Old hinges?

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Help me, O DSLJ! I made the foolish mistake of throwing away my bedroom door's hinges when I took it off to repaint it. They were in bad shape and I thought they would be easily replaced -- but I was wrong! It turns out that 3 x 3.5" hinges are extremely non-standard. Or at least, extremely particular to Somerville.

So I'm hoping that someone out there has a couple of old hinges looking for a nice door to hang out with. They need to have three holes and be 3 inches wide (measured from bottom corner to bottom corner when open, across the join) and 3.5 inches high (measured from bottom corner to top corner, excluding height of hinge itself). (I'm also searching Ebay, but no luck yet.)

Comments

[amy-s1.livejournal.com]

Yes assuming they are 3.5" cast iron lift-off hinges, they are hard to find. If you search ebay for "cast iron lift off hinges" there are a few hits. You need to buy left or right handed pairs as needed, see comments on the first hit.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=cast+iron+lift+off+hinges&_sacat=0&_odkw=lift+off+hinges&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

I'll check if the door we pulled off and have in our basement still has the hinges on it, and if so, post back here.

also, as a side note, i know you have done lots of updating/renovating to your place (based on previous posts). Can you recommend an electrician to completely update electrical?

Thanks!

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

nope, don't have them. sorry.

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for checking!

I don't have a "go-to" electrician, but I've had decent experiences with Bogen (http://bogenelectric.com) and Gibbons (http://www.gibbonselectric.com).

[ufmoobro.livejournal.com]

Try Commonwealth Lock Company. They're in Porter Square on Mass Ave next to the Bank of America by the T stop. They have parts that match a lot of the old doors in Somerville.

http://www.commonwealthlock.com/

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Sadly they don't carry hinges, but they did give me the advice that 3.5x3.5 hinges should work just fine.