing consistent quality across all of our hinge products. To that end, we strictly adhere to ANSI standards by crafting all of our hinges with stainless steel to ensure corrosion resistance, as well as...
“I need the hydraulic damper function, but I don’t need self-closing. I can’t find this solution in the market. Can Waterson help?” Donovan Teo, Hardware Distributor. Traditional closer hinges generally include both hydraulic damper and self-closing functions, which can be...
